Lowell Hastings

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Lowell W. "Count" Hastings (born March 4, 1916 in Newark , New Jersey ; † July 1, 1993 ) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues musician ( tenor saxophone ).

Live and act

Hastings was active in the New York jazz scene from the late 1930s; first recordings were made in 1939 with the Savoy Dictators ("Rhythm and Bugs" ( Savoy Records ), with Alfred "Chippy" Outcalt , Clem Moorman , Al Henderson and Bobby Plater ). In the following years he played with Tiny Bradshaw (1944), Bob Merrill (1947) and took part in recordings of Sarah Vaughan (" I Cover the Waterfront "). In 1948 he recorded the tracks “ Begin the Beguine ” and “Candid Yam” under his own name for the Gotham label ; in another session in early 1950 with Cliff Smalls , Keter Betts and Shep Shepherd , numbers such as "Minor in the Diner", "Diga Digo Doo" and "She's Funny That Way" were created, but initially remained unpublished.

From 1949 he worked with Earl Bostic , Panama Francis , Illinois Jacquet , Lucky Millinder , Bull Moose Jackson , Louis Jordan , Sammy Lowe , Sy Oliver and Louis Metcalf , and as an accompanist for vocalists such as Annie Laurie , Varetta Dillard , Ace Harris and Wynonie Harris , Connee Boswell , Little Willie John , Bobbie & Ronald, Earl King , Big John Greer , Jerry Dorn , Joe Medlin and Jimmy Witherspoon . In 1958, King Curtis and Count Hastings released an EP with Leroy Kirkland 's Hi-Flyers : "The Battle for the Beat" ( RCA Victor ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 55 recording sessions between 1939 and 1959. with Tiny Bradshaw he wrote the number "Salt Lake City Bounce".

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues: A Regional Experience ; Praeger, Santa Barbara, Calif., 2013, p. 264
  2. ↑ Count Hastings at Discogs (English)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 28, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Hastings, Lowell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hastings, Lowell W .; Hastings, Count (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1993