Carmen Leggio
Carmen Leggio (actually: Carmelo John Leggio ; * 1927 in Tarrytown , New York ; † April 17, 2009 ibid) was an American jazz musician ( alto and tenor saxophone ).
Live and act
Leggio began playing the clarinet when he was eleven; at 14 he switched to the saxophone. First he played in local bands a. a. with Keter Betts and Horace Silver , before moving to New York City in 1950 , where he performed with Terry Gibbs in New York's Birdland in 1950/51 and then worked as a studio musician. In the following years he also played in the bands of Marty Napoleon , Sol Yaged (1956), Benny Goodman (1957) and as a soloist with Maynard Ferguson (1958/59, to be heard on his roulette albums Swingin 'My Way Through College and A Message from Birdland ).
From 1960 he also worked with his own formations, u. a. with Dave Frishberg . From 1961 he played with Mel Lewis , 1963 with Woody Herman and 1964-66 with Gene Krupa . In 1961 he made his debut album The Carmen Leggio Group with accompanying musicians such as John Bunch and Henry Grimes .
In the late 1970s he was a member of the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra and recorded with Butch Miles ( Butch's Encore , 1978), Cal Collins ( Ohio Boss Guitar , 1978) and Jake Hanna ( Jake Takes Manhattan ). Leggio recorded several albums under his own name for smaller labels as well as for his own label Leggio . In his later years there were recordings with Eddie Bert ( The Human Factor , 1987), Donnie O'Brien and Bill Crow ( From Birdland to Broadway , 2002); He has also performed in various clubs and restaurants in Westchester County , such as the Red Hat Bistro in Irvington, and others. a. with Hiroshi Yamazaki . In 2006 the album Three Legends Live at The Division Street Grill was created with Bucky Pizzarelli and Bill Crow.
Discographic notes
- The Carmen Leggio Group (Jazz Unlimited, 1961)
- Tarrytown Quartet (Famous Door, 1978) with John Bunch, Milt Hinton , Butch Miles
- Aerial View (Dreamstreet, 1978) with Frank Gordon , Harold Danko , Ray Drummond , Mel Lewis
- Smile (Progressive, 1978) with Derek Smith , George Duvivier , Ronnie Bedford
- Carmen Leggio Quartet featuring Joe Cohn (2006)
- A Sax For Christmas (2007, Leggio Records )
- Sax After Midnight (1996, The Good Music Record Company )
Lexical entry
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1999, ISBN 0-19-507418-1 .
Web links
- Carmen Leggio at Discogs (English)
- Carmen Leggio at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horace Silver, Phil Pastras, Joe Zawinul: Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver
- ^ Metronome 1961, Volume 78, Issue 9
- ^ Billboard Apr. 17, 1961
- ↑ classicjazzguitar ( memento of the original from October 30, 2007 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.
- ^ MH Reed: From Factory Ruins, Windows on the Hudson in The New York Times
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leggio, Carmen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leggio, Carmelo John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tarrytown , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2009 |
| Place of death | Tarrytown , New York |