Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Victor Sproles was born on November 18, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. During worked in the 1950s with Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan and appears on the Sun Ra recordings Super-Sonic Jazz, Sound of Joy and Deep Purple.
>As a session player he recorded with Stan Getz and Chet Baker on the 1957 Verve album Stan Meets Chet. In 1960 he joined Johnny Griffin’s Big Soul Band and the following year he played in Muhal Richard Abrams’ Experimental Band.
1964 saw him joining Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, recording the album ‘SMake It for Limelight, Lee Morgan and his old Sun Ra bandmate John Gilmore were in the group. He recorded two more albums with the Messengers after Gilmore left. This led to his subsequent appearance on Morgan’s Blue Note albums The Rumproller and The Sixth Sense.
In 1974 he played in Clark Terry’s big band and appeared on Buddy DeFranco’s album Free Fall. He recorded sixteen albums as a leader and another fifteen as a sideman. Bassist Victor Sproles passed away on May 13, 2005.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
POWER TO THE PEOPLE 11.12.20
As I sit socially distanced from the rest of the world ever vigilant of this pandemic, the next choice from the library is Power To The People by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson. The album was recorded on May 23 and May 29, 1969 at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City and released on Milestone Records the same year.
Produced by Orrin Keepnews, all songs are written by Henderson except Opus One-Point-Five and Lazy Afternoon. It was his first to feature an electric instrument with Hancock playing the electric piano. This Quarantined Jazz Voyager is looking forward to listening to this lineup of talented musicians.
Track Listing | 42:27- Black Narcissus ~ 4:50
- Afro-Centric ~ 7:00
- Opus One-Point-Five (Ron Carter) ~ 4:56
- Isotope ~ 4:53
- Power to the People ~ 8:42
- Lazy Afternoon (Moross, Latouche) ~ 4:33
- Foresight and Afterthought (An Impromptu Suite in Three Movements) ~ 7:33
- Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
- Mike Lawrence — trumpet (2, 5)
- Herbie Hancock — piano (3, 4, 6), electric piano (1, 2, 5)
- Ron Carter — bass
- Jack DeJohnette — drums
As you listen I hope you enjoy this great addition to the jazz catalog. Continue your social distancing, wear your masks and stay healthy. During this sabbatical from flying and investigating jazz around the globe, enjoy the listen and know that the world and I will be back.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Alfredo Remus was born on November 9, 1938 in Argentina. He learned to play the double bass and by 1964 was part of the ensemble recording the historic album La Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramírez. He has performed and/or recorded with Paul Gonsalves, Vinícius de Moraes, Maria Bethânia, Enrique “Mono” Villegas, Gato Barbieri, Mercedes Sosa, Tony Bennett, Ariel Ramírez, Víctor Heredia, Alberto Cortez, Trio Los Panchos, Raphael, Cuarteto Zupay, Dyango, Leonardo Favio, Sandro, Susana Rinaldi, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others.
He was regularly participated in a series of improvisation and casual folk experimentation at the house of Eduardo Lagos, named humorously by Hugo Diaz as folkloréishons, the jazz jam sessions with Astor Piazzolla, Diaz, Oscar Cardozo Ocampo, Domingo Cura, and Oscar López Ruiz, to name a few. Double bassist Alfredo Remus, the interpreter of tango, jazz, Argentine folklore, and bossa nova, continues to perform.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…Trumpet
Jon Eardley was born on September 30, 1928 in Altoona, Pennsylvania and first started on trumpet at the age of 11. His father played in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. From the age of eighteen, he played1946 to 1949 he played in the Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., then led with his own quartet in D.C. from 1950 to 1953.
A move to New York City in 1953 got him introduced to the jazz scene. The following year he played with Phil Woods, then left for Gerry Mulligan for three years, and during that time played with Hal McIntyre. Returning to his hometown, Jon played there until 1963, when he moved to Europe and settled for a time in Belgium.
1969 saw his next residency in Cologne, Germany where he played with Harald Banter and Chet Baker and working through the 1980s. The last years before death he played in the WDR Big Band Cologne, Germany. Trumpeter Jon Eardley passed away on April 1, 1991 in Lambermont, near Verviers, Belgium.
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Ayako Shirasaki was born on September 16, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan and started classical piano lessons at age five, and was intrigued by her father’s professional trombone-playing. By age twelve she began her professional career playing gigs at the “J” jazz club in Tokyo.
After attending the Tokyo Metropolitan High School for Arts, Shirasaki majored in classical music at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and gave concerts as a classical pianist for several years after graduating before returning to play jazz.
Her 1997 move to New York City saw her pursuing a master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with pianist Kenny Barron. Landing in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ayako operates the Brooklyn location of the Sakura Music School, which specializes in teaching music to small children with an emphasis on those of Japanese ancestry.
Performing regularly in the New York area, she tours internationally, in addition to recording. Her debut trio album Existence brought drummer Lewis Nash and bassist Marco Panascia together in 2003. She has since recorded four addition albums, has been featured on Marian McPartland’s National Public Radio show Piano Jazz, and was a finalist in the Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Piano Competition in 2005 and 2006 and the Great American Jazz Piano Competition in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Pianist and educator Ayako Shirasaki continues to perform, tour, record, and teach.
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