Vince Wallace

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James Vincent "Vince" Wallace (* 15. June 1939 in Port Townsend , Washington , † 2. October 2012 in Oakland , California ) was an American jazz - saxophonist .

Live and act

Wallace grew up in California; he lived first in the San Joaquin Valley , then in Oakland . The first recordings were made in 1953 for the Black Jack Wayne label , then with Screamin Mel Dorsey and Chuck Wayne and the Heartbeats ; he has also performed in country and western halls and go-go bars. In Jimbo's Bop City in San Francisco he played a. a. with jazz musicians like Eric Dolphy , Paul Chambers , Charles Mingus , Pony Poindexter , Art Blakey and Smiley Winters . In 1958 he moved to Southern California, where he worked with Paul Bley and Marvin Rainwater and participated in the Sunday jam sessions at The Cascades Club in Belmont Shores . In 1966 Wallace moved again to the San Francisco Bay Area and played with Norman Williams , who appeared at the Juke Box on Haight Street in San Francisco. Parts of the song Bombay Calling by the band It's a Beautiful Day came from him and later inspired Deep Purple to write their song Child In Time . In 1970 Wallace recorded three albums with the fusion band Little John , which were released on Epic Records . In the 1970s he put two albums under his own name on Amp Records ( Vince Wallace Plays ); in the 1980s he established Sunday sessions at the Schooner Tavern in San Francisco, which resulted in the 1995 creation of Vince's San Francisco Bay Guardian Award for Best Jam Session. In the 2000s he had a job at the Bulldog Coffee Shop in Oakland, working with musicians like Prince Lasha and Chuck Thompson ; he also released an album with Larry Vuckovich .

Wallace, who participated in six recording sessions between 1974 and 2006, died in October 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vince Wallace , tributes.com
  2. ↑ Portrait at All About Jazz
  3. ↑ Obituary at Legacy
  4. ↑ Tom Lord Discography
  5. ↑ death notice in organissimo
personal data
SURNAME Wallace, Vince
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wallace, James Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Townsend
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 2012
Place of death Oakland , California