Pittsburgh Jazz Network2024-03-28T09:40:37ZDan Wassonhttp://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/DanWassonhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/353506945?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://jazzburgher.ning.com/group/obituaries/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=1m4nq9pvtpyki&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDr. Ralph Proctor, famed historian, author, professor, passestag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2024-02-09:1992552:Topic:7197532024-02-09T06:41:15.207ZDan Wassonhttp://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/DanWasson
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<p><strong>DR. RALPH PROCTOR PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 2, ACCORDING TO HIS SON.</strong></p>
<p>In the “Something People Might Not Know About Me” section of the CCAC website that houses Ralph Proctor’s bio, he said that “despite a very public life…I really am quite introverted and rather shy.”</p>
<p>Well, that “introverted” and “rather shy” person met with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., participated in the civil rights movements of the ’50s and ’60s, wrote three books, hosted radio and television programs like WQED’s “Black Horizons,” spent decades giving public speeches, created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and traveled extensively through Africa.</p>
<p>And still, that doesn’t seem like anywhere near enough to describe Ralph Proctor, Ph.D., and his accomplishments.</p>
<p>Dr. Proctor died on Friday morning, Feb. 2, according to his son.</p>
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<p>“Brother Proctor was the consummate fearless warrior for justice,” said Ronald Saunders, President of the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History), in a statement to the New Pittsburgh Courier. “He would tackle Jim Crow and racism regardless of where it reared its ugly head, whether it was at the University of Pittsburgh, the United States Military, WQED or any other venue. Brother Proctor had great love for Black people and traveled the African continent collecting art from various nations and tribes.”</p>
<p>Saunders told the Courier he grew up with Dr. Proctor in the Hill District, as they both attended Robert L. Vann Elementary School and Herron Hill Jr. High School. Dr. Proctor attended Schenley High School.</p>
<p>Dr. Proctor earned a B.S. in Psychology in 1965 and his doctorate in History in 1979, both from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Proctor was a teacher and later, assistant dean in Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences from 1968 to 1973. Dr. Proctor was the host of WQED-TV’s “Black Horizons” community affairs show from 1968- 1971. He was the author of three books: “Racial Discrimination Against Black Teachers and Black Professionals in the Pittsburgh Public School System—1834-1973,” “Voices From the Firing Line; A Personal Account of the Pittsburgh Civil Rights Movement,” and “Song of The Hill; Life, Love, Legacy.” Dr. Proctor also was hired as executive director of the Kingsley Association in 1978 and served for nearly 20 years.</p>
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<p>In 2001, Dr. Proctor became a professor in ethnic and diversity studies at CCAC (Community College of Allegheny County), later becoming chairman of the entire program at the school. But that wasn’t all. He created the Office of Institutional Diversity & Inclusion at CCAC and served as its first vice president, under then- CCAC President Dr. Stewart Sutin. Dr. Proctor also said in his CCAC bio that he proposed to the CCAC Board of Trustees that the school construct a new science building on its main campus named after an African American icon, K. Leroy Irvis, the former Pa. Speaker of the House. The K. Leroy Irvis Science Center now sits on Ridge Avenue.</p>
<p>Dr. Proctor also was a nationally-recognized collector of African art, of which he donated some of the collection to the University of Pittsburgh’s African Heritage Classroom Committee in 2013.</p>
<p>“Ralph Proctor represented an era in Black Pittsburgh that was emerging from the ashes of America’s racial oppression to the realization of its promise,” expressed Samuel Black, Director of African American Program at the Heinz History Center, exclusively to the Courier, Feb. 6. “Ralph had a fire of determination and belief in equality that carried him into different areas of community and work. Typical of the Black leadership shown by Pittsburgh legends Martin Delany, Mal Goode, and Cum Posey, Ralph Proctor excelled in several professions, all seemingly for the benefit of himself and the community. He was a Hill District vanguard, proud and honored with the badge of being from and living in the Hill.”</p>
<p>Born in 1938 and raised on Wylie Avenue, Dr. Proctor has said that so many publications or books have inaccurately portrayed the history of the Hill District. In an interview with the online publication Next Pittsburgh in 2023, Dr. Proctor said that the City of Pittsburgh “stigmatized” the entire Hill District to “justify urban renewal” such as building the Civic Arena in the Lower Hill and displacing thousands of residents.</p>
<p>“There was a time when the Lower Hill, of course, had drunks. Had drug addicts. Had crime,” Dr. Proctor said in the Next Pittsburgh article. “But they didn’t talk about what else was going on in the Lower Hill, that it was essentially a United Nations where people of all colors, creeds, nationalities, got along beautifully.”</p>
<p>He discussed his viewpoint of the Hill in his book, “Song of The Hill.”</p>
<p>Black conducted a series of oral histories with Dr. Proctor in the summer of 2022. “The two were inseparable—Ralph and the Hill,” Black told the Courier. “He had a chance to not hold back, talk about the community and the Black struggle in Pittsburgh. We laughed at times but most times it was serious conversation. Through it all I learned so much about Pittsburgh, The Hill, and Ralph Proctor.”</p>
<p>Dr. Stephen Wells, CCAC’s Interim Chief Academic Officer, called Dr. Proctor an “incredible asset to the institution.” Dr. Wells also told the Courier on Feb. 5 that Dr. Proctor was “my role model as a passionate voice for change at the institution. He was always willing to speak his mind, but at the same time, I think what stood out to me most was his humility. He never shied away from speaking his mind with passion, with conviction, and I always admired that about him. And in the classroom, he always pushed his students to challenge their pre-conceived notions about the world, but none of it was ever about him; it was all about making his students better people, making the world a better place, making it a more accepting place to live.”</p>
<p>Dr. Wells told the Courier that while he was a member of the English department as a professor, he sat in on one of Dr. Proctor’s classes. He said he noticed how Dr. Proctor was “passionate” about having his students “think critically and carefully about what they saw around them in the world, and not to simply accept the status quo as the way things needed to be.”</p>
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</div> Broadway Legend Maurice Hines Dies at 80tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2024-01-05:1992552:Topic:7193652024-01-05T19:38:25.816ZDan Wassonhttp://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/DanWasson
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<p>His<span> </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/maurice-hines-famed-dancer-broadway-star-dies-80-rcna131699" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">death</a><span> </span>due to natural causes, took place in Englewood, New Jersey. His representative and cousin, Richard Nurse, announced the news to<span> </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/maurice-hines-dead-broadway-dancer-1235776885/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>Born Maurice Robert Hines Jr. on December 13, 1943, in Harlem, New York, he was the son of Alma and Maurice Sr., a drummer and soda salesman. Hines and his younger brother Gregory, who was 26 months his junior, started their journey in the dance world at an early age, studying tap under Henry LeTang in Manhattan. The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard and Harold, greatly influenced their aspirations and style.</p>
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<p>The Hines brothers began their professional careers as children, performing as the Hines Kids. Their Broadway debut came in 1954 in “The Girl in Pink Tights,” choreographed by Agnes de Mille. The duo, initially known as the Hines Brothers, later became Hines, Hines & Dad with the inclusion of their father in 1963. They frequently performed at the Apollo Theater in New York City and gained fame for their performances in clubs across the United States and Europe, as well as on television shows like The Tonight Show.</p>
<p>Maurice Hines’ individual career also prospered. He received a Tony Award nomination in 1986 for Best Actor in a Musical for “Uptown … It’s Hot!” and returned to Broadway in 2006’s “Hot Feet.” He was the driving force behind these productions, serving as conceiver, director, and choreographer.</p>
<p>However, the relationship between Maurice and Gregory Hines was complex. They had a significant falling out, resulting in a decade-long period of no communication, the reasons for which Maurice remained silent. This rift was evident in their lives, even during their mother’s wedding when they did not interact. They reconciled before Gregory’s death from cancer in 2003 at age 57.</p>
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<p>Aside from his Broadway achievements, Maurice Hines is remembered for his roles in films, notably with Gregory in “The Cotton Club” (1984), where their real-life sibling relationship was showcased in an improvised manner.</p>
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<p>His contributions to the arts extended beyond performance. He co-directed and choreographed the national tour of Louis Armstrong’s biography “Satchmo.” He also directed, choreographed, and starred in a national tour of “Harlem Suite,” featuring various popular artists.</p>
<p>In 2013, Maurice honored Gregory with “Tappin’ Thru Life: An Evening With Maurice Hines,” a show that toured cities including Boston, New York, and Washington.</p>
<p>Hines’ legacy is defined by his contributions to dance and theater, his dynamic partnership with his brother, and his resilience in dealing with the complexities of personal and professional life. His death leaves a gap in the performing arts community, where he was respected for his talent, creativity, and passion for the arts.</p>
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<p>Maurice Hines is survived by his nephew, Zach, and niece, Daria. His life, spanning over seven decades in show business, has been recognized by peers and admirers, including Debbie Allen, a notable actress-dancer-choreographer, who paid her respects in a heartfelt post.</p>
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</div> Bassist Richard Davis joins the ancestors on September 6, 2023 at 93.tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2023-09-09:1992552:Topic:7164432023-09-09T21:02:18.206ZDan Wassonhttp://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/DanWasson
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<td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a></td>
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<td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse_Records" title="Muse Records">Muse</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmetto_Records" title="Palmetto Records">Palmetto</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_Records" title="Marge Records">Marge</a></td>
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<p><b>Richard Davis</b><span> </span>(April 15, 1930 – September 6, 2023) was an American jazz bassist. Among his best-known contributions to the albums of others are<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>'s<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_to_Lunch!" title="Out to Lunch!">Out to Lunch!</a></i>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Hill_(jazz_musician)" title="Andrew Hill (jazz musician)">Andrew Hill</a>'s<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Departure_(Andrew_Hill_album)" title="Point of Departure (Andrew Hill album)">Point of Departure</a></i>, and<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>'s<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_Weeks" title="Astral Weeks">Astral Weeks</a></i>, of which critic<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greil_Marcus" title="Greil Marcus">Greil Marcus</a><span> </span>wrote (in<span> </span><i>The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll</i>), "Richard Davis provided the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></p>
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<p>Born on April 15, 1930 in<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_2-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-LarkinJazz-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>Davis began his musical career with his brothers, singing bass in his family's vocal trio.<sup id="cite_ref-ALLMUSIC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-ALLMUSIC-3">[3]</a></sup><span> </span>He studied double bass in high school with his music theory teacher and band director,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dyett" title="Walter Dyett">Walter Dyett</a>. He was a member of<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Youth_Symphony_Orchestras" title="Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras">Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras</a><span> </span>(then known as the Youth Orchestra of Greater Chicago) and played in the orchestra's first performance at Chicago's Orchestra Hall on November 14, 1947. After high school, he studied double bass with Rudolf Fahsbender of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while attending<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VanderCook_College_of_Music" title="VanderCook College of Music">VanderCook College of Music</a>.</p>
<p>After college, Davis performed in dance bands. The connections he made led him to pianist<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shirley" title="Don Shirley">Don Shirley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_2-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-LarkinJazz-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>In 1954, he and Shirley moved to New York City and performed together until 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_2-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-LarkinJazz-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>when Davis began playing with the<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauter-Finegan_Orchestra" title="Sauter-Finegan Orchestra">Sauter-Finegan Orchestra</a>. In 1957, he became part of<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a>'s rhythm section, touring and recording with her until 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_2-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-LarkinJazz-2">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p>During the 1960s, Davis was in demand in a variety of musical circles. He worked with many of the small jazz groups of the time, including those led by<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Byard" title="Jaki Byard">Jaki Byard</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Ervin" title="Booker Ervin">Booker Ervin</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Hill_(jazz_musician)" title="Andrew Hill (jazz musician)">Andrew Hill</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a>, and<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader" title="Cal Tjader">Cal Tjader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_2-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-LarkinJazz-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>From 1966 to 1972, he was a member of<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thad_Jones/Mel_Lewis_Orchestra" title="The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra">The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_2-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-LarkinJazz-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>He has also played with<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Sebesky" title="Don Sebesky">Don Sebesky</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Nelson" title="Oliver Nelson">Oliver Nelson</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" title="Ahmad Jamal">Ahmad Jamal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_bio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-Official_bio-4">[4]</a></sup></p>
<p>Davis recorded with pop and rock musicians in the 1970s, appearing on<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Nyro" title="Laura Nyro">Laura Nyro</a>'s<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(Laura_Nyro_album)" title="Smile (Laura Nyro album)">Smile</a></i>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>'s<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_Weeks" title="Astral Weeks">Astral Weeks</a></i><span> </span>(for which Davis also served as<span> </span><i>de facto</i><span> </span>bandleader during the recording sessions<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>), and<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>'s<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greetings_From_Asbury_Park,_N.J." class="mw-redirect" title="Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.">Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.</a></i><span> </span>and<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Run" title="Born to Run">Born to Run</a></i>. During his career he performed classical music with conductors<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Stokowski" title="Leopold Stokowski">Leopold Stokowski</a>, and<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_Schuller" title="Gunther Schuller">Gunther Schuller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_bio_4-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-Official_bio-4">[4]</a></sup></p>
