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Alfred Wesley Hall was born on March 18, 1915 and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He played cello and tuba early in life before settling on bass at the age of 17. Moving to New York in 1936, Al played at different times through and into the Forties with Billy Hicks, Skeets Tolbert, and Teddy Wilson in both big band and small ensemble format.
Following time with Ellis Larkins and Mary Lou Williams, Hall took a job as a staff musician at CBS, working in Paul Baron’s orchestra on the Mildred Bailey Show. He also worked in Broadway theater pit orchestras for the next several decades. In 1946, he founded his own label, Wax Records, which was bought by Atlantic Records in 1949. He led five numbers on his own label in the mid Forties and four on Columbia Records Europe in 1959.
Hall had an extended partnership with Erroll Garner, playing with him intermittently from 1945 to 1963. He also played later in life with Benny Goodman in 1966, Hazel Scott, Tiny Grimes, and Alberta Hunter from 1977 to 1978, and Doc Cheatham. He recorded with Helen Merrill, Paul Quinichette, Duke Ellington, Harold Ashby, Eddie Condon, Della Reese, Teddy Wilson and numerous others.
Double bassist Al Hall, who recorded thirty albums as a sideman but none as a leader, transitioned on January 18, 1988.
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AARON LESSARD GROUP
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SUPERBLUE: KURT ELLING & CHARLIE HUNTER WITH SPECIAL GUEST SCOTT MULVAHILL
Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, two-time GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. The New York Times proclaimed Elling, “the standout male vocalist of our time”. Over a twenty-five year career of touring and recording, Elling has won three Prix du Jazz Vocal (France), two German Echo Awards, two Dutch Edison Awards, and has been nominated for a GRAMMY award fifteen times. He has had a 14-year run atop the DownBeat Critics and Readers polls, and has won twelve Jazz Journalists Awards for “Male Vocalist of the Year”.
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KAMASI WASHINGTON FEATURING AMI TAF RA
He is a founding member of the jazz collective West Coast Get Down. Washington joined the Gerald Wilson Orchestra for its 2005 album In My Time. He played saxophone on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly. His debut solo recording, The Epic, was released in May 2015. The mini-album/EP Harmony of Difference followed in September 2017. His second full-length studio album, Heaven and Earth, was released in June 2018, with a companion EP titled The Choice released a week later.
Washington has played along with a diverse group of musicians including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Horace Tapscott, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, George Duke, Chaka Khan, Flying Lotus, Mike Muir, Francisco Aguabella, St. Vincent, the Pan Afrikaan People’s Orchestra, Run the Jewels and Raphael Saadiq.
Ami Taf Ra | Moroccan~Dutch Artist
Growing up in the Netherlands, Arabic music was always present in her home. From Middle East Icons such as: Um Khaltoum,Warda, Asmahan to name a few. At the age of 14 her mother gave her the album of the legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz as a birthday present. She fell in love with Fairuz’s sound. Especially the sound of the fusion compositions with Jazz.This is when Ami Taf Ra knew that she doesn’t have to choose for one music style. but can combine her both backgrounds, the western music that she grew up with in Europe and her background with the Arabic music in the East. Ami Taf Ra enrolled at the Music School of Amsterdam. There, she was a member of the Gospel world choir and member of local bands that she performed with. At the age of 18, she went to the Hollywood center of Arabic music in Cairo, Egypt. She recorded her first Arabic song (in Egyptian dialect). The song was recorded in the same studio where the Egyptian legend Abdelhalim Hafez recorded some of his songs (studio Sout El Hob). Since then, Ami Taf Ra has been performing in different countries around the world. From Denmark to Turkey, Morocco,Belgium,Israel, Cairo, Lebanon, Jordan to name a few. Ami taf Ra recorded her debut album EastWest in Amsterdam in 2018. She collaborated with musicians from the Netherlands, Bulgaria,Spain,Slovenia and Turkey. On the album there are 6 original compositions by Ami Taf Ra and 3 covers. https://amitafra.com/bio
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ELIANE ELIAS
Hot off her 2022 GRAMMY® win for Best Latin Jazz Album for Mirror Mirror, (also recently nominated for a Latin GRAMMY®) internationally acclaimed recording artist, pianist, singer, composer and arranger Eliane Elias’ distinctive musical style and artistry is one of the most celebrated and recognizable sounds in jazz and Brazilian music. She blends her Brazilian roots and alluring voice with her virtuosic instrumental jazz, her classical and compositional skills, while she consistently displays her pianistic mastery and ability to integrate the many artistic roles she takes on.
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