Bob hammer
Howard Robert "Bob" Hammer (born March 3, 1930 in Indianapolis ) is an American jazz musician ( piano and arrangement ).
Live and act
Hammer studied at Michigan State University and the Manhattan School of Music . He then took private lessons from the composer Henry Brant . Hammer then worked first with Bob Wilber (1955), in the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra and in Roy Eldridge's quartet (1956) and with Gene Krupa (1956/57). In 1957 he worked on the album A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper . He then worked at Red Allen (1958–1962) and Eddie Condon (1959/60). Charles Mingus drew him in during this time as an arranger for his larger orchestral formats (including Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus and Townhall Concert ) and occasionally as a pianist. He also referred to Hammer as his Beethoven. In 1963 he played with Pee Wee Russell , but also again with Krupa and Eldridge. He then went on tour with Bobby Hackett before working for the Merv Griffin Show from 1965 to 1967 . He continued to record with Jimmy Knepper , Johnny Hartman , Woody Herman , Clark Terry and Elvin Jones . He then turned his back on the jazz scene and worked in Las Vegas from 1977 to 1988.
Hammer then worked at Slide Hampton , taught jazz improvisation and applied music at a college between 1989 and 1995 , and played in the Jimmy Cleveland octet . He also worked with Barbara McNair , the Tommy Newsome Quartet and the Jerry Lewis Telethon. In 2004 he recorded as a pianist with the flugelhorn quintet Floyd Standifer . In the field of jazz he was involved in 25 recording sessions between 1955 and 2004, according to Tom Lord .
Web links
- Bob Hammer at Allmusic (English)
- Bob hammer at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hammer, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hammer, Howard Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (pianist and arranger) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis |