Lou Colombo
Lou Colombo (born August 22, 1927 in Brockton , Massachusetts , † March 3, 2012 in Fort Myers , Florida ) was an American musician ( trumpet , cornet , flugelhorn ) in the field of swing and mainstream jazz .
Live and act
Colombo began playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, was a professional baseball player with the Brooklyn Dodgers for seven years , before a knee injury forced him to end his sports career at the age of 24. He then worked as a full-time musician, mostly as an ensemble player and studio musician, u. a. in the big bands of Dizzy Gillespie , Artie Shaw , Benny Goodman , Buddy Morrow and Pérez Prado , as well as in sessions with Meredith D'Ambrosio ( South to a Warmer Place , 1989), George Masso ( That Old Gang of Mine , 1996) and Jerry Jerome ( Something Borrowed, Something Blue ). He made several albums under his own name, including a tribute album for Bobby Hackett on Concord Records in 1990 , on which u. a. and Dave McKenna and Keith Copeland participated. Colombo, who had been active on the Cape Cod jazz scene for five decades , died in early March 2012 at the age of 84 as a result of a traffic accident.
Discographic notes
- Merry Cape Cod Christmas
- I Remember Bobby (1990)
- Monday Night Jazz (2004)
Web links
- Our Jazz Heritage - Biography Lou Colombo
- Lou Colombo at Allmusic (English)
- Literature by and about Lou Colombo in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jazz Musicians Born In August
- ↑ Obituary in the ( Memento of the original of May 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Boston Herald
- ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colombo, Lou |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colombo, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brockton, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 2012 |
| Place of death | Fort Myers , Florida |