Carl Perkins (pianist)
Carl Perkins (* 16th August 1928 in Indianapolis , † 17th March 1958 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz pianist of hard bop .
Perkins learned to play the piano mostly self-taught (and did not read any notes). Due to polio , his left arm was disabled, which affected his game accordingly (he held his left hand sideways while playing). He had his first appearances with Tiny Bradshaw and Big Jay McNeely . He lived in Los Angeles since the late 1940s . In 1950 he played with Miles Davis , 1953 to 1955 with the trio of Oscar Moore , 1954 in the band of Clifford Brown and Max Roach and then in the " Curtis Counce Group" with Harold Land , Jack Sheldon and Frank Butler . He also recorded with Art Pepper (1957), Stuff Smith (1957), Quincy Jones , Richie Kamuca , Dexter Gordon , Leroy Vinnegar , Jim Hall , Illinois Jacquet , Chet Baker , Buddy DeFranco and an album under his own name ( Introducing Carl Perkins , Dootone 1956, with Larance Marable , Leroy Vinnegar in a trio). He also composed a. a. Grooveyard , Mia (Way Cross Town) Carl's Blues . He died of a heroin overdose at age 29.
After Billy Taylor , he is considered one of the first pioneers of the soul and gospel-influenced jazz style of the 1960s.
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
swell
- ^ To Curtis Counce at Vancouver Jazz
- ^ Billy Taylor, Jazz Piano
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perkins, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hard bop jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1958 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |