Earl bostic saxophonist cannonball

  • Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist.
  • There was a sharp eagerness in his alto saxophone, a jumping swing feel at age 27 that was fresh and aggressive.
  • Heavy blues here, but salted with Bop. Hearing this, I'm guessing that Bostic was a significant influence on Cannonball Adderly.

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    JAMEY AEBERSOLD

    "I like the mellow sound of the Cannonball Big Bell soprano and the fingering ease. The curved neck gives me the sound I've always looked for." ~ Jamey Aebersold

    Extraordinary saxophonist and jazz educator. Writer of his famous improvisation series.

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    GERALD ALBRIGHT

    "One of the most beautiful experiences in music is to develop a oneness with the instrument of choice. The Cannonball Horns have accurately delivered every musical speech that I have given to my audiences around the world. Develop The Oneness--with Cannonball." ~ Gerald Albright

    Gerald Albright is a multi-instrumentalist known for his lyrical sax playing in both contemporary and straight-ahead genres.

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    Gerald Albright grew up in South Central Los Angeles. After high school, he attended the University of Redlands where he received a B.S. degree in Business Management, minoring in Music.

    Immediately after college, Albright began

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    Earl Bostic

    Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and a pioneer of the post-war American rhythm and blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep", "Special Delivery Stomp" and "Where or When", which all showed off his characteristic growl on the horn. He was a major influence on John Coltrane.

    Career

    Eugene Earl Bostic was born in 1913 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He turned professional at the age of 18 when he joined förnamn Holder's "Twelve Clouds of Joy". Bostic made his first recording with Lionel Hampton in October 1939, with Charlie Christian, Clyde Hart and Big Sid Catlett. Before that he performed with Fate Marable on New Orleans riverboats. Bostic graduated from Xavier University in New Orleans. He worked with territory bands as well as Arnett Cobb, Hot Lips Page, Rex Stewart, Don Byas, Charlie Christian, Thelonious Monk, Edgar Hayes, Cab Calloway, and other jazz

  • earl bostic saxophonist cannonball

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    AT NEWPORT is a consequential addition to the prolific and distinguished discographies of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and George Shearing, who play back to back and briefly join forces on the concert documented herein. The venue is the Newport Jazz Festival, then in its fourth summer, and the bands let their hair down, playing well-paced, tightly arranged, improvisationally open sets before a relaxed, enthusiastic audience under the stars.

        Observers in 1957 might have found the matchup of Shearing—38, white, English, an established megastar—and Adderley—28, black, Southern, struggling to ascend the jazz tree—to be counterintuitive. But in retrospect, they were complementary personalities. For one thing, they shared a manager, John Levy, the black bassist and road manager of Shearing's first quintet, who left in 1951 to pursue a distinguished and pioneering career in personal management. More to the point, each was an instrumental virtuoso with a populist sensib