Dany Doriz

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Dany Doriz (born September 6, 1941 in Boissy-Saint-Léger ) is a French musician of mainstream jazz ( vibraphone , also saxophone and piano ).

Career

Doriz first received classical piano lessons and then switched to the saxophone. At the age of 16 he got to know the vibraphone, which he then concentrated on. As early as 1960 he was leading a big band alongside his quintet ; the first recordings were made. Encouraged by Stéphane Grappelli and Memphis Slim , he went on tour across Europe.

Since he became the owner and musical director of the Parisian jazz cellar Caveau de la Huchette in 1970 , he has performed there with musicians such as Wild Bill Davis , Ray Bryant , Cat Anderson , Milt Buckner , Hal Singer , Illinois Jacquet , Al Gray , Harry Sweets Edison , Benny Bailey , Arnett Cobb , Clark Terry , Red Holloway , Buster Cooper , Butch Miles or Eddie Jones . In 1975 Doriz played during the European tour in Lionel Hampton's band (after which an album was created for Barclay Records ). In 1981 he performed with the Flashback Quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival . He played with his big band at the 1984 Bratislava Jazz Days . He also recorded with Bill Coleman , Marcel Azzola , Patrick Saussois, and Patricia Bonner.

Discographic notes

  • Son vibraphone et sa grande formation (Homère1969)
  • Jazz pour la danse (Homère 1969)
  • Wild Bill Davis & Dany Doriz Live from the Caveau De La Huchette - Paris 1977 (Laserlight 1997, with Stéphane Guérault, Dave Pochonet and Maurice Martin and Kenny Clarke )
  • Flashback Quartet + Dany Doriz Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival '81 ( Polydor 1982, with Bob Kaper , Marcel Hendricks, Henk Bosch van Drakestein , Huub Janssen )
  • Dany Doriz & Bob Wilber Memories of You: Lionel and Benny (Black & Blue 1996)
  • Scott Hamilton Plays with the Dany Doriz Caveau de la Huchette Orchestra (Fremeaux 2013, with Ronald Baker, Didier Dorise, Philippe Duchemin, Marc Fosset )
  • Dany Doris Big Band feat. Manu Dibango and Ronald Baker ( Frémeaux 2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography
  2. ↑ reissued as Wild Bill Davis Swing & Shout on EMI
personal data
SURNAME Doriz, Dany
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz musician (vibraphone)
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Boissy-Saint-Léger