Bill Crow
William "Bill" Orval Crow (born December 27, 1927 in Othello , Washington ) is an American jazz bassist and author.
Live and act
Crow learned to trumpet, baryton , alto saxophone and drums. He started out as a trumpeter, played horn and valve trombone in various school and military bands, and was a drummer in various dance bands in the early 1950s. He was then trombonist in a band in Seattle under Buzzy Bridgford and was trombonist and bassist with band leader Glen Moore in 1952 and with Claude Thornhill in 1953 . In December 1952 he was a member of the Stan Getz Quintet with Duke Jordan and Jimmy Raney . He worked with musicians such as pianists Al Haig and Marian McPartland and saxophonists Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Gerry Mulligan . He was a member of the Mulligan Quartet and Sextet in the late 1950s and undertook several extensive European tours with him. He later worked in the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band , with Quincy Jones , Dick Sudhalter , Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer . In 1962 he went on tour of the Soviet Union with Benny Goodman , via the Crow, Jerry Dodgion , John Bunch and others. a. reported in the documentary Jazz for the Russians - To Russia with Jazz (2011). In the field of jazz he was involved in 160 recording sessions between 1952 and 2015, in addition to the aforementioned also with Sam Most , Jimmy Raney , Jimmy McPartland , Don Ellis , Jimmy Cleveland , Mose Allison , Manny Alban , Joe Morello , Al Cohn , Zoot Sims , Jackie Cain , Bob Wilber , Ruby Braff , Eddie Bert / JR Monterose , Barbara Lea and Claude Williamson .
In addition, Crow also appeared in various Broadway shows and was active as a writer. Crow wrote a series of articles in the Jazz Review as early as the 1950s , his book Jazz Anecdotes was published by Oxford University Press in 1991 , and the autobiography From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life followed .
Discographic notes
- Jazz at Liberty - Bill Crow-Phil Woods All Stars Play Soviet Originals , 1963, with Art Farmer , Bob Brookmeyer, Phil Woods , Zoot Sims, Nick Brignola , John Bunch , Walter Perkins
- Jazz anecdotes with Joe Cohn , David O Jones , Carmen Leggio , 1996
- From Birdland to Broadway with Joe Cohn, David O Jones, Carmen Leggio, 2002
- Embraceable You , 2010
- You and the Night and the Music (2013), with Hiroshi Yamazaki
Web links
- Web presence
- Bill Crow at Allmusic (English)
- Bill Crow at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crow, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crow, William Orval; Crow, Bill Orval (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Othello , Washington |