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Booker Little
Booker Little (1938 – 1961) was a magnificent modern trumpeter, perhaps the greatest innovator after ‘Brownie’, known for his work with Max Roach and Eric Dolphy, but also for his exceptional maturity, like he knew he would have little time before death caught him… … Read entire article »
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Oscar Dennard
Oscar Dennard (1928 – 1960) was an extremely talented pianist who played with Lionel Hampton in the middle fifties, later with Idrees Sulieman, and was destined to be one of the great innovators, but typhoid fever got him on his tour to Egypt … Download The PIANO of Oscar Dennard (PDF-file) … Read entire article »
Filed under: Piano
Bud Powell
Bud Powell (1924 – 1966) was one of the most important pianists in jazz, a creator of modern jazz piano, a magnificent improviser, but police violence made him mentally disorganized, damaging much of his enormous artistic potential… Download The PIANO of Bud Powell (PDF-file) … Read entire article »
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Teddy Bunn
Teddy Bunn (1909 – 1978) was a prominent guitarist in the blues and jazz tradition of the thirties, known also for his participation in The Spirits of Rhythm, but also for his numerous blues sessions with beautiful soli and accompaniment… … Read entire article »
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin (1928 – 2008) was one of the greatest and most hard swinging tenorsax players from his young years with Lionel Hampton through a long and active life as a renown soloist… … Read entire article »
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Junior Cook
Junior Cook (1934 – 1992) was an excellent tenorsax player from the late fifties, becoming well known for his work with Horace Silver and trumpeter Blue Mitchell in the early sixties, but active for many years… … Read entire article »
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Don Stovall
Don Stovall (1913 – 1970) was an altosax player recording in the 1940s with Buddy Johnson, Sam Price and Henry “Red” Allen but retired from music in 1950… … 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.