Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Marty Sheller was born March 15, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey. Sheller initially studied percussion, but switched to trumpet as a teenager. He played with Hugo Dickens in Harlem, and arranged for Sabu Martinez, before working with Afro-Latin percussionists such as Louie Ramirez and Frankie Malabe.
In 1962 he became a trumpeter in Mongo Santamaria’s band, and worked with Santamaria for more than forty years as a composer and arranger. He also had an extensive association with Fania Records. As their house arranger Marty worked with Joe Bataan, Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Larry Harlow, Hector Lavoe, and Ismael Miranda.
Outside of Fania, he arranged for musicians, not limited to, George Benson, David Byrne, Jon Faddis, Giovanni Hidalgo, T.S. Monk, Idris Muhammad, Manny Oquendo, Dave Pike, Tito Puente, Shirley Scott, Woody Shaw, Lew Soloff, and Steve Turre.
In the 2000s, he led his own ensemble, which included the sidemen Chris Rogers, Joe Magnarelli, Sam Burtis, Bobby Porcelli, Bob Franceschini, Oscar Hernández, Ruben Rodriquez, Vince Cherico, and Steve Berrios.
Trumpeter and arranger Marty Sheller, who plays primarily in latin jazz idioms, continues to pursue his musical endeavors.
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Three Wishes
While hanging out with the Baroness, she asked Benny Carter what his three wishes would be if by some chance he was granted them. His reply is as follows:
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“Three million dollars, tax free.”
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“Two millions dollars, tax free.”
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“One million dollars, tax free.”
“But seriously, call me at my hotel when I have had time to think about it, and I will give you the real ones.”
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*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Jean-Claude Naude was born on March 7, 1933 in Amiens, France. He attended the Amiens conservatory and played early in his career as a trumpeter for Raymond Fonsèque’s orchestra and with Georges Arvanitas.
By 1955 Naude was working with Maxim Saury, an association that would last a decade. He also played piano with Raymond Fonsèque in a trio with trombonist Luis Fuentes.
In the second half of the 1960s Jean~Claude led his own big bands and played with Gerard Badini, Jacky Samson, and Andre Paquinet. The 1970s saw him playing with Claude Bolling and in the 1980s with Bob Quibel.
Pianist and trumpeter Jean~Claude Naude transitioned on January 9, 2008.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
My choice this week is the album No Problem by the Chet Baker Quartet featuring Duke Jordan. The album was produced by Nils Winther, recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark on October 2, 1979 and released the following year on the Steeplechase label. The recording engineers were Freddy Hansson and Thomas Brekling, with Tom West holding down the assisting engineer role.
This session came during Baker’s resurgence from losing his embouchure from a beating that broke his tooth, more than likely related to an attempted drug buy, though the story is a bit hazy. After getting dentures he developed a new embouchure in the Seventies and began a more mellow and wavering playing style. There’s always his signature vocals present during this period in his career.
Track List | 51:19 All compositions by Duke Jordan- No Problem ~ 9:45
- Sultry Eve ~ 7:04
- Glad I Met Pat ~ 5:08
- Kiss of Spain ~ 7:15
- The Fuzz ~ 6:05
- My Queen Is Home to Stay ~ 7:13
- Jealous Blues ~ 8:48 (Bonus Track On CD)
- Chet Baker ~ trumpet
- Duke Jordan ~ piano
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ~ bass
- Norman Fearrington ~ drums
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Harold “Money” Johnson was born in Tyler, Texas on February 23, 1918 and didn’t start playing trumpet until he was fifteen. Moving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1936, he jammed with Charlie Christian and Henry Bridges before joining Nat Towles’s band.
He played with Horace Henderson and Bob Dorsey before returning to Towles’s band in 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. He also played with Count Basie, Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, and Bull Moose Jackson during the decade.
In the 1950s Money’s associations included Louis Jordan, Lucky Thompson, Sy Oliver, Buddy Johnson, Cozy Cole, Mercer Ellington, Little Esther, and Panama Francis.
The Sixties saw Johnson played in the house band at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and recorded with King Curtis in 1962. He toured the USSR with Earl Hines in 1966. From 1968 he played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra and also worked again with Hines and Oliver.
He recorded with Buck Clayton, Pearl Bailey, Red Prysock, Barbara Lews, Jack McDuff, Houston Person, and Jesse Stone. Trumpeter Money Johnson, whose last performance was on the night before, transitioned from a heart attack on March 28, 1978 in New York City.
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