Word: vibraharpist
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With the passage of time, the quartet -Pianist John Lewis, Bassist Percy Heath, Drummer Connie Kay and Vibraharpist Milt Jackson-became a phenomenon of a different sort. It stayed together for 22 years, longer than any other jazz ensemble. Last week, during an emotional yet curiously subdued evening at Manhattan's Avery Fisher Hall, the group confirmed that it was disbanding and gave a final concert...
...Roseland Ballroom, for example, will offer both the sophisticated big-band arrangements of Harry James and the Latin style of Tito Puente. At Carnegie Hall, Pianist Keith Jarrett will spin forth some of the most elegant, technically proficient, classically tinted jazz since Art Tatum. On another night, Vibraharpist Lionel Hampton and Pianist Teddy Wilson will mix it up with Drummer Buddy Rich and Bassist Milt Hinton in what should be a vital remembrance of the swing...
Less than 24 hours after the operation, both patient and doctor were doing fine. Jazz Vibraharpist Lionel Hampton, 59, underwent cataract surgery on his right eye and then, together with his ophthalmologist, amateur saxophone player Dr. Charles Kelman he played a gig in Harlem. Besides blowing sax, Dr. Kelman is writing the score for a projected Broadway show and trying for a breakthrough pop song. So far he is ahead in the eye department: he developed a pioneering procedure for cataract surgery (applicable only in special cases) that shortens recovery time from seven weeks to a minimum of four hours...
What the Republicans need, according to Jazz Vibraharpist Lionel Hampton, is a campaign song. Collaborating with Elizabeth Firestone, daughter of Tire Tycoon Harvey Firestone, Hampton has whipped up a 32-bar opus called We Need Nixon. Its conclusion: "In him and God we place our trust. Our man is Nixon, he's right on! Fixin' a better world for all of us." During performances with the Hampton Jazz Inner Circle, the composer passes out singles of his new ditty while the boys play Hampton specialties. What happens when Democrats disapprove of his offering? "Oh," says Hampton...
...adds up to strange jazz, and the strangest thing of all is that the Gary Burton Quartet makes it work brilliantly. The four-Vibraharpist Burton, 25, Guitarist Larry Coryell, 24, Bassist Steve Swallow, 27, and Drummer Bob Moses, 20-have been together only since July. Already they have caught on not only with hard-core jazz buffs in clubs from New York to Los Angeles but also with rock-oriented youngsters on college campuses and in San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium. Their concert last week in Manhattan's Carnegie Recital Hall confirmed that jazz has found two major...