John Neves

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John Oliveira Neves (born October 22, 1931 in Mansfield , Massachusetts , † July 18, 1988 in Boston ) was an American jazz musician ( double bass ).

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John Neves grew up as one of ten children in a family on Boston's Trenton Street. First he played the violin and then taught himself to play the double bass. He soon appeared in Boston clubs like the Stables and Storyville . Neves worked from the mid-1950s in Boston with Herb Pomeroy ( Jazz in a Stable , 1955); he was a member of Herb Pomeroy's big band for 13 years and taught at Berklee College of Music . From the end of the decade he played a. a. also with George Shearing / Billy May , Lem Winchester ( New Faces at Newport , 1958), Johnny Rae , Gerry Mulligan , Jaki Byard , Marian McPartland and Maynard Ferguson , in 1961 he played with Stan Getz , heard on Recorded Fall 1961 (with Bob Brookmeyer ), Getz at the Gate and Focus . In 1962 he made a guest appearance with Carol Sloane and Coleman Hawkins at the Newport Jazz Festival .

In the following years he continued to work on recordings by Gary Burton , Steve Kuhn / Toshiko Akiyoshi , Tubby Hayes , in later years in Boston with JR Mitchell , Herb Pomeroy and most recently in 1986 in a trio with Al Francis and Joe Hunt ( Jazz Bohemia Revisited ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 25 recording sessions between 1955 and 1986, according to Tom Lord .

His older brother Paul Neves (1930–1981) worked as a pianist a. a. with Ahmed Abdul-Malik and Lucky Thompson .

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  1. ↑ See Regina Marchi Legendary Locals of East Boston 2015, p. 60
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 7, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Neves, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neves, John Oliveira
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Mansfield , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1988
Place of death Boston