Lighthouse All-Stars
( Naar de Nederlandse vertaling.)
In the 1950s the southern California seashore club The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach (Cal) became a standard in west coast jazz music. In 1949 Howard Rumsey, who had been a bass player in the Stan Kenton's band, and John Levine, owner of the Lighthouse, decided to start a jam session on a weekly base. Each Sunday afternoon musicians from the west coast gathered in the Lighthouse and played from two o'clock in the afternoon, up to, most of the time, two o'clock at night.
A lot of people, who were enjoying beach life came to these sunday concerts. Sunday we had jazz all day, Shorty Rogers remembered, the Lighthouse is just half a block from the beach. People would come into the club in their bathing suits in the afternoon. And at two in the morning, when we closed some of them would still be sitting there in their swinsuits. The musicians who played on these jam sessions called them selves The Lighthouse All-Stars and you could find all kinds of well known west coast jazz musicians in it like Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, Milt Bernard, Shelly Manne and Jimmy Giuffre, who loved to play jazz near their homes.
In February 1953, now 55 years ago, the Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars recorded for the first time eight tracks, which were released by Contemporary, and reissued in 1991 on an Original Jazz Classics (OJCCD-151-2). This record might be hard to find, but five of these first tracks were reissued on the 2006 Saga Modern Series CD West Coast Jazz Live - The Lighthouse Concerts and has two more sessions ( May 1953 and June 1955) made by the Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars.
The Jazz On The Westcoast - The Lighthouse documentary by film maker Ken Koenig gives some interesting shots in a preview.
AT RANDOM:
Think Of One - WYNTON MARSALIS Sextet: Wynton Marsalis trumpet, Branford Marsalis soprano- and tenor sax, Kenny Kirkland piano, Jeffrey Watts drums, Phil Bowler and Ray Drumond bass. Recorded in 1983.
Time exposure for the 29th of January:
1953:
Hans Koert
keepswinging@live.nl
PLAYLIST
wynton marsalis/think of one = oscar aleman/caseta lado 2/3 = donald harrison quintet/for art's sake = hit of the week/how 1157-how L3 = blindfold test #28/marty jazz = luperce miranda/historia de um bandolim = clark terry-bob brookmeyer quintet/complete studio sessions (2)
Retrospect
Conte Candoli
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
In de jaren vijftig van de vorige eeuw werd de strandtent The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach - Zuid Californië (USA) het symbool van de West Coast Jazz. In 1949 besloten Howard Rumsey, zelf altijd bassist geweest in de band van Stan Kenton, en John Levine, uitbater van de Lighthouse, een wekelijkse jamsessie te gaan organiseren. Elke zondagmiddag verzamelden muzikanten zich in The Lighthouse om er te spelen en dat ging vaak door tot twee uur 's nachts.
AT RANDOM:
Think Of One - WYNTON MARSALIS Sextet: Wynton Marsalis trompet, Branford Marsalis sopraan- en tenorsax, Kenny Kirkland piano, Jeffrey Watts slagwerk, Phil Bowler en Ray Drummond bas. Opgenomen in 1983.
Tijdopname voor 29 januari:
1953:
In the 1950s the southern California seashore club The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach (Cal) became a standard in west coast jazz music. In 1949 Howard Rumsey, who had been a bass player in the Stan Kenton's band, and John Levine, owner of the Lighthouse, decided to start a jam session on a weekly base. Each Sunday afternoon musicians from the west coast gathered in the Lighthouse and played from two o'clock in the afternoon, up to, most of the time, two o'clock at night.
A lot of people, who were enjoying beach life came to these sunday concerts. Sunday we had jazz all day, Shorty Rogers remembered, the Lighthouse is just half a block from the beach. People would come into the club in their bathing suits in the afternoon. And at two in the morning, when we closed some of them would still be sitting there in their swinsuits. The musicians who played on these jam sessions called them selves The Lighthouse All-Stars and you could find all kinds of well known west coast jazz musicians in it like Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, Milt Bernard, Shelly Manne and Jimmy Giuffre, who loved to play jazz near their homes.
In February 1953, now 55 years ago, the Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars recorded for the first time eight tracks, which were released by Contemporary, and reissued in 1991 on an Original Jazz Classics (OJCCD-151-2). This record might be hard to find, but five of these first tracks were reissued on the 2006 Saga Modern Series CD West Coast Jazz Live - The Lighthouse Concerts and has two more sessions ( May 1953 and June 1955) made by the Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars.
The Jazz On The Westcoast - The Lighthouse documentary by film maker Ken Koenig gives some interesting shots in a preview.
I found a fragment from a 1965 TV-show with the Lighthouse All-Stars featuring Bob Cooper on tenor sax (also present on the May 1953 and 1955 recordings), Bobby Bryant on trumpet, Forrest Westbrooke on piano, an unknown bass player and a great drummer Doug Sides, I heard last year as the accompanist of Roberta Gambarini in Porgy en Bess - Terneuzen (The Netherlands). I love to share this fragment with you.
AT RANDOM:
Think Of One - WYNTON MARSALIS Sextet: Wynton Marsalis trumpet, Branford Marsalis soprano- and tenor sax, Kenny Kirkland piano, Jeffrey Watts drums, Phil Bowler and Ray Drumond bass. Recorded in 1983.
Time exposure for the 29th of January:
1953:
- ballad / rocker / walkin' shoes = gerry mulligan tentette
1973:
- wild man blues = new black eagle jazz band
Hans Koert
keepswinging@live.nl
PLAYLIST
wynton marsalis/think of one = oscar aleman/caseta lado 2/3 = donald harrison quintet/for art's sake = hit of the week/how 1157-how L3 = blindfold test #28/marty jazz = luperce miranda/historia de um bandolim = clark terry-bob brookmeyer quintet/complete studio sessions (2)
Retrospect
Conte Candoli
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
In de jaren vijftig van de vorige eeuw werd de strandtent The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach - Zuid Californië (USA) het symbool van de West Coast Jazz. In 1949 besloten Howard Rumsey, zelf altijd bassist geweest in de band van Stan Kenton, en John Levine, uitbater van de Lighthouse, een wekelijkse jamsessie te gaan organiseren. Elke zondagmiddag verzamelden muzikanten zich in The Lighthouse om er te spelen en dat ging vaak door tot twee uur 's nachts.
Veel strandgasten, sommigen nog in zwemkleding, bezochten deze jamsessies op zondagmiddag. Sunday we had jazz all day, herinnert Shorty Rogers zich, the Lighthouse is just half a block from the beach. People would come into the club in their bathing suits in the afternoon. And at two in the morning, when we closed some of them would still be sitting there in their swinsuits. ( = Op zondag was er de hele dag jazz te horen. De Lighthouse lag vlak bij het strand. Het gebeurde dat mensen 's middags in hun badpak kwamen luisteren en er 's nachts nog steeds waren, in hun zwemkleding. ). De musici, die op deze wekelijkse bijeenkomsten speelden gingen zich de Lighthouse All-Stars noemen en je vond er allerlei, later beroemd geworden musici in als Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, Milt Bernard, Shelly Manne en Jimmy Giuffre; allemaal mensen, die het fijn vonden vlak bij huis te kunnen spelen.
In februari 1953, nu 55 jaar geleden, namen de Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars voor het eerst acht nummers op, die uitgebracht werden op een Contemporary LP en later uitkwamen op een CD te vinden op een Original Jazz Classics (OJCCD-151-2) uit 1991. Deze plaat is nu niet meer te vinden, maar gelukkig zijn vijf van de acht nummers ook te vinden in de Modern Series van Saga West Coast Jazz Live - The Lighthouse Concerts ( Saga 983 975 ). Op deze schitterende plaat staan nog twee extra sessies ( mei 1953 en juni 1955), gemaakt door de Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars.
Er is over dit etablisement door Ken Koenig een documentaire gemaakt getiteld The Jazz On The Westcoast - The Lighthouse; een voorbeschouwing geeft interessante informatie en beelden.
Ik vond een fragment uit 1965 van deze Lighthouse All-Stars, tien jaar na de Saga CD opnamen, dat ik jullie niet wil onthouden. Je ziet tenorsaxofonist Bob Cooper, die ook al in de 1953 (mei) en 1955 opnamen meespeelt, met verder Bobby Bryant op trompet, Forrest Westbrooke op piano, een onbekend gebleven bassist en een geweldige drummer: Doug Sides, die ik afgelopen najaar bij Roberta Gambarini hoorde spelen in Porgy en Bess - Terneuzen ( 6 oktober 2007). Geniet van deze oude TV-opnamen.
Er is over dit etablisement door Ken Koenig een documentaire gemaakt getiteld The Jazz On The Westcoast - The Lighthouse; een voorbeschouwing geeft interessante informatie en beelden.
Ik vond een fragment uit 1965 van deze Lighthouse All-Stars, tien jaar na de Saga CD opnamen, dat ik jullie niet wil onthouden. Je ziet tenorsaxofonist Bob Cooper, die ook al in de 1953 (mei) en 1955 opnamen meespeelt, met verder Bobby Bryant op trompet, Forrest Westbrooke op piano, een onbekend gebleven bassist en een geweldige drummer: Doug Sides, die ik afgelopen najaar bij Roberta Gambarini hoorde spelen in Porgy en Bess - Terneuzen ( 6 oktober 2007). Geniet van deze oude TV-opnamen.
AT RANDOM:
Think Of One - WYNTON MARSALIS Sextet: Wynton Marsalis trompet, Branford Marsalis sopraan- en tenorsax, Kenny Kirkland piano, Jeffrey Watts slagwerk, Phil Bowler en Ray Drummond bas. Opgenomen in 1983.
Tijdopname voor 29 januari:
1953:
- ballad / rocker / walkin' shoes = gerry mulligan tentette
1973:
- wild man blues = new black eagle jazz band
wynton marsalis/think of one = oscar aleman/caseta lado 2/3 = donald harrison quintet/for art's sake = hit of the week/how 1157-how L3 = blindfold test #28/marty jazz = luperce miranda/historia de um bandolim = clark terry-bob brookmeyer quintet/complete studio sessions (2)
Retrospect
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