Dennis Irwin

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Dennis Irwin

Dennis Irwin (born November 28, 1951 in Birmingham , Alabama , † March 10, 2008 ) was an American jazz bassist. According to Martin Kunzler , he "transferred gut string playing to modern bass style, perfected it and used the special response behavior of natural strings percussively for rhythmic intensification like no other bassist before him."

Live and act

Irwin, who started learning the clarinet at the age of nine, studied classical music at North Texas State University from 1969 to 1974 . During his studies he switched to the double bass and played in the university band "Two O'Clock Big Band".

At the beginning of his musical career he played with the pianist Red Garland in Dallas , then he moved to New York. There he worked with Charles Brackeen and Albert Dailey . In 1975 he became a member of Ted Curson's band . He also accompanied jazz singers such as Jackie Paris , Betty Carter , Annie Ross , Tania Maria and Mose Allison . From 1977 to 1980 he was a member of Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers . The Jazz Messengers also recorded several of Irwin's compositions such as "Kamal". Irwin also worked with Mel Lewis (1981 to 1990), Stan Getz , Johnny Griffin (1988 to 1991), Valery Ponomarev , Horace Silver , Jim Snidero , Bennie Wallace as well as with the Brazilian musicians Duduka da Fonseca and Portinho and occasionally with Chet Baker and Tad Shull . In 1992 Irwin began working with guitarist John Scofield , heard on the Blue Note albums "What We Do", "Hand Jive" and "Groove Elation". In 2001 he toured Europe with Joe Lovano .

His partner was the singer Aria Hendricks , daughter of Jon Hendricks .

Discographic notes

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

  • Heat Wave ( Pony Canyon / After Beat, 1977)
  • In this Korner (Concord Jazz, 1978)
  • Night in Tunisia (Polygram, 1979)
  • Works of Art (Recall, 2002)

With Johnny Griffin

  • Take My Hand (Who's Who in Jazz, 1988)
  • Woe Is Me (Jazz Hour, 1988)
  • The Cat (Antilles, 1990)

With Scott Hamilton

  • Radio City (Concord Jazz, 1990)
  • Organic Duke (Concord Jazz, 1994)
  • My Romance (Concord Jazz, 1995)
  • Blues Bop & Ballads (Concord Jazz, 1999)
  • Ballad Essentials (Concord Jazz, 2000)

With John Scofield

  • What We Do (Blue Note, 1992)
  • Hand Jive (Blue Note, 1993)
  • Groove Elation (Blue Note, 1995)

With Joe Lovano

  • Tones, Shapes and Colors (Soul Note, 1985)
  • 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note, 2000)
  • On This Day at the Vanguard (Blue Note, 2002)
  • Streams of Expression (Blue Note, 2006)

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jazz.unt.edu
  2. ↑ Kunzler, Jazzlexikon, p. 597
personal data
SURNAME Irwin, Dennis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2008