Biography

Art Blakey

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

Prestige Records
Tenth and Parker
Berkeley, California 94710
415-549-2500

ART BLAKEYArt Blakey, one of the top drummers in all of jazz history, began by studying the piano in school. He only took up the drums when the drummer with a band in which he was playing became ill.

Ernestine Anderson combines the extraordinary excitement and luscious sound of a fresh voice with the maturity and wisdom of her years in music, to create a compelling sound that makes her a favorite performer in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Woody Shaw

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

Columbia Records

WOODY SHAWWoody Shaw is a trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhornist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and eclectic original. “I consider myself from the straight-ahead school of jazz,” says Woody, and if you’ve heard him in action, you know what he’s talking about.

Sam Rivers (Impulse)

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

ABC/Dunhill Records

SAM RIVERSWhile many musicians take a lifetime to master one instrument, Sam Rivers has turned himself into a one-man band with his proficiency on no less than six instruments. Besides his main work on the tenor saxophone, Sam devotes his time equally to the soprano sax, bass clarinet, piano, flute, and viola.

Sam Rivers (Blue Note)

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

Press Information

Liberty Records Press Office

SAM RIVERS
Blue Note Records Samuel Carthorne (Sam) Rivers is one of the most versatile artists ever introduced by Blue Note Records. Though principally known as a tenor saxophonist, he also plays soprano sax, bass clarinet, piano, flute and viola, and is a composer of exceptional talent.

Hank Mobley

July 6, 2008 By From the Archives

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Liberty Records Press Office

HANK MOBLEY
Blue Note Records Henry (Hank) Mobley has been called “The middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone.”

That is to say, he is not to be compared (and this judgment is made in terms of size of sound as well as such values as fame, fortune and poll victories) with heavyweights like Coleman Hawkins or John Coltrane; nor is there any necessity to relate him to the tonal lightweights, headed by Stan Getz and the various artists of this school who came to prominence around the same time.