Carl Grubbs
Carl G. Grubbs (* in Philadelphia ) is an American jazz - saxophonist , composer , band leader and music teacher.
Live and act
Carl Grubbs, who plays the alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, and his brother Earl Grubbs († 1989) took some lessons from John Coltrane in the mid-1950s . The connection came about through their cousin Naima, whom Coltrane met at the time and later married. Its style had a great influence on the music of the formation The Visitors , which the brothers founded in Philadelphia in the early 1970s. The quintet also included pianist Sid Simmons , drummer John Goldsmith and young bassist Stanley Clarke ; Grubbs recorded a total of four albums with the band for Muse Records between 1972 and 1975 , Rebirth, In My Youth, Neptune and Motherland .
After the band broke up, Carl Grubbs continued to work as a jazz musician, including with Julius Hemphill , and as a composer and music teacher. Since the 1980s he has played with his own band, Carl Grubbs and Friends , with whom he also toured Colombia and Brazil, and later founded his own label, B&C Productions. As a music educator, he worked in public schools and held numerous workshops on jazz improvisation in Baltimore . He was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Scholarship in 1983 and 1985 for his services . Since 1997 he has been the director of the SAX: Summer Music & Dance Camp together with his wife Barbara . In 2004 he played with Odean Pope ( Two Dreams ).
Discographic notes
- Earl Grubbs & Carl Grubbs: Neptune (Cobblestone, 1972)
- Stepping Around the Giant (B & C / CIMP, 2003)
- Brother Soul ( CIMP , 2005)
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- ↑ Goldsmith played for Roland Kirk in the late 1960s .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grubbs, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grubbs, Carl G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |