Buck Hill (musician)

Roger "Buck" Hill ( born February 13, 1928 in Washington, DC) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Biography

Buck Hill began his career in 1943, but could not for a long time living from music and worked for over thirty years as a postman. 1958/59 he played with Charlie Byrd and was in the 1960s, only occasionally active as a musician. as for John Eaton. In 1973 he took up with the Washington trumpeter Allan Houser. From the late 1970s he finally took on several albums as a leader for the Steeplechase label, which he recorded with guest musicians such as Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Reuben Brown, Barry Harris, Johnny Coles and Billy Hart. The singer Shirley Horn, who also hails from Washington, let him take part in some of their albums of the 1990s, so Hill is at Close Enough for Love ( 1988) You Will not Forget Me (1990) and most recently on The Main Ingredient hear. Buck Hill spent most of his career in music with local musicians in the area around Washington, DC; he is still by Richard Cook & Brian Morton as one of the major " regional jazz musicians ", which has an excellent reputation among many of his colleagues. His saxophone style captures the wide sound of Coleman Hawkins, although he says of himself to be influenced by Lester Young.

Disco Graphical Notes

• This Is Buck Hill ( Steeplechase Records, 1978) with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Hart
• Scope ( Steeplechase, 1979)
• Easy to Love ( Steeplechase, 1981) with Reuben Brown, Wilbur Little, Billy Hart
• Impressions ( Steeplechase, 1983)
• Capital Hill ( Muse Records, 1989) with Barry Harris, Ray Drummond, Freddie Waits
• The Buck Stops Here ( Muse, 1990)
• The Buck Stops Here ( Muse, 1990) with Johnny Coles, Barry Harris, Ray Drummond, Kenny Washington
• I'm Beginning to See the Light ( Muse, 1991)
• Pulses ( Muse, 1992)
• Northsea Festival ( Steeplechase, 1997)
• Relax ( Severn Records, 2006)