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Straight-ahead jazz is a genre of jazz that developed in the 1960s, with roots in the prior two decades. It omits the rock music and free jazz influences that began to appear in jazz during this period, instead preferring acoustic instruments, conventional piano comping, walking bass patterns, and swing- and bop-based drum rhythms.
Straight-Ahead Jazz Volume One (Straight Ahead Jazz, 1989) – rec. 1953; Straight Ahead Jazz Vol. Two (Straight Ahead Jazz, 1989) – rec. 1953; Art Pepper With Sonny Clark Trio Vol. 2 (Straight Ahead Jazz, 1989) – rec. 1953; With Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars. Mexican Passport (Contemporary, 1956) Music for Lighthousekeeping ...
Tenor saxophone. Years active. 1943–1974. Eugene " Jug " Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), [1] also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. [2] The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, [1] [3] Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B. [4]
Prestige, Riverside, RCA Victor. Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), [1] known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. [2] It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" (later shortened to "Jaws"): it is either said that it came from the title of a tune or from his way of biting ...
Straight Ahead is a jazz studio album by saxophonist Oliver Nelson. It features acclaimed musicians such as Eric Dolphy on sax, clarinet and flute (his last appearance on a Nelson album following a series of collaborations recorded for Prestige ), and Roy Haynes on drums. It was recorded in March 1961 at the celebrated Van Gelder Studio in ...
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. [1] He was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad ...
The label features straight-ahead jazz, adult contemporary pop, AAA, AOR, classic R&B, smooth jazz, and genuine retro surf from the 1960s. As a musician and recording engineer, he has often been a consultant and beta tester for new musical equipment and recording gear. Songwriter. Graydon has written over 200 songs.
Years active. 1973–present. Labels. Candid, Brownstone, Blue Chip, Koko, Whaling City Sound. Website. www .gregabate .com. Greg Abate (born May 31, 1947) [1] [2] is a jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the fifth grade he began to play clarinet.