<p>After living in New York City for 23 years, he moved to Wisconsin in 1977 and became a professor at the<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinJazz_2-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-LarkinJazz-2">[2]</a></sup><span> </span>teaching bass, jazz history, and improvisation. His former students include<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parker_(musician)" title="William Parker (musician)">William Parker</a>, David Ephross, Sandor Ostlund, Hans Sturm, Alex Kalfayan, Ryan Maxwell and<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_E._H._Seigfried" title="Karl E. H. Seigfried">Karl E. H. Seigfried</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup></p>
<p>Richard Davis died on September 6, 2023, after two years in hospice care. He was 93.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards and honors">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<li>Best Bassist,<span> </span><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downbeat_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Downbeat Magazine">Downbeat</a></i><span> </span>International Critics' Poll (1967–74)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEA_Jazz_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="NEA Jazz Master">NEA Jazz Master</a><span> </span>(2014)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Discography">Discography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<div class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article:<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_discography" title="Richard Davis discography">Richard Davis discography</a></div>
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<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Sounds" title="Heavy Sounds">Heavy Sounds</a></i><span> </span>(Impulse!, 1967) with<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvin_Jones" title="Elvin Jones">Elvin Jones</a></li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses_for_Richard_Davis" title="Muses for Richard Davis">Muses for Richard Davis</a></i><span> </span>(MPS, 1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philosophy_of_the_Spiritual" title="The Philosophy of the Spiritual">The Philosophy of the Spiritual</a></i><span> </span>(Cobblestone, 1971)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistrophy_%26_Now%27s_the_Time" title="Epistrophy & Now's the Time">Epistrophy & Now's the Time</a></i><span> </span>(Muse, 1972)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dealin%27" title="Dealin'">Dealin'</a></i><span> </span>(Muse, 1973)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_One_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="As One (Richard Davis album)">As One</a></i><span> </span>(Muse, 1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_Free_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Fancy Free (Richard Davis album)">Fancy Free</a></i><span> </span>(Galaxy, 1977)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Gemini" title="Divine Gemini">Divine Gemini</a></i><span> </span>(SteepleChase, 1978) with<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Dickerson" title="Walt Dickerson">Walt Dickerson</a></li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Harvest (Richard Davis album)">Harvest</a></i><span> </span>(Muse, 1977 [1979])</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_Out_West_(Richard_Davis_album)" title="Way Out West (Richard Davis album)">Way Out West</a></i><span> </span>(Muse, 1977 [1980])</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenderness_(Walt_Dickerson_and_Richard_Davis_album)" title="Tenderness (Walt Dickerson and Richard Davis album)">Tenderness</a></i><span> </span>(SteepleChase, 1977 [1985]) with Walt Dickerson</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia_My_Dear" title="Persia My Dear">Persia My Dear</a></i><span> </span>(DIW, 1987)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_and_Soul_(Archie_Shepp_and_Richard_Davis_album)" title="Body and Soul (Archie Shepp and Richard Davis album)">Body and Soul</a></i><span> </span>(Enja, 1989 [1991]) with<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Shepp" title="Archie Shepp">Archie Shepp</a></li>
<li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bassist:_Homage_to_Diversity" title="The Bassist: Homage to Diversity">The Bassist: Homage to Diversity</a></i><span> </span>(Palmetto, 2001)</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Davis_(bassist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-Official_bio-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_ref-Official_bio_4-0"><span class="cite-accessibility-label">Jump up to:</span><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a><span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis_(bassist)#cite_ref-Official_bio_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span><span> </span><span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://richarddavis.org/">"Richard Davis"</a>.<span> </span><i>Richarddavis.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved<span> </span><span class="nowrap">9 October</span><span> </span>2016</span>.</cite></span></li>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384661/">Richard Davis</a><span> </span>at<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/Richard+Davis+%282%29">Richard Davis</a><span> </span>discography at<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
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<div align="center"><span>About Providence-Born Jazz Legend Carol Sloane</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span>Saturday | August 12 | 4 PM</span></div>
<div align="center"><span>Film also features her longtime pianist, close friend</span></div>
<div align="center"><span>and ‘Providence pal,” the late Mike Renzi</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span>Sloane: A Jazz Singer</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span>The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival</span></div>
<div align="center"><span>Sunday, Sept 17 | 7 PM at the Firehouse Center for The Arts</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span>The largely unknown star was a 1960s regular on </span><span>The Tonight Show</span><span>.</span></div>
<div align="center"><span>She opened for Oscar Peterson at The Village Vanguard.</span></div>
<div align="center"><span>She was often compared to Ella Fitzgerald.</span></div>
<div align="center"><span>And she spent most of her life just trying to pay her rent.</span></div>
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<div><span>Providence, RI and Newburyport, MA--World-renowned singer and Providence native, the late </span><span>Carol Sloane</span><span> is the subject of the new feature-length documentary, </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ngN46Vf1KyoVC1ktErH4JQWPJmJTiuRBynaHImCX8u-1sR-mKaQgBhSkqQZqXOgYqM513mwSKKfuR8vhDDBVtl1cpN7_r2hpxZD_tOw9pQa5CpSDdQpc9siE7AlaD-wtCpE67uCBv1Q=&c=cT87Mq32zYd9UtTP20zi5eVjnxkauudVFs9FRMES5xbH28DY_L96Qg==&ch=K5tx0TUxQH3HYPV3WOpbYqh3DxuVkjMk6-N1u2Q08sKHFfUGeTqgPw==">Sloane: A Jazz Singer</a><span>, directed by Michael Lippert. </span></div>
<div><span>The film has also been selected by the </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ngN46Vf1KyoVC1ktErH4JQWPJmJTiuRBynaHImCX8u-1sR-mKaQgBpO3EMHXXORU_noIxD43_seTuS6Jujh1iS1SIs3GrYE8dlEVy3-aNBctfYITZv5tdtfsOzbb5EC5nHkPb0WNW24ttng08QxALg==&c=cT87Mq32zYd9UtTP20zi5eVjnxkauudVFs9FRMES5xbH28DY_L96Qg==&ch=K5tx0TUxQH3HYPV3WOpbYqh3DxuVkjMk6-N1u2Q08sKHFfUGeTqgPw==">Newburyport Documentary Film Festival</a><span> with a screening on </span><span>Sunday, September 17</span><span> at 7:00 pm</span><span> </span><span>at The Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square, Newburyport, Massachusetts. </span><span>This event will be celebrated by several close friends of Carol's, notably Ron & Joyce Della Chiesa, Sue Auclair and Carolyn Ingles, all of whom will be on hand to tell funny "Sloane" stories.</span><span> </span><span>Tickets for the Newburyport festival will be available soon.</span></div>
<div><span>The Providence, RI Connection:</span></div>
<div><span>As a teenager at North Providence High School, a young Carol Sloane (then Carol Morvan) would get dressed up and sneak into the city’s famed Celebrity Club where she would intently listen to the world’s finest jazz artists onstage. She also spent many hours at the record shop next door, where store owner Carl Henry ensured she was tuned in to all the latest sounds, while introducing her to many of the outstanding musicians who were playing at the club.</span></div>
<div><span>Carol made her professional debut with the Ed Drew Orchestra in Providence when she was fourteen-years-old. She was introduced at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1961, became a 1960s regular on </span><span>The Tonight Show</span><span> and opened for Oscar Peterson at The Village Vanguard. Throughout her career, she was often compared to Ella Fitzgerald.</span></div>
<div><span>Here are some fun videos from the film of Sloane and Mike Renzi as they prepared for their final Birdland show:</span></div>
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<div><span>Carol Sloane was a resident of Stoneham, Massachusetts after she met and married talent booker and magician, Buck Spurr at a little jazz club called The Starlight Roof in Boston. The two love birds shared a Stoneham apartment from 1986 until their passings.</span></div>
<div><span>Filmed mainly in 2019, it was awarded </span><span>Best Documentary</span><span> this year at its world premiere at the </span><span>Santa Fe Film Festiva</span><span>l in February, 30 days after Carol Sloane passed away on January 23 near Boston due to long-term complications from a stroke.</span></div>
<div><span>In June, the film was awarded </span><span>Best Documentary Feature</span><span> at the </span><span>Manhattan International Film Festival</span><span> in New York City. It was also named </span><span>Best Documentary</span><span> at the </span><span>Buffalo Roots Film Festival</span><span> in Rome, Italy and has been screened in </span><span>La Femme Independent Film Festival</span><span> in Cannes, the </span><span>Nepal America International Film Festival</span><span>, as well as in festivals in Orlando, FL, Louisville, KY and Winston-Salem, NC. The documentary is also an official selection of the </span><span>Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival</span><span> hosted in San Jose, California in August. </span></div>
<div><span>The film follows an 82-year-old Sloane in September 2019 in the days leading up to her final live album recording at </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ngN46Vf1KyoVC1ktErH4JQWPJmJTiuRBynaHImCX8u-1sR-mKaQgBhSkqQZqXOgYdiAufBGUrWods3wjrIif_idAMYgZ-NG4eXl928H04SV9HhQYSKi4gjep8t75EYO3XLDnkhTj9N8g1SyKnfY0EQ==&c=cT87Mq32zYd9UtTP20zi5eVjnxkauudVFs9FRMES5xbH28DY_L96Qg==&ch=K5tx0TUxQH3HYPV3WOpbYqh3DxuVkjMk6-N1u2Q08sKHFfUGeTqgPw==">Birdland Jazz Club</a><span> in New York City. In revealing interviews and through fascinating archival footage, the film shares reflections on her storied but largely unknown career involving everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to The Rolling Stones.</span></div>
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<div><span>The 90-minute documentary investigates how such a staggering talent, once called “Fitzgerald’s rightful heir” by </span><span>The New York Times</span><span>, could go so underappreciated, while also exploring the meaning of success in a world where “art don’t pay,” as the artist herself contends. Through a decades-spanning narrative of rare archival footage, intimate and sometimes tearful moments with Sloane, as well as enlightening commentary from industry notables, we learn of this singular artist’s faithful adherence to her craft, despite ever-mounting trials. As she sings in one of her popular tunes by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, “I never went away.”</span></div>
<div><span>Through years of ups and downs, director Lippert follows Sloane’s tumultuous career to the unlikeliest of places - from a second act in North Carolina, to major popularity in Japan, only to find endless dead ends and financial strife around nearly every corner. As longtime friend and producer Stephen Barefoot puts it in the film, “That’s just the story of her life: the ups and downs . . . and the downs go very far.” </span></div>
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<div><span>The film never loses focus of Sloane’s iron will to keep pursuing her passion, to “always leave the door a little open.” Her place in jazz legacy is illuminated by commentaries from multi-Grammy® winning editor/writer Dan Morgenstern, Grammy®-winning singer Catherine Russell, Emmy-winning composer and musician - the late Mike Renzi, Grammy®-winning pianist Bill Charlap, Duke University Vice-Provost for the Arts John Brown, Emmy®-winning recording engineer Joel Moss, plus notables John McDaniel, Natalie Douglas, Daryl Sherman and others. Together, they reveal to us a flawed but inspiring woman determined to not only stick to her art, but to keep it alive for future generations. </span></div>
<div><span>Captured just prior to the 2020 pandemic, the film’s reminder of the social and cultural importance of live jazz, its venues, and the preservation of its history, proves especially timely. At one point during the film, Carol recalls “walking the earth when all the hierarchy of jazz were alive,” and she would perform and attend at all the famous clubs on 52nd Street. “I was surrounded by it and it was so healthy. And then suddenly, it was gone.”</span></div>
<div><span>Carol’s 2019 performance at Birdland is the major climactic moment of the film. To pull it off, the crew worked closely with Birdland owner Gianni Valenti, who arranged the performance and live recording with longtime Sloane friend and entertainment attorney Mark Sendroff. </span></div>
<div><span>“Everyone knows about Birdland, around the world,” Valenti says in the film. Knowing Birdland’s special historic significance, Lippert wanted to capture Carol’s performance without getting in the way.</span></div>
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<div><span>Two and a half years after her Birdland performance was filmed and recorded, “Carol Sloane: Live at Birdland” was released in April 2022 by Club 44 Records. It would become Sloane’s very last album.</span></div>
<div><span>Carol’s final live performance was at North Carolina’s Clayton Center in October 2019, billed as “Two for the Road, with longtime friend and pianist Mike Renzi. She had plans for more, but the pandemic soon brought performance opportunities to a halt around the globe. </span></div>
<div><span>In June 2020, Carol Sloane suffered a stroke and lived in a nursing facility near Boston til her death, only days before the film’s official world premiere in Santa Fe. Mike Renzi, Carol’s longtime musical director with her at the Birdland engagement, passed away in September of 2021. Before she died, Miss Sloane was able to view a close-to-final cut of the film, gave it her blessing and asked that it be dedicated to Mike Renzi. </span></div>
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<div><span>Reviews for the film have been overwhelmingly enthusiastic. Jazz writer Joe Vanderford recently said the film is “a proper couplet to the renowned 20 Feet from Stardom. This film needs to be seen by everyone who loves music – and those who understand the challenges of growing up and growing old...” The film was also called “an invaluable gift” by the </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ngN46Vf1KyoVC1ktErH4JQWPJmJTiuRBynaHImCX8u-1sR-mKaQgBhSkqQZqXOgYHi5qmpLGgj4xlSvl_sBRKC8is1yXxeJCMEyGzFjTtBZUblDSFPSxeKx-1iBwV8qlXf1SsjOF-u2NdsmjbjWByej_0JwqV59gcX0WtFdHFBtAt7WspWTAZ4v-Yswd9JIom9UGlENWXInOHfb5v719oWE1SL-89tAqkGJF3OcVj4o=&c=cT87Mq32zYd9UtTP20zi5eVjnxkauudVFs9FRMES5xbH28DY_L96Qg==&ch=K5tx0TUxQH3HYPV3WOpbYqh3DxuVkjMk6-N1u2Q08sKHFfUGeTqgPw==">New York City Jazz Record</a><span>, and </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ngN46Vf1KyoVC1ktErH4JQWPJmJTiuRBynaHImCX8u-1sR-mKaQgBhSkqQZqXOgY2crkSaj_KBsX1SWRqIcR5NixiMo6bnd_H5e1KtRHLg3WXmraNc3_TeAPYxQlT038dZp1YZh14ixBsR4tViJvAg==&c=cT87Mq32zYd9UtTP20zi5eVjnxkauudVFs9FRMES5xbH28DY_L96Qg==&ch=K5tx0TUxQH3HYPV3WOpbYqh3DxuVkjMk6-N1u2Q08sKHFfUGeTqgPw==">Boston Jazz Chronicles</a><span> said “the true summa to [Carol’s] sixty-year career is Michael Lippert’s documentary, </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ngN46Vf1KyoVC1ktErH4JQWPJmJTiuRBynaHImCX8u-1sR-mKaQgBhSkqQZqXOgYusmkTMmRpxHgFp-Xlb0HTK30nccE2yicLEv8-jKg0TJZNUWiHBKL1UQP25dyOAFEZJeL3qkkAxsfTlLy1Gz8_g==&c=cT87Mq32zYd9UtTP20zi5eVjnxkauudVFs9FRMES5xbH28DY_L96Qg==&ch=K5tx0TUxQH3HYPV3WOpbYqh3DxuVkjMk6-N1u2Q08sKHFfUGeTqgPw==">Sloane: A Jazz Singer</a><span>.”</span></div>
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<div align="center"><span>After seemingly being on the verge of stardom, she languisted for decades, battered by changing tastes and bad luck, before enjoying a midlife comeback.</span></div>
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<div><span>The crowd had thinned by the time Carol Sloane, then 24, took the festival stage in Newport, R.I., in July 1961. The Saturday afternoon slot was a showcase for new talent, hence the sparse attendance. Ms. Sloane had chosen to sing “Little Girl Blue.” The pianist knew the tune but not the rarely performed introduction, so she sang it a cappella, hitting every ravishing note.</span></div>
