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Ralph Dollimore was born on December 20, 1930 in Ealing, London, England. During the 1950s he worked with Kenny Graham, Terry Brown Sextet, Jimmy Walker Quintet, Ted Heath, Eric Winstone, Harry Bence, Vic Ash, Geraldo. He was Petula Clark’s pianist in variety shows around the United Kingdom in 1959.
During the Sixties he accinoanied singer Matt Monro, led his own trio, and once again joined Ted Heath. The 1970s and 1980s saw Ralph as a pianist in Monte Carlo hotel. Returning to Britain he formed his own small group.
Pianist, arranger and composer Ralph Dollimore died on August 25, 1988 in London, England.
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Nicholas Stabulas was born on December 18, 1929 in New York City, New York. After working in commercial music, Stabulas was a member of Phil Woods group from 1954 to 1957.
Through the Fifties he did extensive work as a sideman in the 1950s, with Jon Eardley, Jimmy Raney, Eddie Costa, Friedrich Gulda, George Wallington, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Gil Evans, Mose Allison, Carmen McRae, and Don Elliott.
In the 1960s he worked with Chet Baker, Kenny Drew, Bill Evans, Lee Konitz and Lennie Tristano. He remained active into the Seventies.
Drummer Nicholas Stabulas, who recorded fourteen albums as a sideman, died in a car crash on February 6, 1973 in Great Neck, New York.
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Róbert Rátonyi was born December 13, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary. At the age of six he started to learn solfeggio before turning to the piano. He later became a student of Klára Géczy Fazekas, however, following his art studies and the grammar school graduation, he attended the Bartók Béla Music Conservatory, specializing in jazz.
His style of playing is influenced by Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Bob James, Kenny Barron, Andy Laverne and Herbie Hancock. Beginning in 1975 he has played together with all leading Hungarian jazz musicians in concerts and festivals at home and abroad.
Besides jazz, he is one of the most frequently engaged studio musicians. He has written and composed music for numerous films, theatre, shows and advertisements. He is also a consummate accompanist for many vocalists.
Pianist, arranger, and composer Róbert Rátonyi, known for his work in jazz and studio music, while also teaching jazz piano and electronic instruments, has been awarded the Artisjus Award and continues to perform and record.
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Adam Nussbaum was born in New York City on November 29, 1955 and grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut. He first played the drums at the age of four, however, it wasn’t until after five years of piano study that he got his first drum set when he was around twelve. He went on to study music at the City College of New York, during which time he also played in local clubs.
1978 saw Adam joining Dave Liebman’s quintet and did his first European tour with John Scofield. He played with saxophonist Stan Getz for a year in 1982. The following year he became a member of the Gil Evans Orchestra, and toured Europe and Japan two years later.
Joining the Eliane Elias/Randy Brecker Quartet, Gary Burton, and Toots Thielemans, by 1987 he began touring with Michael Brecker’s band. He was a member of Brecker’s Grammy award-winning album. Don’t Try This At Home. In 1991 John Abercrombie hired Nussbaum to complete his organ trio and during 1992 Nussbaum was part of the Carla Bley Big Band.
He has kept active in a wide variety of groups and as a freelancer. His quartet recording debut as leader in 2018 was The Lead Belly Project, released on Sunnyside Records.
Drummer Adam Nussbaum continues to perform and record.
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Bill Allred was born in Rock Island, Illinois on November 19, 1936 into a family where his father played the Streckfus Steamboat lines on the Mississippi.
He formed a Dixieland band while still in high school. In 1954 he enlisted in the Navy, playing with Navy bands throughout his tour and was excited to be part of a big band for the first time. Returning home he married, pursued a regular career and continued to gig.
His big break came in 1970 when, out of 2500 auditioning musicians, he was chosen to be part of the Disney World Band on the park’s opening day in 1970. While at Disney he formed a trad band called The Reedy Creek Jazz Band. The band was noticed by Bob Snow, who recruited him to put together a show and band for the Rosie O’Grady’s Goodtime Jazz Emporium, that ran for 25 years.
In 1979, Bill formed the Continental Jazz Band for a Roaring Twenties club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “Auntie Mame’s” later won the Carbonell Award for Best Cabaret Show in South Florida.
Trombonist and bandleader Bill Allred, who was a vital component of the classic jazz scene in South Florida, died on February 1, 2024 at the age of 87.
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