Paul Weeden
Paul W. Weeden Sr. (* 7. January 1923 in Indianapolis , Indiana ; † 2. July 2011 in Oslo ) was an American jazz - guitarist , who recently lived in Norway.
Life
Weeden, born in Indianapolis in 1923, played with Rusty Bryant in 1954 , with whom the first recordings were made in New York. In the early 1960s he directed the Paul Weeden Trio with organist Don Patterson and drummer Billy James ; In 1962 he played in the Sonny Stitt / Don Patterson Quartet and in the Gene Ammons Quintet and towards the end of the year in Eddie Lockjaw Davis's band , on whose album Streetlights ( Prestige ) he participated. In 1963 he worked with Don Patterson, in 1967 with the formation The Harlem Kiddies with King George . In 1968 he appeared in the band of Coleman Hawkins in Copenhagen; 1969 with his own quartet in the Netherlands, a. a. with Maarten van Regteren Altena and in the Carl Schulze Trio .
In 1971 he moved to Norway, played with Einar Iversen , Egil Kapstad , Jon Christensen , Odd Riisnæs , Eivin Sannes , Vidar Johansen , Roy Nikolaisen, Rune Nicolaysen, Kristen Svendsen, Ole Jacob Hansen , Jacob Young and other Norwegian musicians. In the mid-1980s he founded the Paul Weeden / Herbert Noord Quintet ; In 1987 he appeared in the Count Basie Orchestra . During a visit to Indianapolis in 2000 he played in a joint formation with Jimmy Coe , who also included Reginald DuValle and Melvin Rhyne .
The 2003 documentary Too Young to Be Old by Tove Midling-Jenssen shows his collaboration with the formation Grønnes Bad & Jazzforsyning .
Discographic notes
- Don Patterson / Paul Weeden Trio: Down Going Home (1963)
- Attacullakulla (RCA, 1972)
- Too Young to Be Old (1997) octet
- Nice but Easy (2003)
- Now and Then (2003)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weeden, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weeden, Paul W. Sr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 2011 |
| Place of death | Oslo |