Keith Vreeland
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
- Keith Vreeland at Allmusic (English)
- Keith Vreeland at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Keith A. Vreeland Obituary. Legacy.com, September 23, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018 .
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1974
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 25, 2018)
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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 |