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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson (1910 – 1984) was a very competent tenorsax player active already from the late twenties but able to develop along with jazz in general and therefore became highly recognized through a lifetime of playing… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Tenorsax
John Jenkins
John Jenkins (1931 – 1993) was a fine modern altosax player from Chicago, participating in a series of excellent recording sessions in 1957 for then suddenly go back to oblivion… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Altosax
George Chisholm
George Chisholm (1915 – 1997) was a Scottish trombone player coming up in the late thirties to become Europe’s most exciting vintage performer on his instrument, as well as one of Britain’s most important swing musicians… … Read entire article »
Filed under: Trombone
Walter Fuller
Walter Fuller (1910 – 2003) was a fine and hot swing trumpeter and vocalist, mostly known for his long time work with the Earl Hines orchestra in the thirties and early forties but left jazz much too early… … Read entire article »
Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate (1914 – 2001) was a great tenorsax player who grew up with the swing era, joining Count Basie in 1939, later flirted with rhythm & blues, and to become one of the most successful mainstreamers from the late fifties and onwards … … Read entire article »
Filed under: Tenorsax
Wilton Gaynair
Wilton “Bogey” Gaynair (1927 – 1995) was an exciting tenorsax player from Jamaica, settling in Europe in the middle 1950s, making some remarkable recording sessions placing him firmly among the greatest on his instrument… … Read entire article »
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James Moody (Tenorsax)
James Moody (1925 – 2010) was one of the great giants of postwar jazz, treating the tenor saxophone, the alto saxophone and the flute with equal creative power through a long lifetime… … Read entire article »
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Your Guide to the Treasures of Vintage Jazz
Dear jazz friends all over the world, Jan Evensmo was the founder of Jazzarcheology.com, a guide to the treasures of Vintage Jazz. Unfortunately, our dear Jazz Archeologist passed away the 4th of February 2024.