Don Lanphere

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Donald Gale "Don" Lanphere (* 26. June 1928 in Wenatchee , Washington ; † 9. October 2003 in Redmond (Washington) ) was an American jazz - tenor and soprano saxophonist of modern jazz .

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Lamphere comes from the extreme northwest of the USA and decided to move to New York in 1947. He gained fame through his performances and recordings with bebop musicians such as Fats Navarro (1948), as well as his own quartet in 1949, to which Duke Jordan also belonged. He also played with Woody Herman (1949), Claude Thornhill , Sonny Dunham , Billy May and Charlie Barnet . His style on the saxophone at the time ranged between bebop and cool , similar to Lee Konitz's .

His musical career was affected early by his drug addiction: in 1951 he was imprisoned for heroin possession . After his release, he returned to his native Washington state and worked in his family's music store. He made appearances with Herb Pomeroy and again with Woody Herman in the late 1950s and early 1960s , but for the next 20 years he was more busy selling than recording.

In the 1980s he made a comeback; he began to play again and took on records with his own formation, toured in 1983 to New York and Kansas City . In 1985 a European tour followed ; In 1988 he accompanied the singer Jay Clayton . In 1990 he made recordings with his band and Larry Coryell .

78s by the Fats Navarro / Don Lanphere Quintet with Al Haig , Tommy Potter and Max Roach : “Stop” from 1949

Selection discography

  • Get Happy ( Origin Records )
  • Home At Last (Origin Records)
  • Like A Bird (Origin Records)
  • Where Do You Start? (Origin Records)
  • Remember Why w / New Stories (Origin Records)
  • Year 'Round Christmas (Origin Records)
  • Where Do You Start? (Origin Records)
  • Don Lanphere ( Hep Records , 1980)
  • Out Of Nowhere (Hep Records, 1982)
  • Into Somerwhere (Hep Records, 1983)
  • Don Loves Midge (Hep Records, 1984)
  • Sextet Go Aagain (Hep Records, 1987,88)
  • Don Lanphere & Larry Coryell (Hep Records, 1990)

With Jay Clayton

  • The Jazz Alley Tapes (Hep, 1988)

With Fats Navarro

With the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra

  • SRJO Live (Origin Records)
  • Sacred Music of Duke Ellington (Origin Records)

With Earl Coleman

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SURNAME Lanphere, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lanphere, Donald Gale (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wenatchee, Washington
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2003
Place of death Redmond (Washington)