Freddie Gruber
Freddie Gruber (* 27. May 1927 in the Bronx , New York City ; † 11. October 2011 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz - drummer and music teacher .
Live and act
Gruber's father was a ballroom dancer; after academic years u. a. at Henry Adler (1941/42) he worked with Morey Feld , Mickey Scrima and Cozy Cole . From 1943 he worked as a professional musician, so he had a trio with Ram Ramirez in the 1940s , which performed in New York's Greenwich Village ; he also played with Benny Ventura. In a Metronome article (The Shape of Jazz to Come) , Barry Ulanov praised his polyrhythmic concept. He was a lifelong friend of Buddy Rich , with whom he lived at times. In the late 1940s he played with Tony Scott , Jackie Paris , Rudy Vallee , in Three Deuces with Harry "The Hipster" Gibson , Dave Schildkraut , Tony Fruscella and Buddy DeFranco ; he was also a member of the Gene Roland rehearsal band and played in it a. a. with musicians like Charlie Parker , Al Cohn / Zoot Sims , Red Rodney and in the early 1950s with Oscar Pettiford .
In 1955 he moved to California, worked briefly in Las Vegas and worked in the second half of the 1950s in Los Angeles sessions with Scott LaFaro , Gary Peacock , Charlie Haden , Hampton Hawes , Dexter Gordon , Bobby Hutcherson , Walter Norris and Dave Pike with ; In the mid-1960s he played with Art Pepper . During this time he began to teach more, first in clubs and in Terry Gibbs ' music business (1965-67), then in his own home; his students included u. a. John Guerin and Don Ellis , later Neil Peart , Vinnie Colaiuta , Steve Smith , Dave Weckl , Peter Erskine , Adam Nussbaum , Anton Fig , Jim Keltner or Mitch Mitchell ; he also held workshops and courses in Europe on a regular basis.
The drummer Elvin Jones was one of his main influences Gruber.
Discographic notes
- Gene Roland Band: The Band That Never Was (Spotlite, 1948)
literature
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Freddie Gruber at Drummerworld
- Feature about Freddie Gruber. In: JazzTimes
- Portrait at Yamaha.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Freddie Gruber . drummerworld.com; Retrieved October 12, 2011
- ↑ Biography Freddie Gruber ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at zildjian.com (English)
- ↑ Discographic information at Jazzdiscography.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruber, Freddie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2011 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |