Joel DiBartolo

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Joel DiBartolo (born November 24, 1945 in Buffalo , New York , † September 27, 2011 in Scottsdale , Arizona ) was an American jazz and studio bassist and university teacher .

Live and act

Joel DiBartolo was best known in the United States as a long-time member of the Tonight Show band, of which he was a member for 18 years until Johnny Carson left in 1992. He grew up in western New York; After studying at the State University of New York in Buffalo, where he had lessons with Buell Neidlinger and Theodore Mayer, he began his career as a studio musician in Los Angeles . He began teaching bass in 1995 and was then director of jazz studies at the NAU School of Music at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. With Aaron Stang he wrote a textbook for electric bassists .

DiBartolo recorded a duo album for Windham Hill in 1996 with the pianist Liz Story . Previously he worked in the bands of Doc Severinsen , Buddy Rich ( Stick It 1972), Louie Bellson ( Matterhorn ; 1979), Maynard Ferguson ; he also toured with Carmen McRae , Freddie Hubbard , Sarah Vaughan , Denny Zeitlin and John Abercrombie . He was also a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic, which was then led by Lukas Foss , and the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra .

He has also appeared on the recordings of Mike Pinder ( The Promise , 1976), Bill Perkins ( The Right Chemistry 1987), Ernie Watts ( Quartet , 1987) and the Vic Lewis West Coast All Stars ( Shake Down the Stars ; 1992). DiBartolo has also appeared on numerous Broadway shows, as well as film and television soundtracks, such as M * A * S * H , Dallas, and Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century . In 2001 he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame .

Joel DiBartolo died on September 27, 2011 at the age of 65.

Fonts

  • together with Aaron Stang Serious Electric Bass (Contemporary Bass Series) 1997

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Larry: Hendricks: Obituary in AZ Daily Sun, October 1, 2011
  2. ↑ Information at docstoc
  3. ↑ Liz Story with Joel DiBartolo - Liz Story at Discogs
  4. ↑ cf. Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
  5. ↑ Portrait: Joel DiBartolo - A musical tribute, in AZ Daily Sun, October 9, 2011
personal data
SURNAME DiBartolo, Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York (State)
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2011
Place of death Scottsdale , Arizona