<div><span>“When I was very young/The world was younger than I/As merry as a carousel. …”</span></div>
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<div><span>The cause was complications from a stroke two years ago, said her stepdaughter, Sandra de Novellis.</span></div>
<div><span>Ms. Sloane was among the last singers who came up in the big-band tradition of jazz and swing music and was seen as an heir to the jazz vocal tradition of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and her idol, Carmen McRae.</span></div>
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<div><span>“I was independently wealthy,” she told jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason in 1964. “My family let me keep the money.”</span></div>
<div><span>During a decades-long career that at one point took a detour to a secretarial job in North Carolina, Ms. Sloane became one of the nation’s memorable jazz singers, even if she sometimes found the term limiting.</span></div>
<div><span>“Carmen McRae and Billie Holiday are jazz singers, and I don’t know why,” she told Gleason for a Globe interview. “And I am </span><span>not</span><span> a jazz singer, and I don’t know why. I hate categories and all I do is sing the songs I love and the music I love.”</span></div>
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<span class="postinfo"><strong>By<span> </span><a href="https://downbeat.com/site/author/john-mcdonough">John McDonough</a><span> </span></strong></span><span class="text-primary"> I </span><span class="postinfo">Jul. 21, 2023</span><br />
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<p>Bennett, perhaps, has the honor of the longest sustained career as a star performer in the annals of show business history, writes John McDonough.</p>
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<p>Tony Bennett, who ascended to the top of American popular music a year<span> </span><i>before</i><span> </span>Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne in England 71 years ago, died July 21 in New York City. He was 96.</p>
<p>His publicist, Sylvia Weiner, announced his death.</p>
<p>Bennett’s passing ends what is almost certainly the longest sustained career as a star performer in the annals of show business history.</p>
<p>The wonder of it all is that over that huge arc, Bennett managed to change so little. In his first extended DownBeat interview in June 1954, he seemed suspicious of his recent string of popular hits and charted his preferred future. “I’d like to make an album,” he told Nat Hentoff, “where I go in and just blow. No special arrangements. A very relaxed album of standards away from the commercially stylized records we’ve been making.” It would happen a number of times in different ways, none more elegantly than in his 1976 sessions with Bill Evans.</p>
<p>In a business where commerce dictates art and opportunism sustains survival, Bennett from the start planted himself like a sequoia in the soil of the American Popular Songbook and made himself a stubborn bulwark of tradition against the storms of fads, crazes, trends and trivia – all the things that drive success in his chosen trade. Like his royal counterpart in Buckingham Palace, he would become the eternal defender of the faith long after the rest of the world moved on. It was a repertoire he never aged out of, although by the time he passed 90 audiences might have chuckled at the irony of hearing him sing “as I approach the prime of my life” in the verse to “This Is All I Ask.”</p>
<p>His sprang into the big time at age 25 in the summer of 1951, propelled by strength of the sudden success of “Because of You,” which he had recorded for Columbia in April of that year. Network Radio and 78 rpm records were nearing the end of their reign as Bennett began his. Over the next seven decades, as he evolved from pop sensation to senior statesman of the American Song Book, he never seriously slipped from the top ranks of the most admired and respected singers in music. His celebrated recent partnerships with Lady Gaga, Diana Krall and others kept him a stadium act in the contemporary music scene, while his regular solo concerts at Radio City, Ravinia, Carnegie Hall and The Hollywood Bowl represented a lineage of living cultural memory that connected audiences to a distant and vastly different time in mid-20<sup>th</sup><span> </span>century America. For a diminishing few it was nostalgia. For most it became a rare chance to glimpse a surviving symbol of continuity winding back into the final days of the great songwriters a decade before singers became their own writers. It helped that well into his 90s, Bennett continued to perform at the top of his form, even as he became ravaged by Alzheimer’s Disease at the end. A fascinating<span> </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-bennett-lady-gaga-alzheimers-disease-60-minutes-2022-06-26/">CBS 60 Minutes</a><span> </span>piece documented his last show at Carnegie Hall, and his Alzheimer’s, in 2022.</p>
<p>It also helped that from the beginning his classicism was leavened by direct jazz influences. “I always wanted a jazzman with me,” he told Dom Cerulli in a May 1958 Down Beat interview. “I started with Fred Katz, and there was Chuck Wayne and Claude Thornhill. Chuck was the guy who really influenced me as to the guys playing good jazz.” Later on there was never a time when Bennett was not in proximity to the finest players. His musical directors came straight of out the jazz world: Ralph Sharon, Torie Zito, John Bunch, and Lee Musiker. Ruby Braff, Harold Jones, and Gray Sargent were part of his working groups, and there were encounters with Count Basie, Herbie Hancock, Candito, Herbie Mann, Neal Hefti and Bill Charlap among many others. “For me,” he told Cerulli, “having jazzmen with me means I never get stale.”</p>
<p>It also helped bring a certain distance between himself and his music, which he interpreted in the manner of a musician rather than inhabit as an actor. His personal life had its struggles, but they remained essentially private, insufficiently lurid or glamorous to attract the press. So the many torch songs he sang never invited invasive inferences of autobiography or personal disclosure. This was the domain of Frank Sinatra, whom Bennett worshipped as a fan. Long after he became Sinatra’s peer and such things were no longer necessary, Bennett’s concerts were introduced by a recorded “message from Frank Sinatra,” praising him as “my man.” It was an endorsement he treasured.</p>
<p>Tony Bennett was born on August 3, 1926, in lower middle class Astoria, New York. After the early deaths of his mother and father, he was raised by his grandparents. His first influences, Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor, were of an old show business sensibility that reached back before vaudeville to the minstrel men of the 19<sup>th</sup><span> </span>century. They were generations removed from Bennett, betrayed an intuitive faith in tradition. By the early ‘40s his taste moved to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Durante. Initially, he trained to be a commercial graphic artist. He attended the New York School of industrial Art and during his time in the army he studied painting at Heidelburg University in Germany. But by 16 he had decided that he wanted a career in music as a singer.</p>
<p>After the war he used the G.I. Bill to get into the American Theater Wing, where he learned the basics of bel canto vocal technique. By the end of the ‘40s, he was opening for Pearl Bailey when Bob Hope spotted him, took him on, and anglicized his name from Anthony Benedetto to Tony Bennett. In 1950, Mitch Miller, who was head to Columbia Records pop singles department, signed him, which set him up for his breakout in late 1951. After “Because of You,” he scored with “Rags to Riches,” Hank Williams’ country classic, “Cold Cold Heart,” and “Stranger in Paradise.” Those were the records that cemented his place among the top singers of the ‘50s. His first DownBeat cover was October 8, 1952.</p>
<p>The appearance of the first wave of rock and roll in 1955-56 with Bill Haley and then Elvis Presley failed to disturb his place in popular music. But Mitch Miller frequently brought him material he didn’t like. During his first period with Columbia, Bennett and Miller sparred in a lively creative tension. In 1957 “In the Middle of an Island” became a big hit. He disliked it from the beginning, and once it was behind him, it vanished from his working repertoire. It was symptomatic of a deeper problem, however, which was the decline of new song writing talent.</p>
