american jazz musicians
Andy McGhee
american jazz musicians | music educators(Andrew) Andy McGhee (b. November 3, 1927, Wilmington, North Carolina) is a tenor saxophonist and educator.
Andy McGhee graduated from New England Conservatory in 1949 and worked for a short time with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and local Boston musician Fat Man Robinson. From 1957 to 1963 McGhee worked in Lionel Hampton's band, touring the United States, Europe, and the Far East. His composition, McGhee, can be found on the recording, The Many Sides of Lionel Hampton. McGhee worked with Woddy Herman from 1963 to 1966.McGhee, Andy entry, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Edited by Barry Kernfeld, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1988
Joe Mooney (musician)
american jazz musicians | jazz accordionists | new jersey musiciansJoe Mooney (March 14, 1911, Paterson, New Jersey - May 12, 1975, Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was an American jazz and pop accordionist.
Mooney went blind around age ten. He and his brother, Dan, played together on radio broadcasts in the late 1920s, and recorded between 1929 and 1931 as the Sunshine Boys and the Melotone Boys; both sang while Joe accompanied on piano. They continued performing together on WLW in Cincinnati until 1936, after which time Dan quit music.
David Sanford (composer)
1963 births | african american musicians | american jazz bandleaders | american jazz composers | american jazz musicians | people from pennsylvania | people from pittsburgh | progressive big band bandleadersDavid Sanford was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1963.
Biography
Sanford was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1963, into a musical family. His parents and one of his grandfathers were choir leaders, his other grandfather was a jazz trumpeter, and his great-grandmother Mozie Bass had composed songs and music for church pageants; he also has a brother who is a music teacher and singer in Colorado, where the family moved. The young David Sanford acquired an enthusiasm for big band music early on, playing trombone from around the age of ten. He went on to major in music at the University of Northern Colorado, and earned master's degrees in theory and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. Supported partly by a Guggenheim Fellowship and partly by a job in the financial services industry, he undertook doctoral studies at Princeton, where he completed his dissertation on Miles Davis in 1998. That same year he joined the faculty at Mount Holyoke, where he teaches theory, composition, and various history courses, including one on music of the 1970's.Paul Humphrey
american jazz musicians | american session musicians | michigan musiciansPaul Humphrey (born October 12, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz drummer. He worked as a session drummer in the 1960s for jazz artists such as Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Kai Winding, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz, and Gene Ammons. Biography, Allmusic.com As a bandleader, he recorded under the name Paul Humphrey and the Cool Aid Chemists, with Clarence MacDonald, David T. Walker, and Bill Upchurch. In 1971, this ensemble had two hits, "Cool Aid" (US 29, US Black Singles 14) Paul Humphrey & the Cool Aid Chemists Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com Paul Humphrey Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com and "Funky L.A." (US Black Singles 45). He also recorded an album as head of the Paul Humphrey Sextet in 1981.
Discography
- Paul Humphrey and the Cool Aid Chemists (Lizard Records, 1969) US 170, US Black Albums 31 Billboard, Allmusic.com
- America, Wake Up (Blue Thumb Records, 1973)
- Paul Humphrey Sextet (Discovery Records, 1981)
Larry Elgart
american jazz musicians | connecticut musiciansLarry Elgart is an American jazz bandleader.
Biography
Larry Elgart was born in 1922 in New London, Connecticut, four years younger than his brother, Les. Their mother was a concert pianist; their father played piano as well, though not professionally. Both brothers began playing in jazz ensembles in their teens, and while young Larry played with jazz musicians such as Charlie Spivak, Woody Herman, Red Norvo, Freddie Slack, and Tommy Dorsey.