John Gilmore (musician)
John Gilmore (born September 28, 1931 in Summit , Mississippi , † August 19, 1995 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Gilmore began playing the clarinet at the age of fourteen, studied at Du Sable High School, and performed as a clarinetist and saxophonist while serving in the US Air Force from 1948 to 1951. In 1952 he worked with Earl Hines before becoming a member of the Quartet and later of the Arkestra of Sun Ra in 1953 , to which he belonged for four decades until his death in 1993 and which he then directed until his own death.
He also performed with musicians such as Dinah Washington , Clifford Jordan , Freddie Hubbard , Elmo Hope , McCoy Tyner , Paul Bley , Andrew Hill , Pete LaRoca and Chick Corea and was a member of Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers from 1964 to 1965 . He worked on more than 130 albums, mostly with the Sun Ras Band. Gilmore's playful possibilities to achieve impressive effects made him a pioneer of the new sound in jazz even before the era of free jazz.
Discographic notes
- Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Super-Sonic Jazz (1956), Jazz in Silhouette (1959)
- Blowin 'in From Chicago as co-leader with Clifford Jordan, 1957
- Dizzy Reece Quintet: From In To Out , 1970
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ to The Last Post and to Reclam's jazz dictionary . According to Kunzler Jazzlexikon 2002, October 29th
- ↑ to Hardbop Homepage [1] ; Reclams Jazzlexikon and Kunzler Jazzlexikon August 20th, after The Last Post August 19th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilmore, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gilmore, John E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Summit , Mississippi |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1995 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |