Jimmy Lovelace
James Ross "Jimmy" Lovelace (* 6. February 1940 in Kansas City (Missouri) ; † 29. October 2004 in Manhattan , New York City ) was an American jazz - drummer .
Lovelace was active in the New York jazz scene from the early 1960s; first recordings were made in 1965 with Prince Lasha ( Inside Story ( Enja ), with Herbie Hancock , Cecil McBee ) and in the same year with Wes Montgomery , whose quartet (with Harold Mabern and Arthur Harper ) he belonged to. He also toured Western Europe with the Montgomery Quartet. From 1966 he played with George Benson , to be heard on his albums It's Uptown , Benson Burner and The George Benson Cookbook . He then played with Dr. Lonnie Smith , Roberta Peck , Tony Scott and at Junior Mance , where he replaced Aaron Bell in 1967 .
In the 1970s and 80s, Yoshiaki Masuo / Bob Mover and Amina Claudine Myers ( Salutes Bessie Smith , 1980) could be heard on recordings; in later years with George Braith , Joe Magnarelli , Frank Hewitt ( We Loved You , 2001), Claude Williams , Kanji Ohta ( Our Jazz Family , with Jimmy Heath ) and Nabuko Kiryu . In the field of jazz he was involved in 37 recording sessions from 1965 to 2002. From 1995 he appeared regularly at the Smalls jazz club , often with his band Across 7 Street , which included Chris Byars (saxophone), John Mosca (trombone), Ari Roland (bass) and Sacha Perry (piano). In 2004 the band presented an album ( The Eternal Pyramid ). Lovelace died of complications from cancer at the age of 64,
Web links
- Obituary by Todd S. Jenkins
- Jimmy Lovelace at Allmusic (English)
- Jimmy Lovelace at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in The New York Times
- ↑ a b Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 21, 2017)
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SURNAME | Lovelace, Jimmy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lovelace, James Ross (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City (Missouri) |
DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 2004 |
Place of death | New York City |