"On ""Bags' Groove"": Bags' Groove Bags' Groove (PRLP 7109) is a jazz album by Miles Davis, released in 1957 by Prestige Records, compiling material from two 10"" LPs recorded in 1954, plus two alternative takes. Both takes of the title track come from a session on December 24, 1954, the first version having been previously released on ""Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1"" (PRLP 196). (""Bags"" was vibraphonist Milt Jackson's nickname.) The other tracks recorded during this session may be found on ""Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants"" (PRLP 7150), and all of them are also featured on the"
"Milt Jackson Milton ""Bags"" Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players. A very expressive player, Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm. He was particularly fond of the twelve-bar blues at slow tempos. He preferred to set the vibraphone's oscillator to a low"
"With Miles Davis With Dizzy Gillespie With Quincy Jones With Hank Mobley With Oscar Peterson With Don Sebesky With Stanley Turrentine Milt Jackson Milton ""Bags"" Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players. A very expressive player, Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm."
"Big Bags Big Bags is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label. In his January 3, 1963 review, ""Down Beat"" magazine critic John S. Wilson described the album thus: ""A big band made up of top New York studio men that varies slightly in the course of three recording sessions, plus arrangements by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins provide the surrounding in which Jackson works here"". ""This is not really a big band album but a group of solo settings."" The"
"Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it a ""melodic and always-swinging set"". Big Bags Big Bags is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label. In his January 3, 1963 review, ""Down Beat"" magazine critic John S. Wilson described the album thus: ""A big band made up of top New York studio men that varies slightly in the course of three recording sessions, plus arrangements by Tadd Dameron and Ernie Wilkins provide the surrounding in which Jackson"
"as 1,500 recordings. With Laurindo Almeida With Barney Kessel With Pete Rugolo With Bud Shank Harry Babasin Yervant Harry Babasin, Jr. (19 March 1921 – 21 May 1988) was an American jazz bassist. His nickname was ""The Bear"". Babasin was born in Dallas, Texas to an American mother and an Armenian father. He attended North Texas State University, one of many noted jazz alumni from the school. Among them were Jimmy Giuffre, with whom Babasin played in Bill Ware's orchestra around 1940, and Herb Ellis, who played with Babasin in the Charlie Fisk Orchestra starting in 1942. Fisk actually fired"
"Margie Hyams Marjorie ""Marjie"" Hyams (August 9, 1920 – June 14, 2012) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, and arranger. She began her career as a vibraphonist in the 1940s, playing with Woody Herman (from 1944 to 1945), the Hip Chicks (1945), Mary Lou Williams (1946), Charlie Ventura (1946), George Shearing (from 1949 to 1950), and led her own groups, including a trio, which stayed together from 1945 to 1948, performing on 52nd Street in Manhattan. The media, marquees, and promos often spelled her first-name ""Margie;"" but, she insisted that it was spelled with a ""j."" Hyams had her own"
"Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed ""Hawk"" and sometimes ""Bean"", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: ""there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn"". While Hawkins is strongly associated with the swing music and big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s. Fellow saxophonist Lester Young, known as ""Pres"", commented in a 1959 interview with ""The Jazz Review"": ""As far as I'm concerned,"
"Billy Bang Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer. Bang's family moved to New York City's Bronx neighborhood while he was still an infant, and as a child he attended a special school for musicians in nearby Harlem. At that school, students were assigned instruments based on their physical size. Bang was fairly small, so he received a violin instead of either of his first choices, the saxophone or the drums. It was around this time that he acquired the nickname of ""Billy Bang"", derived from"
