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From Blakey to Brown, Como to Costa, Eckstine to Eldridge, Galbraith to Garner, Harris to Hines, Horne to Hyman, Jamal to Jefferson, Kelly to Klook; Mancini to Marmarosa, May to Mitchell, Negri to Nestico, Parlan to Ponder, Reed to Ruther, Strayhorn to Sullivan, Turk to Turrentine, Wade to Williams… the forthcoming publication Treasury of Pittsburgh Jazz Connections by Dr. Nelson Harrison and Dr. Ralph Proctor, Jr. will document the legacy of one of the world’s greatest jazz capitals.

 

Do you want to know who Dizzy Gillespie  idolized? Did you ever wonder who inspired Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey? Who was the pianist that mentored Monk, Bud Powell, Tad Dameron, Elmo Hope, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Torme? Who was Art Tatum’s idol and Nat Cole’s mentor? What musical quartet pioneered the concept adopted later by the Modern Jazz Quartet? Were you ever curious to know who taught saxophone to Stanley Turrentine or who taught piano to Ahmad Jamal? What community music school trained Robert McFerrin, Sr. for his history-making debut with the Metropolitan Opera? What virtually unknown pianist was a significant influence on young John Coltrane, Shirley Scott, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Timmons and Ray Bryant when he moved to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh in the 1940s?  Would you be surprised to know that Erroll Garner attended classes at the Julliard School of Music in New York and was at the top of his class in writing and arranging proficiency?

 

Some answers  can be gleaned from the postings on the Pittsburgh Jazz Network.

 

For almost 100 years the Pittsburgh region has been a metacenter of jazz originality that is second to no other in the history of jazz.  One of the best kept secrets in jazz folklore, the Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy has heretofore remained mythical.  We have dubbed it “the greatest story never told” since it has not been represented in writing before now in such a way as to be accessible to anyone seeking to know more about it.  When it was happening, little did we know how priceless the memories would become when the times were gone.

 

Today jazz is still king in Pittsburgh, with events, performances and activities happening all the time. The Pittsburgh Jazz Network is dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the places, artists and fans that carry on the legacy of Pittsburgh's jazz heritage.

 

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There is a dearth of oral history available documenting the greatness of the Pittsburgh Jazz Tradition and Legacy.. Please feel free to add a quote of your own or words of wisdom or humor from a Pittsburgh artist that you may find of interest.

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I don't need time. What I need is a deadline. -Duke Ellington, jazz pianist, composer, and conductor (1899-1974)

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Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on April 30, 2015 at 3:34am

"Music is a weapon of mass construction."

 ---Rahman Jamaal

Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on April 26, 2015 at 2:38am

"A lot of people ask when jazz went downhill or stopped becoming popular and I can’t really answer that question. It’s still going. It’s just not as prevalent and the music itself has changed drastically. In my time, jazz was very much a social exchange. We would play till 4 A.M. and if there were no gigs we would just go have lunch together. That really affected the music too because you could just feel the compatibility. Those type of things don’t happen anymore. Now, music is just a sheet of music that looks like fly shit; just notes scattered all over the damn place. The whole groove is gone. At one time I could identify every musician on a record by year because you could single out their styles and musical expressions. But now everyone sounds the same. You got to put a name underneath the single to be able to tell who they are."  ---Archie Alleyne
Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on February 22, 2015 at 10:20pm

After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ---Aldous Leonard Huxley

Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on February 22, 2015 at 10:18pm

Music is the 4th great material want of our nature - first food, then raiment, then shelter, then music. ---Christian Nestell Bovee

Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on February 22, 2015 at 10:17pm

Music is the only sensual gratification in which mankind may indulge to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings. -- Joseph Addison

Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on February 22, 2015 at 10:15pm

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ---Victor Hugo

Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on February 22, 2015 at 10:14pm

The joy of music should never be should never be interrupted by a commercial. --- Leonard Bernstein

Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on February 14, 2015 at 3:16am

“I DON’T LIKE TO WRITE IN ALL OF THE NOTES,” says legendary trumpeter Eddie Henderson with a laugh, “Miles always said, ‘just write a sketch and let all the musicians fill in. He’d say, “A collective portrait is better than a self portrait.’” It was advice that resonated with a young Eddie Henderson who, even after 40-something years, still relies on it as a primary organizing principle for his music. 

Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on September 13, 2014 at 6:11pm
Interview with Tootie Heath


EI:  Who did you get to see live in Philly growing up? 


AH:  Well, Philly Joe Jones before he moved to New York.  Ronald Tucker, who’s on one album with Jackie McLean, the one with the first recording of “Little Melonae.” He was really my hero, because Ronald never practiced but could play anything.  Just anything.  He’d see you trying something, and he would say, “What’s that you are trying to play? You mean this?” And he could do it.  He could hear and play anything, Max Roach solos, you name it.  We called him “The Flame,” since he used the hair straightener called Conkaline and let it get red.  Conkaline was almost like lye, it would basically burn your hair, and if you weren't careful, you would end up with red hair, which is what happened to Ronald.
Specs Wright was very technical, a great reader, wonderful smooth hands, clean, the “4”s were exact – but this guy Ronald could try anything and come out of it like magic.  I also used to see a wonderful drummer named Charlie Rice around Philadelphia – in fact Rice is still there – and I’m sure I’m leaving some other people out.  
Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on August 5, 2014 at 5:22am

Remember the music is not in the piano. 

—Clement Mok

 

 

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