On May 2, 2020, Richie Cole died aged 72. He was composer, arranger and musician (saxophone), began to play alto saxophone when he was ten years old, encouraged by his father, who owned a jazz club in New Jersey. In the 70’ he created his own “alto madness” bebop style. In the 90’s he formed The Alto Madness Orchestra. Cole recorded and performed with many musicians such as Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Doc Severinsen, Eddie Jefferson, Nancy Wilson, Tom Waits, The Manhattan Transfer, Hank Crawford, Freddie Hubbard, Eric Kloss, Bobby Enriquez, Phil Woods, Sonny Stitt, Art Pepper, Greg Abate, Les DeMerle, Allan Harris, Jim Holman, Vic Juris, Peter Lauffer, Oliver Nelson, Anita O’Day, Red Rodney, Janine Santana, Mark Murphy, Sonny Stitt and Boots Randolph. In 2005, Cole was awarded the “State of California Congressional Certificate of Lifetime Achievement in Jazz” on behalf of the “Temecula Jazz Society”.
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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dear Ella
On September 30, 1997, “Verve” label released “Dear Ella”, the eleventh Dee Dee Bridgewater studio album. It was recorded January – February 1997. At the 40th Grammy Awards, the album won Bridgewater the “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album” and Slide Hampton the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist”, for the arrangement of “Cotton Tail”.
Personnel:
- Dee Dee Bridgewater– vocals
- Cecil Bridgewater– trumpet, arranger, conductor
- Antonio Hart– alto saxophone, soloist
- Jeff Clayton– alto saxophone
- Teodross Avery– tenor saxophone
- Bill Easley– tenor saxophone
- Patience Higgins – baritone saxophone
- Virgil Jones – trumpet, horn, soloist
- Byron Stripling– trumpet
- Ron Tooley – trumpet
- Diego Urcola – trumpet
- Slide Hampton– trombone, arranger, conductor
- Clarence Banks – trombone, horn, soloist
- Benny Powell– trombone
- Robert Trowers– trombone
- Douglas Purviance– bass trombone
- Robert Lloyd – horn
- Anderson – tuba
- Taylor – flute
- Jowitt – clarinet
- Wallbank – bass clarinet
- J. Morgan – oboe
- Lou Levy– piano, arranger
- Milt Jackson– vibraphone
- Kenny Burrell– guitar, arranger
- Ray Brown– double bass
- Grady Tate– drums
- André Ceccarelli– drums
- Hakin – percussion
- Boguslaw Kostecki, A. Noland, T. Williams, R. Wilson – violin
- Graham and G. Jackson – viola
- Peter Willison – cello
- John Clayton – big band arranger, conductor
- Rob Eaton, Keith Grant, Al Schmitt– engineer
- Peter Doell, Koji Egawa, Brian Garten, Alex Marcou – engineer assistant
- Jean Luc Barilla – design
- Philippe Pierangeli – photography
Track listing:
- A-Tisket, A-Tasket – Van Alexander, Ella Fitzgerald
- Mack the Knife – Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
- Undecided – Leo Robin, Charlie Shavers
- Midnight Sun – Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer
- Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love – Cole Porter
- How High the Moon – Morgan Hamilton, Nancy Lewis
- (If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) – Sam Coslow
- Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy – Cole Porter
- (I’d Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China – Frank Loesser
- Oh, Lady be Good! – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- Stairway to the Stars — Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
- Dear Ella – Kenny Burrell
Buddy Rich
On April 2, 1987, Bernard “Buddy” Rich died aged 69. He was musician (drums) and bandleader, known for his virtuoso technique, power, groove, and speed. In his career Rich performed with some of the biggest names of the modern music including, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Lester Young, Max Roach, Alla Rakha, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and Dizzy Gillespie.
Charles Mingus
On January 5, 1977, Charles Mingus Jr. Died aged 57. He was musician (bass), composer and bandleader, regarded as one of the most creative and influential Jazz artists of all times.
For his work and contribution to the modern music, Mingus has received many awards including:
- “Guggenheim Fellowship” (1971).
- Inducted in the “Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame” (1971).
- “National Endowment for the Arts” provided grants for a Mingus nonprofit called “Let My Children Hear Music” which cataloged all of Mingus’s works (1988)
- “The Library of Congress” acquired Mingus’s collected papers in what they described as “the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library’s history.(1993)]
- “The United States Postal Service” issued a stamp in his honor (1995).
- Posthumously awarded the “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award” (1997)
- Album “Mingus Dynasty”(1959) inducted in the “Grammy Hall of Fame” (1999)
- Inducted in the “Jazz at Lincoln Center”, Nesuhi Ertegun “Jazz Hall of Fame” (2005)
Mingus has recorded and performed with some of the most important musicians of the modern music, including: Illinois Jacquet, Dinah Washington, Wilbert Baranco, Ivie Anderson, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Billy Taylor, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Bud Powell, Paul Bley, Teo Macero, Oscar Pettiford, Ada Moore, Charlie Parker, J.J. Johnson, Hazel Scott, John Mehegan, Thad Jones, John Dennis, Ralph Sharon, Miles Davis, Teddy Charles, The Metronome All-Stars, Jimmy Knepper, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Eric Dolphy.
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