Keith Vreeland

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Keith A. Vreeland (* 1937 or 1938 in Tucson , Arizona ; † August 31, 2018 in Detroit ) was an American jazz musician ( piano , keyboard , composition ) and university teacher.

Live and act

Vreeland was active in the Detroit jazz scene; from the early 1970s he played a. a. with Larry Nozero ( Inside Ourselves , 1970), Wendell Harrison , Phil Ranelin and The Lincoln Street Music Company. In 1988 Vreeland recorded the duo album Synesthesia with the alto clarinet player Marvin Kahn ; In 1996, the album Forget the Fortune, Eat the Cookie (with George Bennett, drums) followed in trio . Ask Me Now (with John Dana , bass and Renell Gonsalves, drums) was born in 2006 with his Keith Vreeland Trio , on which he played jazz standards such as “Detour Ahead”, “ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ”, “ Whisper Not ” and “You Must Believe” in Spring ”. In the course of his career, in which he was also active as a composer, he also played with Rahsaan Roland Kirk , Pharoah Sanders , Badal Roy and Joe Henderson . In the field of jazz he was involved in ten recording sessions between 1970 and 2006. Vreeland initially worked as a designer at the GM Tech Center, then professor at the College of Creative Studies, where he taught for 39 years.

Discographic notes

  • Wendell Harrison & Phillip Ranelin: Message from the Tribe (1972)
  • Sphere: Inside Ourselves ( Strata Records , 1974), with Eddie Nuccilli , Larry Nozero, Keith Vreeland, John Dana, Jimmy Peluso
  • Synchron: Synchron (Sagittarius A-Star, ed. 2012), with Faruq Z. Bey, Ron English, John Dana, Leonard King

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Keith A. Vreeland Obituary. Legacy.com, September 23, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018 .
  2. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1974
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 25, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Vreeland, Keith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vreeland, Keith A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1937 or 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Tucson
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2018
Place of death Detroit