<p>Yet, the signature song of his career was still ahead him. “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” had been written in 1954 and sat undiscovered for eight years before Bennett made his definitive version. It became so completely associated with him that when planning the duets albums 45 years later, producer Phil Ramone decided that it was the one song Bennett should not share with another singer. Instead, his duet partner became pianist Herbie Hancock and then, when that session was discarded, Bill Charlap. The ‘60s also handed Bennett further hits, including “The Shadow of You Smile,” “I Wanna Be Around,” “The Good Life,” and “If I Ruled the World.”</p>
<p>If Elvis Presley was not able to rock Bennett’s boat in the ‘50s, the impact of the Beatles was not so easily disregarded. The English invasion and the larger shift toward the singer-writer changed the business models of the music business. Just as important, the arrival of Clive Davis as president of Columbia created new expectations of the talent roster. Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel were slowly building young audiences. After the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 brought Janis Joplin, Blood Sweat & Tears, Santana, Chicago and Pink Floyd to Columbia, the atmosphere inside the company became increasingly uncomfortable for Bennett. Finally in 1972, after 22 years, he left the label. After a brief period with Verve, Bennett found himself unaffiliated.</p>
<p>He started his own company, a kind of boutique operation called Improv Records which issued the 1976 sessions with Bill Evans. Though widely praised, Improv lacked the muscle to compete in an industry that was dominated by a handful of super powers. (The Improv recordings are now part of the Concord collective.) By the end of the ‘70s his career was at its lowest ebb, though he was still headlining in Los Vegas. This was compounded by simultaneous marital, I.R.S. and cocaine problems. Though still a famous brand, his options seemed few. He had tried television in the ‘50s, but never made it to the fall schedule. He had appeared as Hymie Kelly in the movie “The Oscar” in 1966. Both the film and Bennett’s movie debut were initially ballyhooed as possible Oscar material. But he was uneasy in front of the camera, and the film was sleazy and ultimately unsuccessful. The Bennett magic refused to transpose from the recording studio and night club atmosphere to other media.</p>
<p>In 1979 his son Danny, who had been pursuing a minor career in rock, began to look at his father’s situation in a rigorously strategic manner. He saw possibilities for the long term by building a new younger audience for him. But it would not happen overnight and required careful management. That would be his job. After he helped him clean up his finances and persuaded him to leave Las Vegas and return to New York, he began putting together a touring schedule of one-nighters focusing on the college concert circuit and theater dates in college towns. The days when Bennett could play night clubs like the Copa Cabana or the Chez Paree for two weeks at a time to small audiences of 4 or 500 were mostly over. Besides, that’s not where the audiences that Danny Bennett needed would be found.</p>
<p>In 1986 Bennett returned to Columbia, which was now under new management and about to be acquired by the Sony Corporation. His first album,<span> </span><i>The Art of Excellence</i>, was a proclamation of his intention to reestablish his recording career, but according to his standards, not the wishes of the “money men.” With creative control in his hands, he would make the kind of albums he had described to Nat Hentoff in DownBeat four decades before. There would be no compromises or concessions, no efforts cater to top 40 repertoire. As a throwback, Bennett began to acquire a reputation for integrity that was negotiable with the young. With Ralph Sharon back as musical director, Bennett’s first Columbia album would put him back on the charts for the first time in nearly 20 years.</p>
<p>His son’s strategy carried Bennett to younger audiences through the hipper late night TV shows (Letterman and Conan O’Brian), in addition to the bourgeoning MTV music pipeline. A cartoon version of Bennett became one of the first cultural references to be written into<span> </span><i>The Simpsons</i>. Professionally, he was seen in the company of Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, even as a steady stream of Columbia albums devoted themselves to the music of Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern and most recently George Gershwin. The message was, when something is good it’s always in style. By the turn of the century, he was said to be worth $20 million, probably a conservative number.</p>
<p>Bennett is survived by his wife, Susan Crow, daughters Antonia and Joanna, and sons, Daegal and D’Andrea (a.k.a. Danny).<span> </span><b>DB</b></p>
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</div> A Special Startag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2023-07-21:1992552:Topic:7157962023-07-21T18:01:34.478ZDan Wassonhttp://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/DanWasson
RIP Tony Bennett. Your life of music will never be matched. Your have touched many with your voice and loving manner. You’ll be missed by many.
RIP Tony Bennett. Your life of music will never be matched. Your have touched many with your voice and loving manner. You’ll be missed by many. Elizabeth A. “Betty” Douglas passes at 92.tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2023-07-19:1992552:Topic:7159032023-07-19T05:46:00.188ZDan Wassonhttp://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/DanWasson
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<div class="css-wnzh54"><div><p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">Elizabeth A. “Betty” Douglas, 92, of Rochester Twp., passed away July 15, 2023 at Rochester Manor. Born December 22, 1930 in Rochester, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Irma Edmunds Asche. She was a member of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Sewickley, where she had been a member of the choir. She was a former member of the Second Baptist Church, Rochester, where she was raised and in the church choir and also taught Sunday School. She retired from Geneva College in 1996 as Professor Emeritus in Humanities and Fine Arts, but then continued to do guest lectures at Geneva College.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">She attended and graduated from Beaver Falls High School, at the age of 15, where she won Scholastic Awards in poetry, short story writing and visual art. While in Beaver Falls, she studied piano for 10 years, sang in youth choirs and was a Girl Scout through the senior level.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">Professor Douglas’s collegiate preparation began with an Andrew Carnegie Scholarship to study painting and design in the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon) where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Her Master of Arts in the History of Art and Architecture came from the University of Pittsburgh. After a year on a factory assembly line after college, Ms. Douglas began her teaching career as an art instructor at Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA. After that she held positions as assistant and associate professor at LeMoyne College, Memphis, TN, Philander Smith, Little Rock, AR and Texas College, Tyler, TX. Then art director at nationally distributed SEPIA Magazine and special assistant to John Howard Griffin, whose investigative journalism led to the book, Black Like Me, that played a key role in the U.S. civil rights struggle.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">In the early 1960’s Professor Douglas returned to academia, accepting an appointment to the faculty of Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA. She rose to a full professorship and was coordinator of the team-taught interdisciplinary humanities curriculum that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018. Even though now retired, she continued to return as a guest lecturer.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">Over the years many organizations have utilized her talents in various capacities, and she has received many awards for professional excellence: Woman of Distinction in the Arts from the Western PA Girls Scouts; the Martin Luther King, Jr. Dream-Makers Award from the Baden Academy School; Lifetime Service Award, Rochester Chamber of Commerce and the Larry Bruno Recognition Award. She has been included in multiple editions of Who’s Who in America, in the East, and of American Women.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">Elizabeth served on the boards of directors of several community organizations, among which are the Merrick Art Gallery Associates, the Beaver Valley Musicians Union, The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, the Guild Council of the Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, the Midland Arts Council and Scholarship Chair of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who’s Who community, Elizabeth Asche Douglas has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">In addition to her above achievements, and upon her retirement in 1996, she has served as Professor Emerita Elizabeth (Betty) Asche Douglas and taught Humanities at Geneva College for 30 years. Since her retirement in 1996, she has served as the owner/director of the Douglas Art Gallery in Rochester, Pa. Betty had a strong desire to bring the presence of the art culture to the Beaver County Community. Her works of art have been exhibited in permanent collections and temporary exhibits at numerous galleries. She is an archived artist at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">In addition, Betty was a former Art Teacher at Rochester High School, an inductee in the Beaver Valley Musician Hall of Fame, and in 2015 was requested to do a tribute to Andy Warhol.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, William R. Douglas in 1997. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Lois Rush.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">She is survived by three daughters and three sons in law, Andrea Lynn and Tim Hanford, Boynton Beach, Florida, Vicki J. and Terry Gaddy, Port St. Lucie, Florida and Nanette R. Douglas and Kendrich Sykes, St. Cloud, Florida; a granddaughter, Aschley Elizabeth Gaddy; a grandson, Denton Tre Douglas Gaddy, and a great grandson, Ali Adrian Frohlich, all of Florida; a sister, Barbara Haynes and her husband, Donald, Williamsburg, VA; a brother Charles “Butch” Asche and his wife, Nancy, Vancouver, Washington; a niece, Melinda Rush; a nephew, Michael Rush; a great niece, Danielle Rush, a great great nephew, Xavier and a special family friend, Rex Trimm.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">Friends will be received Monday, July 24, 2023 from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 349 Adams Street, Rochester. A Service will be held Tuesday, at 11 AM in the St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 405 Frederick Ave. Sewickley, PA. Everyone is requested to meet at church for Betty’s service.</p>
<p class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-1yzfdrp css-9l3uo3">In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions can be made to the Beaver Valley Choral Society, P.O. Box 1628, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 or Geneva College Department of Fine Arts, 3200 College Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 or the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, 1 Lincoln Park, Midland, PA 15059.</p>
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<div class="teaser-content grid-center"><div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">Ahmad Jamal, whose taut, spare and rhythmically supple approach to jazz piano influenced generations of other musicians who embraced his less-is-more dynamics, died April 16 at his home in Ashley Falls, Mass. He was 92.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">In a professional career that began at 14 in his native Pittsburgh, Mr. Jamal proved over seven decades to be a musician of ceaseless growth and invention, a minimalist, classicist and modernist who sought to erase distinctions among musical genres. He was also, in the 1950s, among the first African American performers who publicly adopted the Muslim faith.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">Mr. Jamal’s preferred musical format was the trio, and he found critical success with a quiet, understated rhythmic style and dramatic use of silence between notes. His trademark was an ingeniously airy approach to classic pop standards such as “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcsQUwKka-4">Love for Sale</a>,”<span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZ6K0lGrdU">“A Gal in Calico”</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I05hWDL8ZDg">“Don’t Blame Me”</a><span> </span>or in his own groove-inflected compositions such as<span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Iboh0JPLfk">“Ahmad’s Blues,”</a><span> </span>a song that became part of the jazz repertoire.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">His group was the house band for Chicago’s Black-owned Pershing Hotel lounge — a favorite hangout for Billie Holiday and<span> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/05/17/all-around-showman-sammy-davis-jr-dies/b42a1e87-97e6-4c77-8f25-f50f776b431a/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9">Sammy Davis Jr.</a><span> </span>— when Mr. Jamal recorded his 1958 commercial breakthrough, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIW0bRcV6Ic">Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not For Me</a>.”</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">The million-selling album stayed on the Billboard magazine charts for more than 100 weeks, and its centerpiece was an eight-minute rendition of the 1930s pop ballad “Poinciana.”<span> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0e2G32f3IU">Mr. Jamal’s version</a><span> </span>— his signature number for the rest of his life — was driven by a Caribbean-flavored, near-hypnotic bass-and-drum pulse from whose rolling contours the pianist set off delicately timed eruptions of chords and clusters.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">The most prominent contemporary to embrace Mr. Jamal as a stylistic influence was trumpeter<span> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/09/29/jazz-great-miles-davis-dies-at-65/678f31bb-894f-4b82-ba89-610e0a301942/?itid=lk_inline_manual_12">Miles Davis</a>, who recalled in his 1989 autobiography that Mr. Jamal “knocked me out with his concept of space, his lightness of touch, and the way he phrases notes and chords and passages.”</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">Pianists as diverse as<span> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mccoy-tyner-titan-of-jazz-piano-who-helped-propel-coltrane-quartet-dies-at-81/2020/03/06/5f935eca-5fe8-11ea-b29b-9db42f7803a7_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_14">McCoy Tyner</a>,<span> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/cedar-walton-pianist-and-nea-jazz-master-dies-at-79/2013/08/20/0afb75da-09b1-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_14">Cedar Walton</a><span> </span>and Bill Charlap also claimed Mr. Jamal as an influence on their approaches to the jazz piano trio. Even Matthew Shipp, among the more idiosyncratic and independent-minded of progressive jazz pianists, referred to Mr. Jamal as “a musical architect of the highest order.”</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">“You never quite know what the guy’s going to do,” music journalist Jim Macnie wrote in the Village Voice in 2010, amid a new release and concert dates by Mr. Jamal. “Quips fly from his right hand; queries bubble up on the left. They’re linked by a devastating sense of swing, an addiction to group interaction, and a deep trust in melody.”</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">Buoyed by the success of “But Not for Me,” Mr. Jamal became a household name at a time when jazz was waning and rock was ascendant. He and his ever-changing trio lineup continued a whirlwind of nightclub tours while sometimes chafing against commercial expectations. He approached his goal — extending the boundaries of the piano trio format — with the intensity of a religious scholar.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">Although cordial with interviewers, Mr. Jamal projected a studious, almost frosty austerity onstage, displaying no climactic flourishes or colorful traits beyond those woven into his playing. He often seemed remote in performance, totally absorbed in his thematic variations.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">“I sometimes get the feeling that Jamal would rather crawl into the piano than off the bench at the conclusion of a performance, so deeply involved is he in his music,” San Francisco Examiner jazz critic Phil Elwood once wrote.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">“Maybe so,” Mr. Jamal replied in 1982 to Elwood’s observation. “But I regret that I still don’t have enough time to spend with my instrument. I think I could become more at one with it if I did.”</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">Frederick Russell Jones, known since childhood as Fritz, was born in Pittsburgh on July 2, 1930. His father worked in the steel mills, and his mother was a domestic worker. He began playing at 3 when an uncle challenged him to imitate him on the family piano.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">His formal lessons began four years later, and he was drawn to works by French classical composers Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, who often put spaces of silence between notes. He was steeped in all forms of music at Westinghouse High School, the alma mater of esteemed jazz pianists such as<span> </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/03/archives/erroll-garner-jazz-pianist-53-composed-misty-thats-my-kick.html">Erroll Garner</a><span> </span>(“my major, major influence”) and<span> </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/30/obituaries/mary-lou-williams-a-jazz-great-dies.html">Mary Lou Williams</a>. Fritz Reiner conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at school assemblies.