Bob Merrill (jazz musician)
Bob Merrill (* 1958 in New York City ) is an American jazz musician ( vocals , trumpet , flugelhorn , piano , arrangement ) and music producer , stylistically connected to swing and mainstream jazz .
Live and act
Merrill grew up in Manhattan and studied with Red Rodney as a teenager . During his college years he directed the Harvard Jazz Band , with whom he performed and toured in New England. After graduating from Harvard University with a degree in music , he continued his studies at the New England Conservatory ; during this time he played a. a. with Jaki Byard and his Apollo Stompers Big Band . In 1977 the first recordings were made with Ran Blake .
From 1981 he held seminars on jazz music as a fellow at Harvard and founded the concert series Jazz at the Pudding in the Hasty Pudding jazz club , led the house band and accompanied guest jazz greats such as Lee Konitz , Warne Marsh , Al Hibbler , Sheila Jordan and Archie Shepp . 1986 Merrill returned to New York, where he opened the recording studio Hip Pocket Studios and in the following years worked for stars such as Patti LaBelle , Sting , Art Garfunkel and Peter, Paul and Mary ; He also produced three albums there by his father-in-law Joe Bushkin , for whom he also worked as a trumpeter, musical director and arranger. With Bushkin he also appeared in New York nightclubs Tavern on the Green and The Supper Club as well as in the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles. In 1997 he presented his debut album Catch as Catch Can (Accurate), which he recorded with a big band and guest musicians such as Harry Allen , Jeremy Kahn , Joe Cohn and Dennis Irwin .
In the following years the productions Got A Bran 'New Suit (2005) were created. a. Bill Charlap , John Allred , Harry Allen, Mike LeDonne , Bill Charlap, Howard Alden , Jay Leonhart and Duffy Jackson performed , Christmastime at the Adirondack Grill and Cheerin 'Up the Universe (Accurate Records, 2015), with John Medeski , Drew Zingg , Nicki Parrott and George Schuller , as well as guest soloists Roswell Rudd , Harry Allen , Russ Gershon and Matthew Fries . In honor of Joe Bushkin, he presented the first episode of Tell Me Your Troubles: Songs of Joe Bushkin in 2017 , which featured Bucky Pizzarelli , Kathryn Crosby , Nicki Parrott, Wycliffe Gordon , Eric Comstock and Joe Bushkin himself (in “Oh! Look at Me Now ”). In the field of jazz he was involved in eight recording sessions between 1977 and 2016.
Web links
- Web presence
- Bob Merrill at Allmusic (English)
- Michael Beilay: Bob Merrill: Cheerin 'Up the Universe (2015) in All About Jazz
- Bob Merrill at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merrill, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Merrill, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |