Marion Hayden
Marion J. Hayden-Banfield (* 1952 in Detroit ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass ).
Live and act
Hayden grew up on the industrial West Side of Detroit; her father Herbert Hayden is a jazz pianist . She began taking piano lessons at the age of nine before switching to the double bass at the age of twelve. In the Metro Arts summer program , she met Wendell Harrison and Marcus Belgrave , who became her teachers; at the age of 15 she was already performing with experienced musicians such as Charles Boles . Hayden attended Cass Tech High School and Henry Ford High School, then studied at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan , where she received degrees in liberal arts and entomologyacquired. She then worked for ten years in the Michigan Department of Agriculture ; She also appeared in nightclubs with musicians from the Detroit jazz scene such as Marcus Belgrave, Charles Boles, Teddy Harris , the Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra, Buddy Budson , LaMonte Hamilton , the saxophonist George Benson , Marvin "Doc" Holladay , Randy Gelispie , Donald Walden , Kenn Cox , Stan Booker, and Doug Hammond . She also belonged to the women's bands Straight Ahead (since 1987) and Venus ; with Straight Ahead she released three albums with Atlantic and performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival .
In the 2000s, Hayden a. a. in the all-star formation Hip Hop Essence All Stars (with Gato Barbieri , Dave Samuels , Michel Camilo , Bob James , Arturo O'Farrill , Chuck Loeb and Santi Debriano ) and with Althea René, Paul Abler , Ernie Krivda and im David Rogers Sextet ( The World Is Not Your Home , 2007, with Craig Taborn , Gerald Cleaver , among others ). In 2008 she recorded her debut album Visions , starring Cecil Bridgewater , Steve Turre , Wendell Harrison, Rob Pipho , Kirk Lightsey and Ralph Peterson . She continued to work with Joan Belgrave , A. Spencer Barefield , James Carter and Sheila Jordan from the 2000s . In the field of jazz, she was involved in 40 recording sessions between 1982 and 2014.
Web links
- Marion Hayden at Allmusic (English)
- Marion Hayden at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mother of the band
- ↑ Straight Ahead at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 26, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayden, Marion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hayden-Banfield, Marion J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |