Word: venuti
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jenkins is unique among the few top-notch violinists that jazz has produced. Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti have been the instrument's two most successful improvisors, each using a fluid instrumental technique that can approach the offhand fluency of a saxophone or trumpet. Jenkins is the most violinistic violinist in improvised music; his effective use of double-stops (two notes bowed together), rapid bowing, and pizzicato techniques places him much closer to the classical violin tradition than any of his predecessors in jazz...
DIED. Joe Venuti, eightyish, peerless jazz violinist whose daring experiments in swing were matched only by his outrageous practical jokes; in Seattle. Trained in the classics, Venuti played second violin in the Philadelphia Orchestra but longed to improvise. He played with Dance Band Leaders Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, teamed up with Guitarist Eddie Lang to make hundreds of vintage jazz recordings and then formed his own band. An energetic performer who worked high jinks with his bow to play four strings at once, Venuti enjoyed a renaissance in the past decade and was still performing in jazz spots last...
Lester Parker--1369 Club Soul Syndicate--The Club, 9:30-2:00 Dewey Redman Quartet--Jazz Workshop at 8:30, 10:30, and 12:30 Shelly Isaacs Band--Michael's Pub Steve Veikley Jazz Quartet--Ryles Tree of Life--Pooh's Pub Joe Venuti--Sandy's Chris Hogan--Sunflower Cafe B. Winlker--Last Hurrah Maggie Scott--Scotch and Sirloin Sue O'Claire and Essence--Airport Hilton...
Lester Parker--1369 Club Soul Syndicate--The Club, 9:30-2:00 Dewey Redman Quartet--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 10:30 Shelly Isaacs Band--Michael's Pub Joan Johnson Jass Quartet--Ryles Tree of Life--Pooh's Pub Joe Venuti--Sandy's B. Winiker--Last Hurrah Sue O'Claire and Essence--Airport Hilton...
Grover Washington--Paul's Mall Dewey Redman Quartet--Jazz Workshop at 8:30, 10:30, and 12;30 Open Jam--Michael's Pub Joan Johnson Jazz Quartet--Ryles Tree of Life--Pooh's Pub Joe Venuti--Sandy...