Bob Kindred
Robert Hamilton "Bob" Kindred (born May 11, 1940 in Lansing , Michigan , † August 15, 2016 in Nashville ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , clarinet , also flute ).
Live and act
Kindred grew up in the Philadelphia area and first learned the clarinet; he then played alto saxophone in the Philadelphia Youth Jazz Band under the direction of Jimmy DePriest . At 17 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Sixpence , who played swing and Dixieland jazz and toured Europe. After graduating from college, Kindred left the music business and worked full-time as a businessman. He finally came to play the saxophone and modern jazz through an encounter with Phil Woods ; he took lessons from Woods, initially played in Philadelphia in the local jazz scene and toured with soul jazz musicians such as Groove Holmes , Charles Earland and Jimmy McGriff in the following years . He then became a member of the Glenn Miller Band ( Ghost Band ) and as a soloist with Woody Herman , with whom he performed in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1975 . In the early 1980s he worked a. a. with Hank Jones , Clark Terry , Roy Eldridge , Toots Thielemans , Shirley Scott and Mel Lewis . Under his own name, he released a number of albums from the 80s, including the 2010 album Blue Moon (Venus Records) produced by Todd Barkan , on which he was accompanied by a rhythm group made up of George Mraz , Ben Riley and John Di Martino and which is jazz standards such as Body and Soul , Do Nothin 'Till You Hear from Me , If You Could See Me Now, and In a Sentimental Mood . In the field of jazz he was involved in 51 recording sessions between 1980 and 2012, including a. with Meredith D'Ambrosio , Johnny Frigo , Giacomo Gates and Jimmy Scott . With his wife, singer Anne Phillips, he wrote Bending Towards the Light - A Jazz Nativity . He has also worked as a music educator and has taught workshops at the International Art Of Jazz, Festival Jazz and the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Company.
Discographic notes
- That Kindred Spirit - Bob Kindred With Strings (Conawago), et al. a. with Gene Bertoncini , Jay Leonhart , John Goldsby
- Bending Towards the Light - A Jazz Nativity: Bob Kindred et al. (Conawago, 1993), et al. a. with Jon Faddis , Lew Soloff , Clark Terry, Benny Powell , Al Gray , Jon Gordon , Jerry Dodgion , Paquito D'Rivera , Virginia Mayhew , Lionel Hampton , Toots Thielemans, Dave Brubeck , Bill Mays , Adam Makowicz , Gene Bertoncini, Ron Carter , Tim Horner , Candido , Tito Puente , Milt Grayson , Grady Tate , Urszula Dudziak , Gail Wynters , Jackie Cain , Roy Kral , The New York Voices
- Playin 'in the Yard (Jazzmania, 1992), with Gene Bertoncini, Steve Gilmore, John Kaye
- Hidden Treasures (Conavago, 1994), et al. a. with Richard Stoltzman , Dave Samuels , Bill Charlap , Sean Smith , Tim Horner, Bill Mays , Dave Finck , Grady Tate
- Gentle Giant of the Tenor Sax (Mapleshade, 2001), with Larry Willis
- Live at Cafe Loup - The Bob Kindred Trio (Conavago, 2005), with Warren Vaché , Wycliffe Gordon , John Hart , Steve LaSpina , Tim Horner
- Nights of Boleros and Blues (Venus, 2006), with John Di Martino, Boris Kozlov , Horacio "El Negro" Hernández
- Your Place Or Mine (Conavago, 2011), with Paul Meyers
Web links
- Bob Kindred at Mapleshade Records
- Bob Kindred at Allmusic (English)
- Bob Kindred at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bob Kindred at Discogs (English)
- ^ Announcement from the Darmstadt Jazz Institute on August 23, 2016
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 23, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kindred, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kindred, Robert Hamilton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (tenor saxophone, clarinet, also flute) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lansing , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 2016 |
| Place of death | Nashville |