Leroy Lovett
Leroy Lovett , also Lee Lovett, Cliff Lee, (born March 17, 1919 in Philadelphia , † December 9, 2013 in Chatsworth , California ) was an American jazz pianist and arranger of swing .
Live and act
Lovett received piano lessons from Sophie Stokowski ( Leopold Stokowski's wife ) from the age of four and began composing at an early age. He studied music up to a bachelor's degree at Temple University and then continued his education at the Schillinger House of Music . He led his own band in Philadelphia before moving to New York City in 1945 . There he arranged for Tiny Bradshaw , Luis Russell and worked with Noble Sissle , Lucky Millinder , Mercer Ellington . He was in Johnny Hodges ' band and made recordings with him (" The Jeep is Jumpin'“) Until he returned to the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1955 . In the late 1950s he was in the bands of Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson and recorded two albums under his own name.
From 1952 he was a music publisher, was a record producer in the 1950s (1956/57 for Norman Granz ) and had a dance orchestra in Philadelphia. From 1959 he worked for Wynne Records and 1968 to 1973 for Motown Records . He also wrote film music . In the 1990s he was still active as a musician with the Melodymakers Orchestra to which he had belonged since 1987 and for which he also arranged. He also performed with the University Big Band Halle.
He recorded under his own name and with Johnny Hodges (1951/52), Harry Carney (1954), Lawrence Brown (1956), Cootie Williams (1957), Al Sears , Cat Anderson (1959), Billie Holiday (1955) and Al Hibbler on. Tom Lord lists 34 recordings from 1944 to 1959 in his jazz discography. His two albums under his own name are Lee plus "3" , Wynne 1959 (with Butch Ballard dr, Al Hall b and Bob Brown sax) and Jazz Dance Party (Strand 1959 ).
Lexical entry
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
- Still on the Charts: Leroy Lovett (Los Angeles Times) , March 5, 1993
- Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of birth March 17, 1919 according to Reclam's Jazz Guide and New Grove Dictionary Jazz
- ↑ Uni-Bigband Halle
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lovett, Leroy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lee, Cliff; Lovett, Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2013 |
| Place of death | Chatsworth, California |