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">By the time he was a freshman, Mr. Jamal was jamming at the musicians’ union hall and working in Pittsburgh nightclubs. “I’d do algebra during intermission, between sets,” he told Down Beat magazine. His ambition to attend the Juilliard School was soon eclipsed by his income.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">“It was 25 cents here, $6 there,” he explained to<span> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1983/12/29/the-jazz-of-jamal/f06fd766-2748-47a6-9053-2411b07fa3fe/?itid=lk_inline_manual_28">The Washington Post in 1983</a>. “When I got up to $60 a week, which was as much as my father was making, I said, well, this is it.”</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">He came roaring out of Pittsburgh with a reputation for an extraordinary musical vocabulary, able to sight-read Bach as easily as a chart by<span> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/04/27/jazzman-count-basie-is-dead-at-age-79/3f00de59-9cbc-493d-9343-f9082987fcb7/?itid=lk_inline_manual_30">Count Basie</a>, and found himself in great demand as a sideman.</p>
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<div class="article-body"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null">Newly married, he settled in Chicago in 1950 and converted to Islam from the Baptist faith of his youth following an encounter with bop trumpeter Idrees Sulieman. His faith freed him, he said, from the indignities of racial segregation and the petty cruelties he endured in show business.</p>
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<p>Wayne Shorter, the 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer and the creator of one of the singular sounds in contemporary jazz over more than half a century, died on Thursday, March 2 in Los Angeles. Shorter was 89 years old.</p>
<p>Cem Kurosman, a publicist at Blue Note Records, which released Shorter's recent recordings, confirmed his death in an email to NPR.</p>
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<p>Shorter's influential career spanned decades. From the hard bop of the late 1950s to genre-defying small-group jazz in the '60s all the way through the birth of rock-influenced jazz in the '70s, Shorter's soprano and tenor saxophones offered sonic clarion calls for change and innovation.</p>
<p>Wayne Shorter, born Aug. 25, 1933, in Newark, N.J., was known as a deep thinker on and off the bandstand, ingrained with an intense curiosity that began during his childhood. After studying music at New York University in the mid-1950s, he joined a band that brought him to the attention of the jazz world as a composer and saxophonist: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.</p>
<p>In the mid-'60s, Shorter solidified the second coming of the Miles Davis Quintet, joining Davis, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Tony Williams and pianist Herbie Hancock. It was there that he was able to indulge a passion for the intellectual that once prompted one of his NYU professors to wonder why he wasn't a philosophy major.</p>
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<p>"The six years I was with Miles we never talked about music," Shorter told NPR in 2013. "Miles, on his table, he had scores of Koussevitzky, the conductor ... and then he had another book on architecture and another book on law. Just sitting on the table. And then he'd talk about clothes and fashion."</p>
<p>During his time with Davis, Wayne Shorter also recorded a series of highly regarded solo albums. His relationship with the iconic Blue Note Records from 1964-1970 resulted in a number of now-classic recordings including<span> </span><em>Juju</em><span> </span>(recorded with members of John Coltrane's quartet),<span> </span><em>Speak No Evil</em><span> </span>(recorded with two fellow Miles Davis bandmates) and<span> </span><em>The Soothsayer</em><span> </span>(featuring fellow Blue Note artist Freddie Hubbard). Many of the albums contained Shorter compositions that are now considered jazz standards.</p>
<p>He stayed with Davis after the breakup of the second quintet, when the trumpeter experimented with electric instruments. Shorter then joined another Davis alum, keyboardist Joe Zawinul, to co-found Weather Report, which became one of the most renowned jazz-rock bands of the '70s. The band's 1979 album,<span> </span><em>8:30</em>, resulted in the first of Shorter's dozen Grammy Awards. He was awarded the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2015.</p>
<p>In a statement released by Shorter's publicist Alisse Kinglsey, Hancock, described as Shorter's "closest friend for more than six decades," wrote, "Wayne Shorter, my best friend, left us with courage in his heart, love and compassion for all, and a seeking spirit for the eternal future. He was ready for his rebirth. As it is with every human being, he is irreplaceable and was able to reach the pinnacle of excellence as a saxophonist, composer, orchestrator, and recently, composer of the masterful opera '...Iphigenia'. I miss being around him and his special Wayne-isms but I carry his spirit within my heart always."</p>
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<p>The latter part of Wayne Shorter's life was marked by almost 50 years of devotion to Nichiren Buddhism, a Japanese strain of the popular religion.</p>
<p>"I was hearing about Buddhism," Shorter told NPR in 2013. "But then I started to look into it and I started to open up and find out what was going on in the rest of the world instead of the west."</p>
<p>Those spiritual teachings influenced the musical ideas he applied to jazz at the start of the new millennium when he formed the Wayne Shorter Quartet featuring a handpicked group of much younger musicians.</p>
<p>The group's recorded work was captured by Shorter's return to Blue Note Records after over four decades with a series of releases that showcased the band's intense improvisations on Shorter compositions old and new.</p>
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<p>As recently as 2018, with the release of his<span> </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/682193795/the-2018-npr-music-jazz-critics-poll">acclaimed final album</a>,<span> </span><em>Emanon</em>, Wayne Shorter continued to find the common ground between the spiritual and the musical.</p>
<p>"We have a phrase [in Buddhism]:<span> </span><em>hom nim yoh</em>," he said in the 2013 NPR interview."It means 'From this moment forward is the first day of my life.' So put 100 percent into the moment that you're in because the present moment is the only time when you can change the past and the future."</p>
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</div> Lead singer Donny Marsico passes at 68.tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2023-02-01:1992552:Topic:6920862023-02-01T03:47:39.266ZDan Wassonhttp://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/DanWasson
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<div class="flex-grow"><p class="text-gray-900 font-medium">Thursday, February 2, 2023</p>
<p class="text-gray-500">4:00 - 8:00pm (Eastern time)</p>
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<div class="flex-grow"><p class="text-gray-900 font-medium">William Slater ll Funeral Service</p>
<p class="text-blue-500 md:text-gray-500"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1650+Greentree+Rd++Pittsburgh+PA+15220" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1650 Greentree Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15220</a></p>
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<div class="flex-grow"><p class="text-gray-900 font-medium">Thursday, February 2, 2023</p>
<p class="text-gray-500">7:00 - 7:30pm (Eastern time)</p>
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<div class="flex-grow"><p class="text-gray-900 font-medium">William Slater ll Funeral Service</p>
<p class="text-blue-500 md:text-gray-500"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1650+Greentree+Rd++Pittsburgh+PA+15220" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1650 Greentree Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15220</a></p>
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<div class="flex-grow"><p class="text-gray-900 font-medium">Friday, February 3, 2023</p>
<p class="text-gray-500">10:00 - 11:00am (Eastern time)</p>
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<p class="text-blue-500 md:text-gray-500"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/601+Boone+Ave++Canonsburg+PA+15317" target="_blank" rel="noopener">601 Boone Ave, Canonsburg, PA 15317</a></p>
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