Forrest Westbrook

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Forrest E. Westbrook (born August 29, 1927 in Los Angeles , † April 20, 2014 in San Diego ) was an American jazz pianist .

Westbrook, who was a friend and student of Bob Graettinger and was active on the American West Coast, played a. a. with Warne Marsh , Art Pepper , June Christy and Howard Rumsey ’s Lighthouse All-Stars . In the early 1960s he was involved in recordings by Si Zentner and in 1968 by Gil Mellé ( Tome VI: Gil Melle's Jazz Electronauts , Verve Records ); Under his own name he recorded the album This Is Their Time, Oh Yes (Revelation) in Los Angeles in 1969 . In the early 1960s he appeared on the television program Frankly Jazz . In the field of jazz he was involved in seven recording sessions between 1960 and 1969.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ted Gioia : West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960 . 1998, p. 156
  2. ^ Safford Chamberlain: An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh , 2004, p. 143
  3. ↑ Death notice in Jazzwax ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazzwax.com
  4. ↑ There he stepped a. a. with Howard Rumsey, Bobby Bryant and Doug Sides .
  5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 10, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Westbrook, Forrest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westbrook, Forrest E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2014
Place of death San Diego