Bob DeVos

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Bob DeVos (* 1946 ) is an American jazz musician ( guitar , composition ) of soul jazz .

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DeVos grew up in a musical family in Paterson, New Jersey , where he performed in early years with groups influenced by the music of BB King , Otis Redding and James Brown . Through his father's record collection, he got to know the music of Count Basie , Duke Ellington , Frank Sinatra , but also King Curtis and Chuck Berry . In the 1960s he took guitar lessons from Harry Leahy and Dennis Sandole ; In 1970 Sandole gave him the opportunity to work with the Hammond organist Trudy Pittsto play. He eventually began performing as a professional blues and classic rhythm & blues musician in New Jersey when he discovered jazz stylists like Wes Montgomery , Kenny Burrell , Jim Hall and Pat Martino . From the 1980s he worked stylistically with soul jazz and straight-ahead jazz groups, mostly with organists and others. a. with Groove Holmes , Jimmy McGriff , Hank Crawford , Sonny Stitt , David Fathead Newman .

The first recordings were made in 1977 when DeVos was part of the Groove Holmes quintet with Houston Person , Idris Muhammad and Buddy Caldwell ( Good Vobrations ). In the following years he played a. a. with Teo Macero , Charles Earland ( Blowin 'the Blues Away , 1997), Irene Reid , Robert Mosci, Ron McClure and Gene Ludwig . In the 1990s he also worked with his own organ trio; he was also a member of the New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra under the direction of Bill Warfield . He also gave private lessons and taught at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and at William Paterson University in Wayne. He also received a composition commission from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts . In 1998 he recorded his debut album Breaking the Ice for Savant , which featured Charles Earland, Vince Ector (drums) and Master Henry Gibson (percussion).

He was also a member of the Charles Earland Tribute Band (with Joey DeFrancesco, among others ). From the 2000s he continued to work with Onaje Allan Gumbs , Reuben Wilson and Greg Burrows; In 2018 he led his own quartet, which included Andy LaVerne , Steve LaSpina and Anthony Pinciotti . In the field of jazz he was involved in 35 recording sessions between 1977 and 2017.

Discographic notes

  • DeVos' Groove Guitar! (Blues Leaf, 2002), with Gene Ludwig, Billy James, Emedin
  • Shifting Sands (Savant, 2008), with Eric Alexander , Dan Kostelnik , Steve Johns, Gary Fritz
  • Shadow Box (American Showplace Music, 2012), with Ralph Bowen , Dan Kostelnik, Steve Johns

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bob DeVos. Smalls, February 16, 2019, accessed February 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 19, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME DeVos, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH 1946