Steve Turre
Steve Turre, Steve Turré, ( born September 12, 1948 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA) is an American jazz musician and plays in particular trombone, but in addition also on snail horns.
Life and work
Steve Turre grew up in California and studied from 1968-69 music at North Texas State University. Since 1968, he played sporadically with Rahsaan Roland Kirk and took in 1970 in San Francisco with the Latin rock group Santana. After a tour in 1972 with Ray Charles, he worked with Woody Herman, and then go in 1973 with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in New York, as well as to deny the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra, a European tour. From 1974 to 1976 Turre made with Chico Hamilton recordings, both on trumpet and electric guitar. In 1974, he also played with Woody Shaw trumpet. After re- working with Kirk, where he began to experiment with mussels, was Turre member and arranger Slide Hampton's " World of Trombones ." In addition, he composed and arranged for Max Roach leading his own quartet and toured with pianist Cedar Walton. In 1980 he returned to 1985 again to Woody Shaw Quintet back. He has also performed with McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon, Slide Hampton, Poncho Sanchez, Hilton Ruiz and Tito Puente. In 1987, he joined Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra and played regularly with Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy.
Together with the group Sanctified Shells - a group of four trombonists ( doubled on snail horns ), trumpeter EJ Allen and a rhythm section - Turre appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival and a highly acclaimed CD. " Historically ," he notes about this natural horn, because of him that appeared in the Downbeat polls of the 1990s at the top of the category Miscellaneous Instruments, " is the shell of the origin of the trombone. But for me, it is an extension of the trumpet, because I have played the trumpet yes first. "
Since 1988, he is one of the lecturers at the Manhattan School of Music. He is married to the cellist Akua Dixon.
Snail horns in jazz
For the first time in 1974 on recordings made Woody Shaw Turre on Moon Trane an intro to falsely identified as always mussels snails contribute to a Latin piece. With 18 years Turre Rahsaan Roland Kirk, who blew a " conch " with a long-lasting steady tone in circular breathing experienced in keeping with his concept to create new sound sources, a special form of spirituality.
Turre stresses that it brings with vibrating lips to the blades should not sing into it. They produce a very similar sound of the human voice. It mentioned Turre Albert Mangelsdorff, who could sing on the trombone and could cause a similar sound as the sea slugs in a duo with Elvin Jones. The technique many musicians want to apply, but you must be able to sing like Mangelsdorff.
Turre used different sized snails from five centimeters, so he has a greater range than with a single screw. He reaches into it and thus vary the tone and pitch. Each screw was unique and sounded different.
Especially the limited options available for the simple, feasible and a specific moment in the music. The Turre has also further influenced in his trombone playing.
The worm he does not seek himself, he buys them and collects them and has a plurality, in part they are protected and must be sold certified. Are not to be used as water, sand and wind holes and cracks left in the screw found on the beach.
He treated the rough surface lip- friendly at the mouthpiece and formed with a kind of acrylic mouthpiece.
Awards
1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2006 he won the Down Beat Leserpoll as best trombonist.
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Lexical entries
- Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia. Volume 2 Rowohlt, Reinbek 2002 ( 2nd edition ); ISBN 3-499-16513-9