Larry Nozero
Lawrence "Larry" Nozero ( 1934 - February 18, 2005 ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( saxophone , also flute ) who was active in the Detroit music scene .
Larry Nozero took classes at the Larry Teal School of Music in Detroit . In 1964 he played in the environment of the musicians' cooperative Strata with Charles Moore's Detroit Contemporary 5 , before he was drafted into the military; there he played in an army band. On his return to Detroit he worked as a studio musician for the Motown label; in 1971 he worked as soprano saxophonist on Marvin Gaye's LP What's Going On . He also worked for Henry Mancini and Sérgio Mendes and in the funk band The Mixed Bag . At Strata he presented the album Time in 1975 ; In 1983, the album Up to Your Neck followed , which was released on the Canadian label Larcon Records . Allmusic praised Nozero's lyrical playing on the live album Live at the Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival , released in 2000 , in which he merged the music of his role models Stan Getz , Art Pepper and Charlie Parker . In the field of jazz, Nozero, who died of cancer in 2008, was involved in 12 recording sessions between 1970 and 2004.
Web links
- Portrait at 190 proof
- Larry Nozero at Allmusic (English)
- Larry Nozero at Discogs (English)
- Larry Nozero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of the album at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nozero, Larry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nozero, Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and studio musician (saxophone, also flute) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2005 |