Eddie Hazell

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Edward Hazell (born 1934 in New Jersey ; † November 2, 2010 ) was an American jazz guitarist and singer .

Live and act

Hazell grew up in the Little Falls, New Jersey area and began performing as a professional musician with a band called The 3 Echoes while he was still in high school . After completing his military service during the Korean War , he initially worked outside the music scene. In the late 1950s he toured again and played in clubs such as Mr. Kelley's in Chicago , the Town Tavern in Toronto and The Tenement, The Happy Medium and The Most in Manhattan . In the 1960s he appeared in Chicago clubs with comedian Bill Cosby , as well as with Rich Little at the Four Seasons in New York and at the Americana Hotel in Puerto Rico . In 1961 he presented a first album; in the following years he appeared on television shows such as the Merv Griffin Show, AM New York, Today Show, Kraft Music Hall and Broadway Tonight. He also made a successful guest appearance in Japan.

In the mid-1970s he gave concerts with his own trio in New York's Stryker's Pub , and he also worked as a singer and actor in numerous jingles . Otherwise he worked mostly in the New York and New Jersey area in a trio with the drummer Lou Slingerland (later Vinnie LeBue) and the bass player Bernie Taylor (later Jim Hankins).

Since the 1980s he suffered from Parkinson's disease and had to give up his music career. His friend Edward Petkus, professor emeritus at William Paterson University, wrote the biography Someone Out There is Listening: The Life of Eddie Hazell, jazz guitar vocalist.

Hazell is not to be confused with R&B guitarist Eddie Hazel .

Discographic notes

  • Take Your Shoes Off Baby (Monmouth, 1976)
  • Eddie Hazell in Concert (Eden)
  • Eddie Hazell Live From The Embers
  • Take Your Shoes Off Baby (Audiophile, 1979)
  • Sugar, Don't You Know (Audiophile, 1980)
  • Eddie Hazell Live At Gulliver's (Audiophile, 1983)

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personal data
SURNAME Hazell, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hazell, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 2010