Buck Hill

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Roger "Buck" Hill (* 13. February 1927 in Washington, DC ; † 20th March 2017 ) was an American jazz - tenor saxophonist .

biography

Buck Hill began his career in 1943, but could not make a living from music for a long time and worked as a postman for over thirty years . In 1958/59 he played with Charlie Byrd and was only occasionally active as a musician in the 1960s. like John Eaton . In 1973 he recorded with Washington trumpeter Allan Houser. From the late 1970s, he finally recorded several albums as a leader for the SteepleChase label, which he recorded with guest musicians such as Kenny Barron , Buster Williams , Reuben Brown , Barry Harris , Johnny Coles and Billy Hart . The singer Shirley Horn , who also comes from Washington, leaving him in some of their albums of the 1990s involved, so Hill is on Close Enough for Love (1988), You Will not Forget Me (1990) and finally to The Main Ingredient to Listen. Buck Hill spent most of his musical career with local musicians in the Washington, DC area; Nevertheless, after Richard Cook & Brian Morton, he is regarded as one of the important "regional jazz musicians" who is highly regarded by many of his colleagues. His saxophone style is reminiscent of Coleman Hawkins with his broad tone , although he says of himself that he was influenced by Lester Young .

Discographic notes

  • This Is Buck Hill ( SteepleChase Records , 1978) with Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Billy Hart
  • Scope (SteepleChase, 1979)
  • Easy to Love (SteepleChase, 1981) with Reuben Brown, Wilbur Little , Billy Hart
  • Impressions (SteepleChase, 1983)
  • Capital Hill ( Muse Records , 1989) with Barry Harris , Ray Drummond , Freddie Waits
  • The Buck Stops Here (Muse, 1990)
  • The Buck Stops Here (Muse, 1990) with Johnny Coles, Barry Harris, Ray Drummond, Kenny Washington
  • I'm Beginning to See the Light (Muse, 1991)
  • Impulse (Muse, 1992)
  • Hot Mustard Jazz Band: Don't Postpone Joy - Hot Mustard with Buck Hill (Zest, 1992), with Dave Burns , Paul Wingo
  • Northsea Festival (SteepleChase, 1997), with Reuben Brown
  • Uh huh! Buck Hill Live at Montpelier ( Jazzmont , 2000)
  • Relax ( Severn Records , 2006)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary ( memento of the original from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English).  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dcist.com
  2. ^ Hill, Buck [Roger] Entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . Published by Barry Kernfeld, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1988
  3. ↑ cit. according to Cook & Morton, p. 720. “[…] and inside a bluff manner is a certain elliptical way with phrasing a tune,” Cook & Morton write on.
personal data
SURNAME Hill, Buck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hill, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz tenor saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States
DATE OF DEATH 20th March 2017