Lennie McBrowne
Lennie McBrowne (* 24. January 1933 in New York City ) is an American jazz - drummer .
Live and act
Lennie McBrowne first studied double bass at the New York School of Music in the late 1940s , then switched to drums and had lessons with Max Roach and Sticks Evans . He became known when he accompanied the singer Billie Holiday in one of her Verve sessions in Tony Scott's orchestra in June 1956 .
Over the next few years he worked with the alto saxophonist Ernie Henry , the baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne , then with the pianist Randy Weston , whose preoccupation with North African music inspired the drummer. McBrowne worked briefly with Sonny Rollins , then with Paul Bley , who encouraged McBrowne's work with the cymbals. From 1959 to 1961 he tried his own band, the Four Souls . He then moved to New York City and became an accompanist for Sarah Vaughan and the vocal ensemble Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan . In 1963 he played in the band of Sal Salvador . In the 1960s he worked again with Randy Weston; In 1965 he played in his trio, in Westons by Ray Copeland , Booker Ervin and Cecil Payne, he appeared in 1966 at the Monterey Jazz Festival . In addition to working with Weston and Ervin, McBrowne also played with more traditional jazz musicians such as Ray Bryant and Teddy Wilson . McBrown briefly took the place on drums in Thelonious Monk's band when he replaced Ben Riley on a tour of Japan.
The second half of the 1960s was Lennie McBrowne's most active period; with Ervin he plays from until the end of the decade, as on Booker'N'Brass ; He also worked on recordings by Teddy Edwards , Barry Harris , Houston Person in 1967 and Charles McPherson and Pat Martino in 1968. In the 1970s he recorded with Kenny Burrell ( Round Midnight , 1972 and Stormy Monday Blues 1975), Sonny Criss , Sam Noto , Sonny Stitt and Blue Mitchell , but mostly he worked in San Francisco's local music scene and held workshops.
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Works by and about Lennie McBrowne in the catalog of the German National Library
Remarks
- ↑ The spelling of McBrowne's first name is inconsistent; The variant Lenny appears occasionally in jazz literature .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McBrowne, Lennie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McBrowne, Lenny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |