Leo Gooden

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Leo Gooden ( 1929 - 1965 ) was an American soul , R&B and jazz singer , songwriter , record producer and club owner in East St. Louis .

Live and act

Gooden owned the Blue Note Club (4300 Missouri Avenue) in East St. Louis in the early 1960s . in which he appeared as a singer with his band Leo's Five . His house band included the Hammond organ player Don James, the drummer Kenny Rice and the tenor saxophonist Charles "Little Man" Wright, and at times also Fred Jackson , Hamiet Bluiett and Grant Green . Musicians like Redd Foxx , Yusef Lateef , Oliver Nelson and Lou Rawls also performed regularly at Gooden's nightclub.

During this time Gooden recorded several singles with standards such as Hi-Heel Sneakers, I'll Be Seeing You, Ol 'Man River and Darn That Dream as well as his own compositions such as Ugly, Ugly and Winkie-Do , as well as two LPs, on his own record label LG Records on. Oliver Nelson organized a recording session with strings ( Leo Sings With Strings ) for Leo Gooden in New York in 1963 and acted as arranger of numbers such as Pennies from Heaven , In My Solitude , Sophisticated Lady or Moon River . Gooden's singing style was influenced by Jimmy Scott and Billie Holiday . For Albert King he wrote the song COD (Coun-Tree 1006) in 1964 .

Discographic notes

Singles

  • Mood Tune / Would You (LG Records - LG 45 101)
  • Ugly, Ugly / Winkee-Do (Noslen - 45 101)
  • Leo's Five: I'll Be Seeing You / Frederick's Dream (LG Records, 1960)
  • Leo Five: Darn That Dream / Are You Real (LG Records - 877T-5663, 1963)
  • Leo's Five: Hold It / Sunrise Seranade (LG Records - LG-5106), with Albert King
  • Leo's Five: Johnnie Come Marching Home (Country Style) (Noslen - NOS-103)
  • Leo's Five: Ol 'Man River (LG Records - 877T-3623)
  • Leo's Five Hi Heel Sneakers / Something You Got (LG Records - rk4m8458)

Albums

  • Leo's Five: Spider Burks Presents Leo's Five (1960), u. a. with Hamiet Bluiett , re-released as Direct from the Blue Note Club (Ace)
  • Leo Sings With Strings (LG Records LGM 1020, rec. 1963), u. a. with Donald James, Milt Hinton , Joe Benjamin , Osie Johnson

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Rowe, Mark Camarigg, Bill Greensmith: Blues Unlimited: Essential Interviews from the Original Blues Magazine (Music in American Life) . 2015, page 228
  2. ↑ The Jazz Sipper Group The History of Jazz and the Jazz Musicians . 2013
  3. ↑ a b Bernie Hayes: The Death of Black Radio . 2005, page 66.
  4. ^ Gerald Lyn Early Miles Davis and American Culture . 2001, page 45
  5. ^ Marc Myers: Oliver Nelson and Leo Gooden
  6. ^ Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . 2006.
  7. ↑ St Louis Leo's Five: Direct from the Blue Note Club on Ace Records
personal data
SURNAME Gooden, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, nightclub owner, record producer, and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1929
DATE OF DEATH 1965