Harold Cardwell

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Harold "Mad" Cardwell (born January 9, 1940 in Cincinnati , Ohio ; † December 17, 2017 ) was an American jazz musician ( drums , percussion ), who was mainly active in the Indianapolis jazz scene .

Live and act

Cardwell grew up in Buffalo; a childhood friend was Dr. Lonnie Smith , with whom he played in a drum and bugle band. In the mid-1960s he performed with Smith and Jackie Ivory at the Pink Poodle club on the South Side of Indianapolis. Cardwell played from the early 1970s as a percussionist with Grant Green , on whose Blue Note albums Visons and Shades of Green (1971) he can be heard.

With members of the Green Band, the vibraphonist Billy Wooten and the organist Emmanuel Riggins he returned to Indianapolis and played with them in the 19th Whole Band , from which the formation The Wooden Glass (album of the same name in 1972) emerged. He also worked on the Indianapolis music scene with pianist Dave Hepler ( Birthday Wish , 1996). In the field of jazz he was involved in seven recording sessions between 1971 and 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary , accessed January 14, 2018
  2. ↑ Obituary at Indy Jazz Fest on Facebook
  3. ↑ The Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the US: with more than 900 hot clubs, cool joints, landmarks, and legends from boogie-woogie to bop and beyond , ed. by Christiane Bird. Addison-Wesley, 1991
  4. ↑ David Lindquist: Dr. Lonnie Smith prescribes groove for Indy Jazz Fest. Indy Star, September 15, 2015, accessed December 26, 2017 .
  5. ↑ David Leander Williams: Indianapolis Jazz: The Masters, Legends and Legacy of Indiana Avenue . 2014
  6. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 26, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Cardwell, Harold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cardwell, Mad (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums, percussion)
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 2017