Stanley Mackay Greig (b. August 12, 1930, Joppa) is a Scottish pianist, drummer, and bandleader.
Greig's father was a drummer and piano tuner. Greig played with Sandy Brown while still in high school in 1945, then played piano and drums with him from 1948 to 1954. He moved to London and played with Ken Colyer (1954–55), Humphrey Lyttelton (1955–57), and Bruce Turner (1957), then with the Fairweather-Brown All-Stars (led by Brown and Al Fairweather) in 1958-59. He played with Turner again briefly before becoming a member of Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band from 1960 to 1968.
After 1969 Greig made piano his primary instrument, leading his own small groups and playing boogie woogie and blues piano. He played with Dave Shepherd and Johnny Hawksworth as a sideman in the early 1970s, then formed the London Jazz Big Band in 1975. From 1977-80 he played with George Melly, then toured as a bandleader in Europe (1980–82). He worked again with Lyttelton from 1985 to 1995, and worked with Wally Fawkes later in the 1990s. The Stan Greig Trio played many gigs in and around London, with the Rolling Stones's Charlie Watts sometimes turning out on drums.
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Saturday 31 July 2010
Saturday 24 July 2010
The New Orleans Rhythm Kings Gennett recordings were a big influence on many of the white bands and musicians of the 1920s. In 1920, Paul Mares and George Brunies were working on the Mississippi riverboat S.S. Capitol when it stopped in Davenport, Iowa, where they teamed with Leon Roppolo on clarinet. They eventually added Elmer Schobel on piano, Frank Snyder on drums, Alfred Loyacano on bass and Louis Black played banjo. They got a gig at the Friar's Club in Chicago in 1922. At first they called themselves The Friar's Society Orchestra, after the club the Friars Inn at 1834 Wabash Street at Van Buren in Chicago, but they changed their name to The New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1923 after losing that gig. Unlike Nick LaRocca, the leader of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Paul Mares did not try to deny the African-American roots of Jazz. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings were heavily influenced by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and became the first group to put out a "racially mixed" Jazz record in 1923 with "Sobbin' Blues", featuring Jelly Roll Morton. Morton went on to record five more tunes with the band. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings were in existence from 1922 to 1925 when Paul Mares left the music business and went back to New Orleans to work at the family fur business. In 1934 and 1935 two recording sessions took place that revived the New Orleans Rhythm Kings name, but George Brunies was the only original memeber of the band to take part in the sessions.
Sunday 18 July 2010
Thursday 15 July 2010
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
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Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892–August 8, 1940) was a New Orleans based jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lovie Austin and Louis Armstrong. Dodds was also the older brother of drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds. The pair worked together in the New Orleans Bootblacks in 1926.
Born in Waveland, Mississippi, he moved to New Orleans in his youth, and studied clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. He played with the bands of Frankie Duson, Kid Ory, and Joe "King" Oliver. Dodds went to Chicago and played with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, with which he first recorded in 1923. Dodds (pronounced "dots") also worked frequently with his good friend Natty Dominique during this period, a professional relationship that would last a lifetime. After the breakup of Oliver's band in 1924, Dodds replaced Alcide Nunez as the house clarinetist and bandleader of Kelly's Stables. He recorded with numerous small groups in Chicago, most notably Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7, and Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers.
Noted for his professionalism and virtuosity as a musician, and his heartfelt, heavily blues-laden style, Dodds was an important influence on later clarinetists, notably Benny Goodman.
Dodds did not record for most of the 1930s, affected by ill health. He died of a heart attack in Chicago in 1940.
In 1987, Dodds was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892–August 8, 1940) was a New Orleans based jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lovie Austin and Louis Armstrong. Dodds was also the older brother of drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds. The pair worked together in the New Orleans Bootblacks in 1926.
Born in Waveland, Mississippi, he moved to New Orleans in his youth, and studied clarinet with Lorenzo Tio. He played with the bands of Frankie Duson, Kid Ory, and Joe "King" Oliver. Dodds went to Chicago and played with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, with which he first recorded in 1923. Dodds (pronounced "dots") also worked frequently with his good friend Natty Dominique during this period, a professional relationship that would last a lifetime. After the breakup of Oliver's band in 1924, Dodds replaced Alcide Nunez as the house clarinetist and bandleader of Kelly's Stables. He recorded with numerous small groups in Chicago, most notably Louis Armstrong's Hot 5 and Hot 7, and Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers.
Noted for his professionalism and virtuosity as a musician, and his heartfelt, heavily blues-laden style, Dodds was an important influence on later clarinetists, notably Benny Goodman.
Dodds did not record for most of the 1930s, affected by ill health. He died of a heart attack in Chicago in 1940.
In 1987, Dodds was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
Tuesday 13 July 2010
re Imagination
Year: 2010
Record Label: Lungemusic.com
Style: Straight-Ahead / Classic
Musicians: Bob McHugh (piano, composer, leader), Ron Naspo (bass), David Humm (drums).
Review:
This is Bob McHugh and his trio at its finest. It is with pure enjoyment that I recommend this fine jazz CD collection for your listening pleasure, for Pure Imagination is precisely that! You can listen to this CD for hours and get some new musical insight each time you listen to it. Every song is innovative in performance!
With an excellent cover photograph by Ed McHugh to look at, the listener then slips out the CD and is ready for a warm and mellow approach as only Bob McHugh can deliver on his keyboards. With Ron Naspo on bass and David Humm on drums, the scene is set for a lovely time of jazz music!
There are nine songs on the CD. The collection features Bob McHugh original compositions as well as music composed by Bill Evans, Arlen & Harburg, Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish, Bricusse & Newley, Palmer & Williams, and Mandel & Francis. Among the songs are found "Pure Imagination," "The Lunge," "Offering," "I Walk With Music," "I've Found A New Baby," "A Time For Love," "Peri's Scope," "Last Night When We Were Young," and "One Morning In May." These song interpretations are a joy to listen to!
"I've Found A New Baby" has some nice piano touches reminiscent of the late stride pianist, Willard David Firestone. All in all, this is a perfect example of Bob McHugh at his best, and the same can be said about his trio as a unit.
This is good jazz. Fine, fine performances! Something to share with a loved one or friend any time of the day or night!
Highly recommended. Every song is a winner from this exciting and refreshing trio!
Tracks:
I found all of these selections enjoyable. The jazz listening audience will discover their own favorites! This is a collection to savor, treasure, and share with others.
Record Label Website: http://www.lungemusic.com
Reviewed by: Lee Prosser
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Year: 2010
Record Label: Lungemusic.com
Style: Straight-Ahead / Classic
Musicians: Bob McHugh (piano, composer, leader), Ron Naspo (bass), David Humm (drums).
Review:
This is Bob McHugh and his trio at its finest. It is with pure enjoyment that I recommend this fine jazz CD collection for your listening pleasure, for Pure Imagination is precisely that! You can listen to this CD for hours and get some new musical insight each time you listen to it. Every song is innovative in performance!
With an excellent cover photograph by Ed McHugh to look at, the listener then slips out the CD and is ready for a warm and mellow approach as only Bob McHugh can deliver on his keyboards. With Ron Naspo on bass and David Humm on drums, the scene is set for a lovely time of jazz music!
There are nine songs on the CD. The collection features Bob McHugh original compositions as well as music composed by Bill Evans, Arlen & Harburg, Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish, Bricusse & Newley, Palmer & Williams, and Mandel & Francis. Among the songs are found "Pure Imagination," "The Lunge," "Offering," "I Walk With Music," "I've Found A New Baby," "A Time For Love," "Peri's Scope," "Last Night When We Were Young," and "One Morning In May." These song interpretations are a joy to listen to!
"I've Found A New Baby" has some nice piano touches reminiscent of the late stride pianist, Willard David Firestone. All in all, this is a perfect example of Bob McHugh at his best, and the same can be said about his trio as a unit.
This is good jazz. Fine, fine performances! Something to share with a loved one or friend any time of the day or night!
Highly recommended. Every song is a winner from this exciting and refreshing trio!
Tracks:
I found all of these selections enjoyable. The jazz listening audience will discover their own favorites! This is a collection to savor, treasure, and share with others.
Record Label Website: http://www.lungemusic.com
Reviewed by: Lee Prosser
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Monday 12 July 2010
Sunday 11 July 2010
Local Gig.........
