Herbie Lovelle

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Herbert "Herbie" Lovelle , also Herbert "Herb" Lovelle (born June 1, 1924 in Brooklyn , † April 8, 2009 in New York City ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( drums ), who in later years as Movie actor pressed.

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Herbie Lovelle began his career in the late 1940s with Skip Hall , Buck Clayton , Buddy Tate and Hot Lips Page , with whom he also recorded. In the following decade he played with Hal Singer and then with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers , toured with Arnett Cobb and Teddy Wilson in 1954 , then with Earl Hines and various rhythm and blues musicians. During this time he worked on recordings of Big John Greer , Slim Gaillard , Jesse Powell , Little Jimmy Scott , Charlie Ferguson , King Pleasure , Eddie Jefferson , Art Farmer , Hal McKusick / Betty St. Claire , Big Maybelle , Doc Pomus , Sam " The Man “Taylor , Taft Jordan and Dickie Wells with. In 1959 he toured Europe with Buck Clyton.

In 1962 he worked as a session musician on the recordings for Bob Dylan's album The Freewheelin 'Bob Dylan . He has also worked with Shirley Horn , Budd Johnson , Rhoda Scott , Leonard Gaskin , Sidney De Paris , Sonny Stitt , Red Holloway , Jimmy Witherspoon , Bill Henderson , Solomon Burke , Nat Adderley , Esther Phillips , King Curtis , Erroll Garner , Chico O ' Farrill , Memphis Slim , Groove Holmes , James Brown , Rusty Bryant, and Ruth Brown . In the 70s he took a. a. still with Percy Mayfield , Chuck Rainey , Snooky Young , Leon Thomas , Marlena Shaw , Thad Jones and Ernie Wilkins ( The Phoenix Authority ); last recordings were made in 1976 with Buddy Tate, Jay McShann and Paul Quinichette ( Kansas City Joys , Sonet Records ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 99 recording sessions between 1949 and 1976.

In the late 1980s, Lovelle aspired to a career as an actor and from 1988 had smaller roles in television series such as Law & Order and Third Watch - Einsatz am Limit , also in several films such as Escape into Unknown (1988), Headlines (1994) , White Lies - Life is Too Short to Be Honest (1997), Girlfight - On Your Own (2000), Once Heaven and Back (2001), Under the Spell of Jade Scorpio (2002) and most recently in Bella (2006, Directed by Alejandro Monteverde ), in which he played a homeless man.

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  1. ↑ With Taft Jordan, Lovelle played in the studio band Patriots (with Milt Hinton and Everett Barksdale , who published popular R&B numbers like Walkin 'on Air (Beacon 1000-45 701-45-A) around 1962 .
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 1, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Lovelle, Herbie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lovelle, Herbert; Lovelle, Herb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and studio musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2009
Place of death New York City