Johnny Almond
Johnny Almond (born July 20, 1946 in the London Borough of Enfield , Middlesex , England , † November 18, 2009 , in Hayward (California) ) was a British multi-instrumentalist who was known for his band membership with John Mayall and Mark-Almond , where he has played baritone saxophone , tenor saxophone , alto saxophone , soprano saxophone , transverse flute , alto flute , bass flute , Hammond organ and vibraphone , among others .
life and work
As the son of a drummer, Johnny Almond was influenced by his father's musical preferences (1940s jazz by Benny Goodman and Woody Herman ). Almond began his own musical education with alto saxophone , later followed by tenor saxophone , flute, keyboards and vibraphone as other instruments.
In the field of jazz music, Almond particularly valued modern jazz and the musicians Eddie Lockjaw Davis , Yusef Laatef, Roland Kirk and Woody Herman . Almond founded his own jazz band as a teenager. He later played with Tony Knights Chess Men for about a year before he got his first rock 'n' roll experience in Zoot Money's Big Roll Band . In 1968 Almond moved to the Alan Price Set and in 1969 to John Mayall . In the same year he founded the "Johnny Almond Music Machine" with which he recorded the albums "Patent Pending" and "Hollywood Blues" in 1969, the later re-releases (on CD) of which were particularly noticed in Europe and Japan.
On Patent Pending, Almond is joined by Geoff Condon, Jimmy Crawford , Steve Hammond, Roger Sutton and Johnny Wiggins. On the follow-up album "Hollywood Blues" he played with Curtis Amy , Hadley Caliman , Joe Harris , Charles Kynard , Ray Neapolitan, Joe Pass , Earl Palmer and Vi Redd .
In the early 1970s he founded the folk-rock-jazz band Mark-Almond with Jon Mark , who together with him was part of Mayall's successful and style-forming "Turning Point" quartet, which had released eight albums by the early 1980s. Most recently, Almond worked in the San Francisco area as a session musician and music teacher.
Discography
As a member of Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
- 1965: It Should've Been Me (1965)
- 1966: Zoot (Live At Klook's Kleek) (1966)
As a member of the Alan Price Set
- 1966: The Price to Play - Decca 1966
- 1967: A Price on His Head - Decca 1967
As a band member with John Mayall
- 1969: The Turning Point
- 1969: Empty Rooms
The Johnny Almond Music Machine
- 1969: Patent pending
- 1970: Hollywood Blues
As a band member with Mark-Almond
- 1971: Mark-Almond
- 1972: Mark-Almond II
- 1972: Rising
- 1973: 73
- 1976: To the Heart
- 1978: Other Peoples Rooms
- 1980: Tuesday in New York
- 1981: Best of ... Live (DLP)
- 1996: Night Music
As a guest musician (selection)
- John Mayall's Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
- John Mayall's Blues Breakers: A Hard Road (1967)
- Chicken Shack : 40 Blue Fingers (1968)
- Fleetwood Mac : Mr. Wonderful (1968)
- Chicken Shack : OK Ken? (1969)
- John Mayall: Looking Back (1969)
- Martha Velez : Fiends and Angels (1969)
- Keef Hartley : Overdog (1971)
- Roger Morris: First Album (1972)
- Champion Jack Dupree : The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
- Shawn Phillips: Spaced (1977)
Web links
- Mark-Almond. Rock Lexicon, accessed May 1, 2013 .
- Popmuseum: Jon Mark and Johnny Almond. Rolling Stone Forum, accessed May 1, 2013 .
- Andreas Weigel: Jon Mark and Johnny Almond. John Mayall's forgotten master class. ORF , Ö1 , Spielräume , April 21, 2013, accessed on May 1, 2013 .
- Bruce Eder: Johnny Almond. allmusic, accessed on May 1, 2013 .
- Andrew Gilbert: Johnny Almond, unknown musician legend, plays Santa Cruz. Accessed May 1, 2013 .
- Mark-Almond Band. Rolling Stone Encyclopedia, accessed May 1, 2013 .
- Steve Huey: Mark-Almond. allmusic, accessed on May 1, 2013 .
- David E. Miller: Mark-Almond. with numerous contemporary newspaper reports ( Rolling Stone , Down Beat etc.). Accessed May 1, 2013 .
- Franco: Mark-Almond. Accessed May 1, 2013 .
- Fifty-year anniversary edition Mark-Almond .
literature
- Ingeborg Schober : Jon Mark: Markings. In: Sounds . The music magazine. August 1974. pp. 10-13.
- Arne Schumacher: Mark-Almond. In: Taxim. No. 22 May 1982. pp. 34-46.
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SURNAME | Almond, Johnny |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Almond, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English rock saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Enfield , Middlesex , England |
DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 2009 |
Place of death | Hayward (California) |