"Harry Babasin Yervant Harry Babasin, Jr. (19 March 1921 – 21 May 1988) was an American jazz bassist. His nickname was ""The Bear"". Babasin was born in Dallas, Texas to an American mother and an Armenian father. He attended North Texas State University, one of many noted jazz alumni from the school. Among them were Jimmy Giuffre, with whom Babasin played in Bill Ware's orchestra around 1940, and Herb Ellis, who played with Babasin in the Charlie Fisk Orchestra starting in 1942. Fisk actually fired his rhythm section after hearing Ellis and Babasin play, and after he was admitted, Babasin"
"His composition ""Bags' Groove"" is a jazz standard (""Bags"" was a nickname given to him by a bass player in Detroit. ""Bags"" referred to the bags under his eyes). He was featured on the NPR radio program ""Jazz Profiles"". Some of his other signature compositions include ""The Late, Late Blues"" (for his album with Coltrane, ""Bags & Trane""), ""Bluesology"" (an MJQ staple), and ""Bags & Trane"". Jackson died of liver cancer in Manhattan, at the age of 76. He was married to Sandra Whittington from 1959 until his death; the couple had a daughter. With Cannonball Adderley With Kenny Clarke"
"Bags' Groove (composition) ""Bags' Groove"" is a jazz composition by Milt Jackson. It was first recorded by the Milt Jackson Quintet on April 7, 1952 for Blue Note Records, later released on ""Wizard of the Vibes"". Lou Donaldson, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke were on that date. Next was the Mat Mathews quintet with Herbie Mann (July 6, 1953), Bud Powell (September 1953), Mat Mathews again (September 1, 1953), a bootleg version by the MJQ (October 31, 1953), the Lighthouse All-Stars (February 25, 1954), bassist Buddy Banks' quartet (with Bob Dorough and Roy Haynes in October 1954) and"
"Joe Locke Joseph Paul Locke (born March 18, 1959) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Since moving to New York City in 1981, Locke has performed with Grover Washington Jr., Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Eddie Daniels, Jerry Gonzalez, Rod Stewart, Beastie Boys, Eddie Palmieri, Eddie Henderson, Hiram Bullock, Bob Berg, Ron Carter, Jimmy Scott, Geoffrey Keezer, Mingus Big Band, and Randy Brecker. He has toured extensively throughout the world as a leader and a guest soloist. Some highlights include a 16-city tour of Russia which culminated in a concert with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra under the direction of"
"With Shorty Rogers With Pete Rugolo With Lalo Schifrin With Bud Shank With Lew Tabackin With Tom Waits Larry Bunker Lawrence Benjamin ""Larry"" Bunker (November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005) was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. Born in Long Beach, California, Bunker was a central figure on the West Coast jazz scene, one of the relatively few who actually were from the region. In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared at Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach,"
"Walt Dickerson Walter Roland Dickerson (April 16, 1928 – May 15, 2008) was an American jazz vibraphone player, most associated with the post-bop idiom. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Walt Dickerson graduated from Morgan State University in 1953 and after two years in the Army he settled in California. There he started to gain attention by leading a group with Andrew Hill and Andrew Cyrille, but it was Dickerson's later period in New York City when he gained some further notice. For the Prestige label he recorded four albums. In 1962 ""Down Beat"" named him the best new artist. From 1965"
"Singer. In 1970 he taught music in St. Germain-en-Laye, and in the 1980s worked with Georges Arvanitas and in his own ensemble with Sylvain Beuf and Stéphane Belmondo as sidemen. Claude Guilhot Claude Guilhot (September 2, 1929 - December 15, 1990) was a French jazz vibraphonist and drummer. Guilhot was born in Toulouse to a family of music pedagogues. Initially a professional drummer, he worked with Charles Barrié, Jacques Gauthé, and Mezz Mezzrow before switching to vibraphone late in the 1950s. He and Michel Roques shared leadership of an ensemble which included appearances from Don Byas, Buck Clayton, Bill Coleman,"
"Larry Bunker Lawrence Benjamin ""Larry"" Bunker (November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005) was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. Born in Long Beach, California, Bunker was a central figure on the West Coast jazz scene, one of the relatively few who actually were from the region. In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared at Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, and performed with Shorty Rogers and His Giants and others. At first he played primarily drums, but increasingly"
"Lou Busch Louis Ferdinand Busch (July 18, 1910 – September 19, 1979) was an American record producer, musician and songwriter, who was best known for performing as a pianist under the nickname Joe ""Fingers"" Carr. Louis Bush was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, during the ragtime era and the jazz age. Blessed with an inherent music talent, he was already leading a ragtime and jazz band Lou Bush and His Tickle Toe Four, by the time he was 12 years old. At 16, he left school and home for a career as a professional musician, playing with the likes"
"Village Mortuary near UCLA. Lou Busch Louis Ferdinand Busch (July 18, 1910 – September 19, 1979) was an American record producer, musician and songwriter, who was best known for performing as a pianist under the nickname Joe ""Fingers"" Carr. Louis Bush was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, during the ragtime era and the jazz age. Blessed with an inherent music talent, he was already leading a ragtime and jazz band Lou Bush and His Tickle Toe Four, by the time he was 12 years old. At 16, he left school and home for a career as a professional musician,"
"In 1998, Adrian Rollini was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. Adrian Rollini Adrian Francis Rollini (June 28, 1903 – May 15, 1956) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and many other instruments. Rollini is also known for introducing the goofus in jazz music. As leader, his major recordings included ""You've Got Everything"" (1933), ""Savage Serenade"" (1933) and ""Got The Jitters"" (1934) on Banner, Perfect, Melotone, Romeo, Oriole, ""A Thousand Good Nights"" (1934) on Vocalion, ""Davenport Blues"" (1934) on Decca, ""Nothing But Notes"", ""Tap Room Swing"", ""Jitters"", ""Riverboat Shuffle"" (1934)"
"Lester Young Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed ""Pres"" or ""Prez"", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument. In contrast to many of his hard-driving peers, Young played with a relaxed, cool tone and used sophisticated harmonies, using what one critic called ""a free-floating style, wheeling and diving like a gull, banking with low, funky riffs that pleased dancers and listeners alike"". Known for his hip, introverted style, he invented or popularized"
"Red Norvo Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville, March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as ""Mr. Swing"". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His recordings included ""Dance of the Octopus"", ""Bughouse"", ""Knockin' on Wood"", ""Congo Blues"", and ""Hole in the Wall"". Red Norvo was born in Beardstown, Illinois. His career began in Chicago with a band called ""The Collegians"" in 1925. He played with many other bands, including an all-marimba band on the vaudeville circuit, and the bands of Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, and Woody Herman."
"Adrian Rollini Adrian Francis Rollini (June 28, 1903 – May 15, 1956) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and many other instruments. Rollini is also known for introducing the goofus in jazz music. As leader, his major recordings included ""You've Got Everything"" (1933), ""Savage Serenade"" (1933) and ""Got The Jitters"" (1934) on Banner, Perfect, Melotone, Romeo, Oriole, ""A Thousand Good Nights"" (1934) on Vocalion, ""Davenport Blues"" (1934) on Decca, ""Nothing But Notes"", ""Tap Room Swing"", ""Jitters"", ""Riverboat Shuffle"" (1934) on Decca, and ""Small Fry"" (1938) on Columbia. Rollini was born in New York on"
"Dave Pike David Samuel Pike (March 23, 1938 – October 3, 2015) was a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He appears on many albums by Nick Brignola, Paul Bley and Kenny Clarke, Bill Evans, and Herbie Mann. He also recorded extensively as leader, including a number of albums on MPS Records. He learned drums at the age of eight and was self-taught on vibes. Pike made his recording debut with the Paul Bley Quartet in 1958. He began putting an amplifier on his vibes when working with flautist Herbie Mann in the early 1960s. By the late 1960s, Pike's music"
"Pike except as indicated"" Jazz for the Jet Set Jazz for the Jet Set is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Dave Pike which was recorded in 1965 for the Atlantic label. The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating ""This disc is a bit unusual in a few ways. Vibraphonist Dave Pike sticks here exclusively to the marimba, while pianist Herbie Hancock is heard throughout on organ, an instrument he rarely played again... Most of the music consists of obscurities and is open to the influences of the boogaloo and pop rhythms of the era... An interesting effort""."
