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This week we added 81 new artist profiles to JazzProfiles. Each has a full biography, discography and key recordings.
Agostino Marangolo
Drums, Percussion (Italian). Jazz Fusion / Jazz Rock / Jazz-Funk
Agostino Marangolo was born in Catania, Sicily, on June 25, 1953, into a family of musicians. His brother Antonio Marangolo is a saxophonist, and Agostino grew up in Acireale before moving to Rome to continue his musical studies.
Alberto Rabagliati
Vocals (Italian). Swing / Vocal Jazz
Alberto Rabagliati was born in Milan on June 27, 1906, the only child of Leandro Valentino Rabagliati, a wine merchant, and Delfina Besso, both from Casorzo in the Monferrato hills of Piedmont.
Andy Bey
Vocals, Piano (American). Vocal Jazz / Soul Jazz / Mainstream Jazz
Andrew Wideman Bey Jr. was born in Newark, New Jersey, on October 28, 1939, the youngest of nine children. His father, a window washer born Andrew Wideman, belonged to the Moorish Science Temple of America and followed its custom of taking Bey as a surname; his mother, Victoria (Johnson) Wideman, raised the family.
Antonello Vannucchi
Piano, Organ, Vibraphone (Italian). Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Jazz-Funk / Crossover Jazz
Antonello Vannucchi was born in Lucca, Tuscany, in 1936 and passed away in 2019. He was a pianist, organist and vibraphonist who also composed and arranged, and his recorded career has two distinct halves.
Antonio Marangolo
Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, piano (Italian). Post-Bop / Crossover Jazz
Antonio Marangolo was born in Catania, Sicily, on July 22, 1949, and grew up in Acireale in a family of musicians. His younger brother became the drummer Agostino Marangolo , and the two have played together repeatedly, from a Sicilian progressive rock quartet in the early 1970s to a reunited jazz group in 2020.
Armando Trovajoli
Piano (Italian). Swing / Big Band / Orchestral Jazz
Armando Trovajoli (the family name is also spelled Trovaioli, and many of his records use that form) was born in Rome on September 2, 1917. He began on the violin as a child, then took a diploma in piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia conservatory in Rome.
Ashley Slater
Trombone, Tuba and Vocals (British). Crossover Jazz / Acid Jazz / Electro Swing / Big Band
Ashley Slater was born on April 20, 1961 in Schefferville, a mining town in northern Quebec, and grew up in Hanford, California. In 1977 he moved to Britain, settling in Edinburgh, where he joined the Regimental Band of the Royal Scots as a trombonist and stayed until 1983.
Babik Reinhardt
Guitar (French). Mainstream Jazz / Jazz Fusion / Gypsy Jazz
Jean-Jacques "Babik" Reinhardt was born in Paris on June 8, 1944, the younger son of Django Reinhardt and Naguine. His elder half-brother Lousson also played guitar, but the two grew up in different households and rarely met.
Bennie Maupin
Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute (American). Jazz Fusion / Jazz-Funk / Post-Bop / Spiritual Jazz
Bennie Maupin was born on August 29, 1940, in Detroit, Michigan. He played piano by ear as a small child, took up clarinet, and moved to saxophone in his teens. He studied at the Detroit Institute of Musical Art, finishing in the spring of 1962, and took flute lessons with Larry Teal.
Beppe Crovella
Hammond Organ, Piano, Keyboards (Italian). Jazz Rock / Jazz Fusion
Beppe Crovella was born in Turin on March 21, 1952. He started playing at fifteen and made his first public appearance in 1967 with a local group called the X5.
Bob Dorough
Piano, Vocals (American). Vocal Jazz / Bebop / Cool Jazz
Robert Lrod Dorough was born on December 12, 1923, in Cherry Hill, Polk County, Arkansas, and grew up in Plainview, Texas. He came to jazz through records by Benny Goodman and Harry James.
Buddy DeFranco
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (American). Bebop / Swing / Mainstream Jazz / Big Band
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard DeFranco was born on February 17, 1923, in Camden, New Jersey, and grew up in South Philadelphia. His father was a blind guitarist who earned his living tuning pianos; after teaching his son mandolin by ear, he bought him a $25 clarinet on the advice of musician friends, and DeFranco was playing…
Also added this week
- Arturo Vitale (Saxophone, Clarinet, Vibraphone)
- Bunny Berigan (Trumpet)
- Chiara Civello (Vocals, Piano)
- Dave Bartholomew (Trumpet)
- David Darling (Cello)
- David Hazeltine (Piano)
- Demetrio Stratos (Vocals, Organ, Piano)
- Didier Malherbe (Soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, duduk, alto clarinet)
- Django Bates (Piano, keyboards, tenor horn, composition)
- Don Ellis (Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Drums)
- Eddie Daniels (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Flute)
- Eddie Higgins (Piano)
- Elena Pinderhughes (Flute, Vocals, Composition)
- Enzo Restuccia (Drums)
- Erik Truffaz (Trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics, composition)
- Fergus McCreadie (Piano)
- Frank Gambale (Guitar)
- Fred Buscaglione (Vocals, Double Bass, Violin)
- Giancarlo Bianchetti (Guitar)
- Gigi Venegoni (Guitar, Bass)
- Grace Kelly (Alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, vocals, composition)
- Gregg Karukas (Piano, Keyboards)
- Hiram Bullock (Guitar, vocals)
- Howard Johnson (Tuba, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet)
- Jakob Bro (Guitar)
- James Senese (Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Vocals)
- Jimmy Villotti (Guitar, Vocals)
- Joe Barbieri (Vocals, Guitar)
- Joe Farnsworth (Drums)
- Joey Baron (Drums, percussion)
- Jula De Palma (Vocals)
- Jutta Hipp (Piano)
- Ladyva (Piano, Vocals)
- Lelio Luttazzi (Piano, Vocals)
- Les Brown (Saxophone, Clarinet)
- Marco Cimino (Keyboards, Flute, Cello, Vocals)
- Marco Gallesi (Electric bass)
- Massimo Donà (Trumpet, Piano)
- Mindi Abair (Alto, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, vocals, keyboards)
- Miroslav Vitouš (Double bass, electric bass, piano, composition)
- Natalino Otto (Vocals, Drums)
- Nilović (Piano, Keyboards)
- Paolo Jannacci (Piano, Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals)
- Paolo Rustichelli (Piano, Keyboards, Vocals)
- Paul Horn (Flute, alto flute, alto saxophone, clarinet)
- Pekka Kuusisto (Violin)
- Peppe Servillo (Vocals)
- Pippo Starnazza (Drums, Vocals)
- Raphael Gualazzi (Piano, Vocals)
- Rino Zurzolo (Double Bass, Electric Bass)
- Rocco Ventrella (Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone)
- Ronnie Scott (Tenor Saxophone)
- Rossana Casale (Vocals)
- Rossano Gentili (Piano, Keyboards)
- Roy Paci (Trumpet and Vocals)
- Serena Brancale (Piano and Vocals)
- Sergio Cammariere (Piano, Vocals)
- Sergio Caputo (Guitar and Vocals)
- Simona Bencini (Vocals)
- Simona Molinari (Vocals)
- Stanton Moore (Drums)
- Steve Cole (Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone)
- Sullivan Fortner (Piano, organ)
- Tony Esposito (Percussion, Drums, Vocals)
- Tony Scott (Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Piano)
- Tullio De Piscopo (Drums, Percussion, Vocals)
- Vince Giordano (Bass saxophone, Tuba, Double bass, Vocals, Arranging)
- Walter Smith III (Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, composition)
- Warren Hill (Alto and soprano saxophone, vocals)
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