Gene Quill
Gene Quill (actually Daniel Eugene Quill , * 15. December 1927 in Atlantic City , † 8. December 1988 ) was an American jazz - saxophonist and clarinetist . He played with Phil Woods, among others .
Live and act
Gene Quill became a professional musician at the age of thirteen and worked first with Jerry Wald , Art Mooney , Buddy DeFranco , and later with Claude Thornhill , Gene Krupa , Dan Terry and Quincy Jones ( This Is How I Feel About Jazz ). In 1957 he played on an album by John Coltrane and led a formation with Phil Woods called Phil and Quill , in which they performed with various accompanying musicians in New York nightclubs. In 1957 he worked on the album A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper . After that he worked atJohnny Richards and Nat Pierce . In the early 1960s he played in the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band and toured Europe with his band, after which he played as a freelance musician in New York. From 1966 Quill also had his own quartet. He has also made records with Mundell Lowe , Jimmy Knepper , Quincy Jones, Manny Albam , Bill Potts , Michel Legrand and Billie Holiday . Finally he had to break off his career due to illness.
Discographic notes
- Jazzville 56, Vol. 1 - Charlie Rouse-Julius Watkins Quintet / Gene Quill-Dick Sherman ( Dawn , 1956)
- Gene Quill, Hank Jones Quartet: Rhythm Plus One (Epic, Fresh Sound, 1956)
- Gene Quill All Stars: Three Bones and a Quill ( Roost / Fresh Sound , 1958) with Jimmy Cleveland , Frank Rehak , Hank Jones , Nat Pierce , Whitey Mitchell , Charli Persip
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ according to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
- ↑ The Epic album was a three-track anthology by Quill, plus recordings by Jimmy Cleveland, Seldon Powell and Conte Candoli .
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SURNAME | Quill, Gene |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quill, Daniel Eugene (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlantic City |
DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1988 |