Chuck Hedges

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Charles "Chuck" Hedges (born July 21, 1932 in Chicago ; † June 24, 2010 ) was an American musician ( clarinet ) of mainstream jazz .

Live and act

Hedges played with George Brunis , Danny Alvin and Muggsy Spanier in Chicago in the early 1950s , and from the end of the decade with Dave Remington's Wagon Wheel Jazz Band , with which the first recordings were made in 1959. In the 1960s and 70s he worked a. a. with Dick Ruedebusch, Rick Nelson, the New Chicago Rhythm Kings , Bob Hirsch , Tom Saunders , Sid Dawson and Barrett Deems . In the 80s he toured Europe with Wild Bill Davison ; in later years he played a. a. with Johnny Varro , Rick Fay , Dan Barrett and Jeanie Lambe , also with his own formations such as the Swingtet (in a line-up based on Benny Goodman's ensembles) and most recently with his Milwaukee Connection , with whom several albums for Arbors and Delmark Records were created. With Allan Vaché he recorded the album Clarinet Climax . In the field of jazz he was involved in fifty recording sessions between 1959 and 2007. Hedges last lived in Milwaukee .

Discographic notes

  • Bob Hirsch, Tommy Saunders, Chuck Hedges, Sid Dawson, Chuck Anderson, Steve Thede: Bob Hirsch and His Jazz All-Stars at briarcombe: A Jazz Picnic (1976)
  • Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro, Ray Leatherwood , Gene Estes : The Square Roots of Jazz (1984)
  • No Greater Love (Arbors, 1992), with Eddie Higgins , Bob Haggart , Gene Estes
  • Live at Andy's (Delmark, 1993), with Duane Thamm, John Bany, Dave Baney, Charles Braugham
  • Chuck Hedges and Allan Vaché: Clarinet Climax ( Jazzology Records , 1998), with Howard Elkins, Jack Wyatt, Jim Vaughn, John Sheridan
  • Just Jammin ': Chuck Hedges and the Milwaukee Connection (Arbors, 2001), with Henry "Bucky" Buckwalter, Gary Meisner, Dave Sullivan, Mike Britz, Andy LoDuca
  • Chuck Hedges and Duane Thamm: Tribute to Hamp (Delmark, 2002), with Frank Dawson, John Bany, Charlie Braugham

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Radio Swiss jazz
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 28, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Hedges, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hedges, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (clarinet) of mainstream jazz
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 2010