Phil Hill (musician)

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Phil Hill (* 1921 ) was an American jazz pianist .

Phil Hill was active in the Detroit jazz scene ; In 1948 he became the head of the house band of the Blue Bird Inn club ; In 1951 he lost this post. In 1948 the first private recordings were made there under his own name with bassist James "Beans" Richardson and drummer Art Mardigan , a medley of " Body and Soul " and " Lover Man ", as well as "Idaho". In July 1949 Hill recorded the tracks " Lester Leaps In " and " What Is This Thing Called Love? " With Wardell Gray, a guest at the Blue Bird Inn . " on; On October 1, 1949, he and his trio (and Tate Houston ) had the opportunity to accompany Charlie Parker on his guest appearance at the Detroit club ( Now's the Time ). On April 25, 1950, he was still involved in a recording session Wardell Gray for Prestige Records in Detroit, in which the tracks "A Sinner Kissed an Angel", "Treadin 'with Treadwell", "Blue Gray" and "Grayhound" emerged.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lars Bjorn, Jim Gallert Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60 . P. 99f.
  2. ^ Contemporary Musicians. Gale Research, Incorporated, 1996, p. 106
  3. ↑ Lars Bjorn, Jim Gallert Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60 . 124, 126
  4. ↑ a b c Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 16, 2019)
  5. ^ Philip Levine: My Lost Poets: A Life in Poetry . Borzoi 2016
  6. ↑ Bird's Legacy - Charlie Parker Discography
personal data
SURNAME Hill, Phil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (piano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1921