Nat Perrilliat
Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat (born November 29, 1936 in New Orleans , † January 26, 1971 in Sacramento , California ) was an American tenor saxophonist in the field of modern jazz and rhythm & blues .
Live and act
Perrilliat played in the woodwind section of the orchestras of Professor Longhair , Smiley Lewis, and Shirley & Lee in the early 1950s before he began playing modern jazz in New Orleans clubs, among others. a. with Ellis Marsalis , Alvin Batiste , James Black and the Original American Jazz Quintet founded by Ed Blackwell in 1955 ( Boogie Live ... 1958, AFO 1958), where he succeeded Harold Battiste . Although he worked as a studio musician for Allen Toussaint and Harold Battiste, he and his family had to support himself and his family by driving a taxi. From 1965 he belonged to the band of Fats Domino , with whom he also went on a tour of England. He died of a brain tumor at the age of 35 .
Perrilliat's vibrator-rich saxophone playing was influenced by David Fathead Newman , Eddie Harris and King Curtis .
Discographic notes
- Barbara George: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) (AFO, 1961)
- Nat Adderley : In the Bag (Jazzland, 1962)
- Ellis Marsalis: Monkey Puzzle (1963)
- Professor Longhair - Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology (Rhino, ed. 1993)
Web links
- Nat Perillat at Allmusic (English)
- Nat Perrilliat at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c John Broven: Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans 1974, p 159ff.
- ↑ Ed Blackwell Biography
- ↑ Tod Smith: A Brief History of Modern Jazz in New Orleans (2003)
- ↑ Rick Coleman Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll 2007, p. 254
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perrilliat, Nat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perrilliat, Nathaniel; Perrilat, Nat (misspelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1971 |
| Place of death | Sacramento , California |