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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Dec. 9

Jazz albums recorded Dec. 9:

Elmo Hope and Bertha Hope – Hope-Full (1961)

Elmo Hope and Bertha Hope / Hope-Full: Riverside RLP 408 B 12inch LP

00:00 Blues Left And Right * 06:18 Liza 09:53 My Heart Stood Still * 15:19 Moonbeams

Elmo Hope, piano; Bertha Hope, piano; * Bell Sound Studios, NYC, November 9 and 14, 1961.

St. Elmo Sylvester Hope (June 27, 1923 – May 19, 1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, chiefly in the bebop and hard bop genres. He grew up playing and listening to jazz and classical music with Bud Powell, and both were close friends of another influential pianist, Thelonious Monk.

Hope survived being shot by police as a youth to become a New York-based musician, who recorded with several emerging stars in the early to mid-1950s, including trumpeter Clifford Brown. He also recorded with saxophonists John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Jackie McLean, and Sonny Rollins. A long-term heroin user, Hope had his license to perform in New York’s clubs withdrawn after a drug conviction, so he moved to Los Angeles in 1957. He was not happy during his four years on the West Coast, but had some successful collaborations there, including with saxophonist Harold Land.

More recordings as leader ensued following Hope’s return to New York, but they did little to gain him more public or critical attention. Further drug and health problems reduced the frequency of his public performances, which ended a year before his death, at the age of 43. He remains little known, despite, or because of, the individuality of his playing and composing, which were complex and stressed subtlety and variation rather than the virtuosity predominant in bebop.

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Andrew Hill – Black Fire (1963)

Black Fire Album: Black Fire (1963) Written by: Andrew Hill Personnel: Andrew Hill — piano Joe Henderson — saxophone Richard Davis — bass Roy Haynes — drums.

Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

Jazz critic John Fordham described Hill as a “uniquely gifted composer, pianist, and educator” although “his status remained largely inside knowledge in the jazz world for most of his career.”

Hill recorded for Blue Note Records for nearly a decade, producing a dozen albums.

Archie Shepp – Pitchin’ Can (1969)

Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator, and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.

Archie Shepp – Pitchin Can (1970) A 00:00 Uhuru (Dawn Of Freedom) Part 1 B1 17:34 Uhuru (Dawn Of Freedom) Part 2 B2 28:01 Pitchin’ Can

Alto Saxophone – Noah Howard (pistes : B2) Bass – Bob Reid (pistes : A, B1), Earl Freeman (pistes : B2) Congas [Conga Drums] – Djibrill (pistes : A, B1) Drums – Mohamed Ali (pistes : A, B1), Sonny Murray (pistes : B2) Engineer [Sound Engineer] – J.C. Egretot Flugelhorn – Al Shorter (pistes : A, B1)

Harmonica – Julio Finn (pistes : B2) Liner Notes – Valerie Wilmer Percussion – Ostaine Blue Warner (pistes : A, B1) Piano – Bobby Few (pistes : A, B1), Dave Burrell (pistes : B2) Producer [For Philippe Thomas] – Pierre Berjot Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp (pistes : B2) Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp (pistes : A, B1) Trumpet – Clifford Thornton (pistes : B2), Lester Bowie (pistes : A, B1) Valve Trombone – Clifford Thornton (pistes : A, B1) Viola – Leroy Jenkins (pistes : B2) Vocals – Chicago Beau (pistes : B2)

Recorded in Paris, France on July 23, 1970 (A, B1) & November 9, 1969 (B2).

Jemeel Moondoc Trio – Judy’s Bounce (1981)

Jemeel Moondoc, as Fred Hopkins, b Ed Blackwell, dr.

1. Judy’s Bounce 2. Echo in Blue……………….13:43 3. One for Ornette…………..22:28 4. Nimus………………………..31:12

Jemeel Moondoc (August 5, 1946 – August 29, 2021) was a jazz saxophonist who played alto saxophone. He was a proponent of a highly improvisational style.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and studied clarinet and piano before settling on saxophone at sixteen. He became interested in jazz largely due to Cecil Taylor and, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he was a student of Taylor’s. After that he moved to New York City, where he founded “Ensemble Muntu” with William Parker, Roy Campbell, Jr., and Rashid Bakr. The group also had its own Muntu record label, but eventually faced financial difficulties. In 1984, he formed the Jus Grew Orchestra, which secured a residency at the Neither/Nor club on the Lower East Side. He worked with Parker again in 1998’s album, New World Pygmies.

He died in August 2021, at the age of 75 from the effects of sickle cell anemia.