Jay Hoggard

Jay Hoggard performing at the piano with Christopher Bakriges in the background, February 24, 2005, College of the Elms, Chicopee, MA.

Jay Hoggard (* 28. September 1954 in New York City ) is an American vibraphonist of modern jazz . He also plays the xylophone and balaphone .

Life

Jay Hoggard initially played the piano and saxophone, but then switched to the vibraphone as his main instrument in the 1960s. He studied music in New Haven , New England, where he worked with Anthony Davis and Wadada Leo Smith in the 1970s , then moved to New York City in 1988 , where he played again with Davis and Chico Freeman (heard on the album "Spirit Sensitive "from 1978), also with Bill Barron , John Blake , Bobby McFerrin , James Newton , John Purcell , Sam Rivers , Cecil Taylor , James Newton and Kenny Burrell (" Guiding Spirit ", 1989). In 1992 he took part in Anthony Braxton's big band production "Four (Ensemble) Compositions". Since 1978 Hoggard has recorded several albums under his own name for the labels "India Navigation", Muse "and Contemporary , such as the highly acclaimed album" Overview "with Geri Allen , Ed Rozie and Freddie Waits in 1989. In 2000 he worked for Oliver Lake's album "Talkin 'Stick." Hoggard teaches at Wesleyan University in New Haven and leads their jazz band.

Discographic notes

As a leader

• Solo Vibraphone ( India Navigation , 1978)
• Rain Forest (OJC, 1980)
• Riverside Dance (India Navigation, 1985)
• The Little Tiger (Muse, 1990)
• Something 'Bout Believing (Twin Records, 1999)
• The Right Place (JHVM, 2003)
• Songs of Spiritual Love (JHVM, 2005)
• Swing 'Em Gates (JHVM, 2007)
• Christmas Vibes All Thru the Year (2012)

As a sideman

• Chico Freeman: No Time Left ( Black Saint , 1979)
• James Newton: Water Mystery ( Gramavision , 1985)
• Taylor Ho Bynum : Enter the Plustet (2016)

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
• Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X (English edition Rough Guides 2007, ISBN 1843532565 ).

Web links

• Biography (Wesleyan University)
• Jay Hoggard in the All Music Guide

Remarks

1. ↑ In some cases, September 24, 1954 can also be found on the web as a birthday. Kunzler Jazz-Lexikon (2002) and Kampmann Reclams Jazzlexikon (2003) state September 28, 1954
2. ↑ Richard Cook and Brian Morton consider it Hoggard's best album ("excellent") and rated it with the highest grade of four stars in the second edition of their Penguin Guide .