TEMPERLEY Joe 1993-94

This one is for the baritone lovers

CONCERTO FOR JOE

(1>7) Joe TEMPERLEY bs, Brian LEMON p, Dave GREEN b, Martin DREW dr, (rec 1993). (8>13) Concerto for Joe: Joe TEMPERLEY bs, Steve SIDWELL & Eddie SEVERN & Gerard PRESENCER tp, Gordon CAMPBELL & Nichol THOMSON tb, Peter KING as, Duncan LAMONT ts, Brian KELLOCK p, Alex DANKWORTH b, Jack PARNELL dr, (rec 1994)


Baritonist Joe Temperley is the perfect musician to fill in for Harry Carney during recreations of Duke Ellington's music, a role that has often overshadowed his own fine voice. Temperley actually started on the alto and recorded on tenor with English bands led by Harry Parry (1949), Jack Parnell, Tony Crombie, and Tommy Whittle. He stuck to baritone during a long association with Humphrey Lyttelton's popular band (1958-1965). In 1965, Temperley moved to New York, working with a variety of big bands (including Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, and Clark Terry). In 1974, he became the first replacement for Harry Carney with the Mercer Ellington Orchestra and then freelanced with the who's who of jazz including (starting in 1990) the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis. Temperley has several fine albums out as a leader, most notably for the Scottish Hep label; on the centennial of Ellington's birth, he released 1999's Double Duke.

To be continued...

1 comment:

Raz Sekeles said...

daniel my dear !
i never heard Joe Temperly !!!
dling now and going to listen as soon as possible :-)
how nice , thanks alot !!!
bro' Raz