Charlie Ventura
Charlie Ventura ( born December 2, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † January 17, 1992 Pleasantville, New Jersey) was an American jazz saxophonist (tenor, soprano, alto, baritone, bass).
Life and work
Ventura was one of the protagonists of bebop. " Bop for the people " - that was his motto, and that often included a vocal by Buddy Stewart and Jackie Cain & Roy Kral. His secret love was the Big Band. However, his attempts to hold together a big jazz band had little success.
Ventura played in New York et al with Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy DeFranco, Roy Eldridge and in jam sessions. 1942/3 he was with Gene Krupa, thereafter until 1944 when Teddy Powell and 1944-1946 at Krupa, before he had his own big band again 1946/7. In January 1946, he starred with Charlie Parker and Lester Young's side at one of the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts. 1947 to 1949 he was known as a leader with Bop for the People, but could last only occur for economic reasons and septet, including the alto saxophonist Boots Must Ulli. 1950/51 he led a big band again. In 1951 he formed with Buddy Rich, Chubby Jackson and Marty Napoleon, the "Big Four". In 1952, he was in a trio with Gene Krupa on tour in Japan. With Krupa he worked also in the 1960s. 1958 to 1961 he was in Las Vegas.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Classics ( F ) CD 1044, Classics ( F ) CD 1111, Classics ( F ) CD 1149, Classics ( F) CD1215
- Carnegie Hall Concert Verve MG V- 8132
- Mosaic MD6 -182 (CD)
Collection
- The Complete Verve / Clef Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips Studio Sessions ( 1951-54 ) - ( Mosaic - 1998 ) - 8 LPs or 6 CDs with Conte Candoli, Jimmy Wisner p, Ace Tesone b, Chick Keeny ( = Louis Cicchini dm ) Ralph Burns, Chubby Jackson, Betty Bennett, The Blentones voc, Marty Napoleon, Buddy Rich, Mel Torme dm, Gene Kutch p, Hank Jones, Bob Carter, Jo Jones, Dave McKenna, Sonny Igoe, Mary Ann McCall, Charlie Shavers, Kai Winding, Danny Bank, Lenny Hambro, Perry Lopez g - rest of the collection see Flip Phillips
Lexical entries
- Carlo Bohländer et al: Reclam Jazz Guide 1989
- Ian Carr, Brian Priestley, Digby Fairweather (eds.): Rough Guide to Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584- X
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD. 8th edition Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-051521-6.
- Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2002 ( 2nd edition ), ISBN 3-499-16512-0 Vol 1; ISBN 3-499-16317-9 Vol 2
- Jazz saxophonist
- Bandleader
- American musician
- Born 1916
- Died in 1992
- Man