"selections include such notables as Jim Hall, Ralph Towner, and Kevin Eubanks, and all of their contributions are solid in their own way. One sometimes wishes that this record was a little less GRP, with Larry Goldings' keyboards and Berg's sax being the most frequent offenders, but there are plenty of hot moments on Six Pack that make this record worth searching out, especially for fans of jazz guitar. Where else will listeners find all of these great players on a single record?"" Six Pack (Gary Burton album) Six Pack is a 1992 studio album by American jazz vibraphonist Gary"
"in the decade he teamed up with fellow former Jazz Passengers, Brad Jones and E. J. Rodriguez, in the ensemble Vibes. His 2001 tribute to Duke Ellington was recorded with Marc Ribot on guitar. Deborah Harry guested on his 2002 effort ""Four"". In the mid-2000s, Ware did several projects blending jazz with Western classical musicas well as 5 film scores (with fellow Jazz Passengers bandmate Roy Nathanson). Bill Ware Bill Ware III born William Anthony Ware III (b. January 28, 1959, East Orange, New Jersey) is an American jazz vibraphonist. Ware played bass and piano early in his career, playing"
"Brian Auger Brian Albert Gordon Auger (born 18 July 1939) is an English jazz rock and rock music keyboardist who specializes in the Hammond organ. Auger has worked with Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon. He incorporated jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul music, and rock into his sound. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award. In 1965 Auger formed the group The Steampacket with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs, and Rod Stewart. Due to contractual problems there were no official recordings made by the band; nevertheless, nine"
"Gene Ammons Eugene ""Jug"" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as ""The Boss"", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B, but his career was hampered by two incarcerations on drugs charges. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ammons studied music with instructor Walter Dyett at DuSable High School. Ammons began to gain recognition while still at high school when in 1943, at the age of 18, he went on the road with trumpeter King Kolax's band. In 1944 he"
"Terry Pollard Terry Pollard (August 15, 1931 – December 16, 2009) was a jazz pianist and vibraphonist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s. She has been described as a ""major player who was inexplicably overlooked."" Pollard began her career by collaborating with other Detroit musicians, such as Billy Mitchell (and Elvin Jones, in the house band at the Blue Bird Inn), Johnny Hill, and the Emmitt Slay Trio. She was discovered by Terry Gibbs and toured with him in the early 1950s, playing piano and vibraphone. They recorded an album, ""Terry Gibbs Quartet - Featuring"
"took the vibes to a new level of jazz sophistication with his harmonic inventions and his blurring-fast, four-mallet runs... Today, he's the standard bearer of the instrument and has a plenitude of emulators to prove it."" Ouellette quoted Joey DeFrancesco as saying ""Bobby is the greatest vibes player of all time... Milt Jackson was ""the"" guy, but Bobby took it to the next level. It's like Milt was Charlie Parker, and Bobby was John Coltrane."" Bobby Hutcherson Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. ""Little B's Poem"", from the 1966"
"Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed ""the Little Giant"" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the early 1940s and continued until the month of his death. A pioneering figure in hard bop, Griffin recorded prolifically as a bandleader in addition to stints with pianist Thelonious Monk, drummer Art Blakey, in partnership with fellow tenor Eddie ""Lockjaw"" Davis and as a member of the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band after he moved to Europe in the 1960s. In 1995, Griffin was awarded"
"John Patton (musician) John Patton (July 12, 1935 – March 19, 2002) was an American jazz, blues and R&B pianist and organist, often known by his nickname, Big John Patton. Patton was one of the most in-demand organists during the golden era of the Hammond B-3 organs between 1963 and 1970. He was a major figure in the development of the funk and blues-rooted jazz style known as soul jazz and is considered a roots player who inspired the acid jazz movement. He recorded extensively for Blue Note, and performed or collaborated with Lloyd Price, Grant Green, and Lou Donaldson."