Rodgers Grant

Rodgers Lee Grant ( born January 18, 1936 in Harlem, New York City, † April 12, 2012 in Paulding, Ohio ) was an American jazz pianist, arranger and composer.

Life and work

Grant was created in 1963 by the hit Yeh! Yeh! known and had long been a pianist in the band of Mongo Santamaria to listen to his Columbia albums La Bamba (1965 ), Mongomania (1967 ), Soul Bag ( 1968), Workin 'On A Groovy Thing and Stone Soul (1969). He worked as a hotel next to a pianist and worked among others with pictures of George Benson ( Tell It Like It Is), Esther Phillips ( Confessin 'The Blues, 1976) and Hubert Laws ( In The Beginning, 1974 and Flute By- Laws) with.

The song Yeh! Yeh! he composed in 1963, together with the Sun Ra saxophonist Pat Patrick. The singer Jon Hendricks wrote lyrics and played an own cover version one. 1964, the song was an international hit for Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames; later, he has also been interpreted by artists such as They Might Be Giants, Matt Bianco, Tuck & Patti, Lasse Mårtenson or Van Morrison. Grant has composed and arranged the title Sweet ' Tater Pie ( Santa Maria), Triple Threat (interpreted, inter alia, by Sonny Fortune ), Morningstar ( and Others Stan Getz ) and Just Say Goodbye ( inter alia by Dave Pike and Esther Phillips).