Boots Mussulli

Henry "Boots " must Ulli ( born November 18, 1917 in Milford, † September 23, 1967 in Norfolk, Massachusetts ) was an American jazz musician ( alto, baritone saxophone and clarinet), composer and music educator.

Life and work

Must Ulli began twelve years, first playing clarinet. Around 1940, he worked at times Hallett in Massachusetts and was a 1943/44, the band of Teddy Powell. From 1944 to 1947, next to Art Pepper, Bud Shank and Lennie Niehaus alto saxophonist in the big band of Stan Kenton heard, inter alia, in The Man I Love ( Artistry In Rhythm ), as a soloist. In 1949, he joined Charlie Ventura Bop for the People Septet in which he participated in recordings. For tours in 1952 and 1954, he returned to Kenton. In the 1950s, he also took some singles ( Diga Diga Doo / Lullaby In Rhythm ) and albums under his own name; He also worked with Vido Musso, Gene Krupa (1948 ), Serge Chaloff, Toshiko Akiyoshi (1955) and Herb Pomeroy ( Life Is a Many Splendored Gig, 1957). From the mid- 1950s he concentrated more on working as a music teacher; so he headed a local youth orchestra, the Milford Youth Band, with whom he 1967 at the Newport Jazz Festival concerts. Only a few months later he died of cancer. In 2004 he was admitted posthumously in the New England Jazz Hall of Fame.

One of his most famous pupil was Charlie Mariano.

Discography

• Boots must Ulli Quartet ( Capitol Records, 1954)
• Serge Chaloff and Boots must Ulli (10 - inch LP, Storyville Records, 1954) with Russ Freeman, Jimmy Woode, Buzzy Drootin
• Kenton Presents Jazz: Boots must Ulli ( Capitol, 1954)