John Hardee
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Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .
John Hardee (* 20th December 1918 in Corsicana , Texas ; † 18th May 1984 in Dallas , Texas) was an American tenor saxophonist of Swing and music teacher .
Life
During his time at Bishop College he toured with Don Albert (1937/38), graduated in 1941, worked as a band director at a Texas school and played with local bands in and around Dallas. After his military service, he worked at Tiny Grimes in 1946 and performed at the New York Club 845 . During this time, up to 1948, he wrote about 18 pieces under his own name, eight of them for Blue Note Records . In the early 1950s he returned to Dallas, worked in the school system and only played with local formations. He taught at Wichita Falls High School and Lincoln High School in Dallas and was a. a. Teacher to Leo Wright from Wichita Falls and James Clay from Dallas. In 1975 he performed at the festival in Nice.
During his active time as a musician, John Hardee played with Clyde Bernhardt , Cousin Joe , Russell Procope , Earl Bostic , Billy Kyle , Helen Humes , Billy Taylor , Lucky Millinder . His style on the tenor is heavily influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Chu Berry .
Discographic notes
As a leader
- John Hardee Swingtet & Sextet: Various Artists - The Blue Note Swingtets (Blue Note, 1946) with Tiny Grimes , Gene Ramey and Sid Catlett
- John Hardy Quartet & Quintet: The Tenor Sax Album - The Savoy Sessions ( Savoy Records )
- Tired
- John Hardee 1946-1948
- Hardee's party
- The Forgotten Texas tenor
- Tenor Sax (Blue Note, 1946)
- Al Haig, Coleman Hawkins, Wardell Gray, John Hardee: Al Haig Meets The Master Saxes, Volume One (Spotlite Records, 1977)
- A Little Blue (Black and Blue, 1999)
As a sideman
- Tiny Grimes: The Complete 1944-1950, Vol. 1 & 2 (Blue Moon)
- John Hardee with Russell Procope Big Six & Billy Kyle's Big Eight : Giants Of Small-Band Swing, Vol.1 (OJC, 1946)
- Helen Humes: 1945–1947 (Classics)
- Billy Kyle: 1937–1938 (Classics)
collection
- The Complete Blue Note Forties Recordings of Ike Quebec and John Hardee . Mosaic , 1984. - 4 LPs: John Hardee with Tiny Grimes , Sammy Benskin , John Simmons , Big Sid Catlett , Jimmy Shirley , Gene Ramey , Trummy Young , Marlowe Morris - rest of the collection at Ike Quebec
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1993
- Jürgen Wölfer : Lexicon of Jazz . 2nd Edition. Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85445-164-4
Web links
- John Hardee at Allmusic (English)
Remarks
- ↑ The anthology includes the titles Hardee's Party, Idaho, February 28, 1946, and River Edge Rock, May 31, 1946
- ↑ The anthology contains quartet recordings from November 1947 with Joe Jordan , Billy Kyle , Cozy Cole and quintet recordings with Milt Page , Billy Taylor , John Simmons , Shadow Wilson from 1947 or 1949. See Bielefeld catalog Jazz 2001
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hardee, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tenor saxophonist and clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Corsicana , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1984 |
| Place of death | Dallas |