Earl Turbinton

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Earl J. Turbinton (born September 23, 1941 in New Orleans - † August 3, 2007 in Baton Rouge ) was an American blues , R&B and jazz musician ( alto and soprano saxophone , clarinet ), who was one of the pioneers of modern Jazz scene of New Orleans is considered.

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Turbinton, who was heavily influenced by John Coltrane , grew up in New Orleans and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, then studied jazz with clarinetist Alvin Batiste at Southern University . In the early 1960s he played with blues, funk and R&B bands, and others. a. to Bill Doggett and Jerry Butler . In the late 1960s, he co-founded the musician initiative The Jazz Workshop , with which he hoped to be an incubator for avant-garde jazz on Decatur Street . Even if this did not succeed, he continued to work as a band leader and sideman. With his brother Wilson "Willie Tee" Turbinton (1944-2007) he composed the track Denise , which Nat Adderley recorded in 1968 on his album You, Baby . In the 1970s he played in the Ensemble Astral Project . During his career he played with Cannonball Adderley , BB King and Herbie Hancock , in Louisiana with the Neville Brothers , Snooks Eaglin , Allen Toussaint and with his brother in his bands The Gaturs and The Wild Magnolias . He worked as a sideman on recordings of his brother ( Anticipation , United Artists , 1976), Reuben Wilson ( A Groovy Situation , 1970), Joe Zawinul's debut album Zawinul (Atlantic, 1971) and BB King's albums Five Long Years and Guess Who (1972) , Champion Jack Dupree , Buster Williams (1975) and the R&B band Labelle ( Nightbirds , 1974) with.

In the late 1970s he played briefly with Clarence Gatemouth Brown . In 1987 he played in the American Jazz Quintet with Ed Blackwell and Ellis Marsalis . In addition to his musicianship, he directed the jazz study program at Dillard University and gave private lessons; his students included saxophonist Wessell Anderson and vocalist Cassandra Wilson . In 1983 he was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts . In 1988 he recorded the album Brothers for Life ( Rounder Records ) with his brother . Most recently he performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2002 ; shortly afterwards he suffered a stroke. During the evacuation before Hurricane Katrina he had to leave his house and lived in Memphis (Tennessee) for the following years , most recently in a nursing home in Baton Rouge. Turbinton died in August 2007 at the age of 65 after a long illness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Earl Turbinton at Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ a b c Obituary by Keith Spera in The Times-Picayune ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2012 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 / www.nola.com
  3. ↑ Portrait at Off Beat by Jeff Hannusch (2007)
  4. ↑ Review of Scott Yanow's album From Bad to Badder on Allmusic (English). Retrieved September 23, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Turbinton, Earl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turbinton, Earl J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 2007
Place of death Baton Rouge