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Anthony K. Wright was born October 9, 1959 in London, England and began playing brass at school, before moving to clarinet at the age of 12, and later picked up the tenor saxophone. Turning professional in the early 1980s he played as a session musician and ran various rock bands in night clubs and on the gig circuit in London and South Wales. He maintained his interest in the clarinet, and in the early Nineties began playing jazz on the West Country ciecuit, whilst teaching Performing Arts at North Devon College.
Moving to Surrey late in the decade he is now widely known as a reeds teacher, with students ranging from adult beginners to advanced Grade 8 and Diploma-level specialists. His forte is improvisational jazz. leads a cool jazz band, Anthony’s AllStars, which features both clarinet and saxophone. He also plays with Riverside Shuffle Band and Vic Cracknell’s Swing Band, and other local bands.’
Tenor saxophonist Anthony Wright continues to perform and spends much of his time composing, arranging and creating his own recordings of what he has labeled intelligent pop..
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Jerome Don Pasquall was born on September 20, 1902 in Fulton, Kentucky, and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. As a child, he played the mellophone in brass bands. He served in the United States Army in 1918 in the 10th Cavalry Band, and picked up clarinet during this time.
Following his discharge, Pasquall played with Ed Allen in 1919 and then found work on riverboats playing with Charlie Creath and Fate Marable. He moved to Chicago, Illinois to study at the American Conservatory, and played with Doc Cook’s Dreamland Orchestra as a tenor saxophonist.
Departing for Boston, Massachusetts he attended the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1927 and 1928, he played with Fletcher Henderson. Following this he returned to Chicago and led his own ensemble, in addition to playing with Freddie Keppard, Dave Peyton, Jabbo Smith, Tiny Parham, and Fess Williams.
He toured Europe with the 1934 Blackbirds, Eddie South, Henderson again in 1936, and Noble Sissle from 1937 throught World War II in 1944. After the mid-1940s, he did freelance work in New York City with Tony Ambrose among others, and gradually receded from active performance.
Clarinetist, alto saxophonist, mellophonist Jerome Don Pasquall, who never led his own recording session, dies on October 18, 1971 in New York City, New York.
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Joseph G. Cocuzzo was born on September 17, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in a family of enthusiastic amateur musicians. He began playing drums as a small child, later studied extensively, and played in many bands in and around his home town.
In the late 1950s he was residing in Chicago, Illinois where he joined the big band led by Ralph Marterie before moving on to the Woody Herman band. By the early Sixties he worked with Don Ellis, Les and Larry Elgart, Gary McFarland and Tony Bennett. The mid-70s saw Joe returning to Bennett for a five-year engagement, then he was with Harry James before beginning a decade-long spell with Rosemary Clooney.
The subtle skills he displayed with Bennett and Clooney found him in demand as a singer’s accompanist and he also worked with Vic Damone, Julius LaRosa, Susannah McCorkle and Sylvia Syms. Throughout this period and on through the new millennium, Cocuzzo was in frequent demand for recording sessions, appearing on albums by many artists including Buddy De Franco and Dick Sudhalter.
During his time with Clooney Cocuzzo had begun writing song lyrics, and he went on to collaborate with several composers, notably the Brazilian Ivan Lins. A smooth and swinging player, always aware of the subtly supportive role required by many leaders, especially singers, Cocuzzo was a member of New York Swing.
Drummer and songwriter Joe Cocuzzo, who never recorded as a leader but has 77 recordings as a sideman, died on July 31, 2008 in New Jersey.
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Albert Aloysius Casey was born September 15, 1915 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a child prodigy who first played violin, then switched to ukulele. He began playing guitar in 1930 and attended DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City where he studied guitar. He met Fats Waller in 1933 and the following year, at eighteen, he became a member of Waller’s band.
Making several recordings with the band, he is known for having played the solo in Buck Jumpin’. After Waller’s death in 1943, he led his own trio and for two consecutive years in the 1940s, he was voted best guitarist in Esquire magazine.
From 1957, he was a member of a rhythm and blues band led by King Curtis. Four years later he dropped out of music, though he returned in the 1970s to record with Helen Humes and Jay McShann. Another absence followed until 1981, when he returned to music to play with the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band.
During his career, Casey worked with Louis Armstrong, Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Billy Kyle, Frankie Newton, Clarence Profit, Art Tatum, and Teddy Wilson.
Guitarist Albert Casey died of colon cancer on September 11, 2005, four days shy of his 80th birthday.
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Eddie Moore was born in Houston, Texas on September 14, 1940 and began his musical journey at Texas Southern University where he earned a Bachelors in Arts and immersed himself in the Houston music scene. He relocated to Kansas City, studied under Bobby Watson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and received a M.A in Jazz Studies.
He formed a jazz fusion group Eddie Moore & The Outer Circle in 2012, with diversity and inclusiveness defining him as an artist. His debut album, The Freedom of Expression, was released in 2013. With a performing and visual arts curator he created an experimental platform in partnership with Charlotte Street that pairs time-based artists, producers and musicians.
Eddie has received awards and a 2017 residency at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. He has composed music that has been featured commercially for Sprint, Netflix’s Queer Eye, Morgan Cooper’s short film Room Tone, and Peacock’s Bel-Air.
He has shared the stage and recorded with Tia Fuller, Pam Watson, Logan Richardson, Maurice Brown, Boys II Men, Brian Blade and the Fellowship, John Baptiste, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Bilal, Ledisi, Chantae Cann, Krystal Warren, Andre Hayward, Tivon Pennicott, and Various Blonde.
As an educator his passion for teaching sent him on a course as a jazz lecturer at the University of Kansas, created a pilot Incubator, Tribe Studios, which programs master classes, music business meet-ups, and provides creative/maker space for musicians and visual artists.
Pianist and bandleader Eddie Moore is an integral member of the music community in Kansas City, as well as an advocate for change and resources for professional artists.
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