Freefall Jazz are playing at
the Farmers Boy pub in
St. Albans Monday July 19th
at 9PM free
the Farmers Boy pub in
St. Albans Monday July 19th
at 9PM free
Friday 9 July 2010
The Rebirth Brass Band
Small group from the Rebirth playing for a parade, 2007The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans brass band. The group was founded in 1982 by tuba/sousaphone player Philip Frazier, his brother, bass drummer, Keith Frazier and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, and other school marching band members from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School in New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood. The band was discovered at the 1982 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and recorded its first studio album in 1984.
Rebirth is known for combining traditional New Orleans brass band music, including the New Orleans tradition of second line with funk, jazz, soul and hip hop influences. In 1992, Ruffins and Rebirth split amicably after Ruffins decided not to accompany the band on a trip to Africa.
Ruffins later formed his own Band, the Barbecue Swingers, who are signed to Basin Street Records and play a more traditional style of New Orleans jazz music. Rebirth's longstanding regular Tuesday night gig at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans is one of the pillars of the New Orleans music scene, and has served as a reliable introduction to the city's nightlife for many newly arrived college students.
The band regularly tours in North America and Europe, second only to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in popularity and acclaim among the brass bands of New Orleans.
Rebirth is known for combining traditional New Orleans brass band music, including the New Orleans tradition of second line with funk, jazz, soul and hip hop influences. In 1992, Ruffins and Rebirth split amicably after Ruffins decided not to accompany the band on a trip to Africa.
Ruffins later formed his own Band, the Barbecue Swingers, who are signed to Basin Street Records and play a more traditional style of New Orleans jazz music. Rebirth's longstanding regular Tuesday night gig at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans is one of the pillars of the New Orleans music scene, and has served as a reliable introduction to the city's nightlife for many newly arrived college students.
The band regularly tours in North America and Europe, second only to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in popularity and acclaim among the brass bands of New Orleans.
Monday 5 July 2010
Jon Burr
Nice review by George Harris in Jazz Weekly
By Jon Burr
Jon Burr Band
Just Can’t Wait
jbQ cd and dvd
By George W. Harris
This cd/dvd combo features the steady bass of Jon Burr, who has played with such luminaries as Silver, Getz, Bennett, Baker and O’Day. This release emphasizes his work with singers, which on this disc include the black velvety Ty Stephens, original Transfer Laurel Massee and the smooth pop of Yaala Ballin and Hilary Kole. The tunes range from the good time shuffle of “Just Can’t Wait” (which features the bluesy Houston Person on tenor) to the late night film nourish “Rainbow Over Harlem” Kole is folksy with Bob Mintzer’s soprano on “Snowfall” and mixes with Masee’s rich voice on “Song Of the Broken Word. Stephens is a find, and is justifiably featur ed on the lion’s share of the tunes. All throughout, Burr provides leadership, guidance and a wide array of moods and grooves. The perfect example of servant/leadership. A find for vocal fans.
Tags: Bob Mintzer, Great review, Hilary Kole, Jon Burr, Jon Burr Band Reviews, Just Can't Wait, Laurel Massé, Ty Stephens, Yaala Ballin
By Jon Burr
Jon Burr Band
Just Can’t Wait
jbQ cd and dvd
By George W. Harris
This cd/dvd combo features the steady bass of Jon Burr, who has played with such luminaries as Silver, Getz, Bennett, Baker and O’Day. This release emphasizes his work with singers, which on this disc include the black velvety Ty Stephens, original Transfer Laurel Massee and the smooth pop of Yaala Ballin and Hilary Kole. The tunes range from the good time shuffle of “Just Can’t Wait” (which features the bluesy Houston Person on tenor) to the late night film nourish “Rainbow Over Harlem” Kole is folksy with Bob Mintzer’s soprano on “Snowfall” and mixes with Masee’s rich voice on “Song Of the Broken Word. Stephens is a find, and is justifiably featur ed on the lion’s share of the tunes. All throughout, Burr provides leadership, guidance and a wide array of moods and grooves. The perfect example of servant/leadership. A find for vocal fans.
Tags: Bob Mintzer, Great review, Hilary Kole, Jon Burr, Jon Burr Band Reviews, Just Can't Wait, Laurel Massé, Ty Stephens, Yaala Ballin
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