American jazz trombonist and composer
Roswell Rudd
Rudd in 2006
Birth name Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. Born (1935-11-17 ) 17 November 1935Sharon, Connecticut , U.S.Died 21 December 2017(2017-12-21) (aged 82)Kerhonkson, New York , U.S. Genres Avant-garde jazz , free jazz Occupation(s) Musician, composer, educator Instrument Trombone Years active 1957–2017 Labels Columbia , Sunnyside , Universal , DIW , Verve Website www
Musical artist
Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017)[ 1] jazz trombonist and composer.
Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland , which he performed while in college), and other genres of music, he was known primarily for his work in free and avant-garde jazz . Beginning in 1962 Rudd worked extensively with saxophonist Archie Shepp .[ 2]
Biography
Rudd was born in Sharon, Connecticut , United States.[ 1] Hotchkiss School and graduated from Yale University , where he played with Eli's Chosen Six , a dixieland band of students that Rudd joined in the mid-1950s. The sextet played the boisterous trad jazz style of the day, and recorded two albums, including one for Columbia Records . His collaborations with Shepp, Cecil Taylor , John Tchicai , and Steve Lacy grew out of the lessons learned while playing rags and stomps for drunken college kids in Connecticut.[ 3] ethnomusicology at Bard College and the University of Maine .[ 4]
On and off, for a period of three decades, he assisted Alan Lomax with his world music song style (Cantometrics )[ 5] [ 6]
In the 1960s, Rudd participated in free jazz recordings such as the New York Art Quartet ; the soundtrack for the 1964 movie New York Eye and Ear Control Communications Jazz Composer's Orchestra ; and in collaborations with Don Cherry , Larry Coryell , Pharoah Sanders , and Gato Barbieri . Rudd had lifelong friendships with saxophonists Shepp and Lacy, and performed and recorded the music of Thelonious Monk with Lacy.[ 7]
Rudd and his producer and partner Verna Gillis went to Mali in 2000 and 2001. His album MALIcool kora player Toumani Diabaté and other Malian musicians.[ 8]
In 2004, Rudd brought his Trombone Shout Band to perform at the 4th Festival au Désert in Essakane , Tombouctou Region, Mali . In 2005, he extended his reach further, recording an album with the Mongolian Buryat Band, a traditional music group of musicians from Mongolia and Buryatia , entitled Blue Mongol [ 9]
Rudd died of prostate cancer on December 21, 2017, at home in Kerhonkson, New York .[ 1] Worcester Polytechnic Institute .[ 10]
Awards and honors
Discography
As a member
Yale University Dixieland Band, Eli's Chosen Six
College Jazz: Dixieland (Columbia, 1957)Ivy League Jazz (Golden Crest, 1957)The New York Art Quartet
As sideman
With Carla Bley
With Elton Dean
Rumors of an Incident (Slam, 1996)Newsense (Slam, 1997)With Archie Shepp
With others
Buell Neidlinger, Cecil Taylor, New York City R&B Mosaic , 1961)
Gil Evans , Into the Hot Steve Lacy, Dennis Charles, Henry Grimes School Days (Hathut , 1963)
Robin Kenyatta, Until (Atlantic, 1966)
Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, John Tchicai and Gary Peacock, New York Eye and Ear Control
Michael Mantler, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra JCOA , 1968)
Gato Barbieri , The Third World Flying Dutchman , 1969)Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra
Marcello Melis and Don Moye, Village on the Left (Soul Note , 1974)
Steve Lacy , Beaver Harris, Kent Carter, Trickles Hans Dulfer , Arjen Gorter, and Martin van Duynhoven, Maine (Bvhaast, 1976)Marcello Melis and Enrico Rava, Don Moye, Gruppo Rubanu, The New Village on the Left (Black Saint , 1977)
Enrico Rava, J.F. JennyClarke and Aldo Romano , Enrico Rava Quartet
Sangeeta Michael Berardi, Rashied Ali, Eddie Gomez, Archie Shepp, Divine Song (Sunjump, 1979)
V.A., Interpretations of Monk (DIW, 1981)
Hal Willner , That's the Way I Feel Now: A tribute to Thelonious Monk (A&M, 1984)Paul Haines, Darn it (American Clave, 1992)
Allen Lowe , Dark Was the Night (Music & Arts, 1994)NRBQ and Terry Adams, Wild Weekend (Virgin , 1995)
Allen Lowe , Woyzeck's Death (Enja , 1995)Keith Tippett et al., Bladik (Cuneiform , 1996)NRBQ and Terry Adams, Terrible (New World , 1996)
Nexus Orchestra, Seize the Time (Splasch, 2002)
Dime Grind Palace, Sex Mob Ropeadope , 2003)
one track with Sonic Youth , The Harry Smith Project (Shout! Factory , 2006)
Michael Mantler , Concertos (ECM, 2008) – rec. 2007The Second Approach Trio, The Light (Solyd, 2009)
References
^ a b c Russonello, Giovanni (December 26, 2017). "Roswell Rudd, 82, Trombonist with a Wide-Open Approach, Is Dead" . The New York Times ^ Archie Shepp Discography , jazzdisco.org; accessed December 22, 2017.^ Profile Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine , Jazztimes.com; accessed December 22, 2017.^ "Bard Press Release: JAZZ AT BARD PRESENTS THE ROSWELL RUDD QUARTET IN CONCERT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 22" , bard.edu, February 18, 2003; accessed December 22, 2017.^ Alan Lomax, Roswell Rudd, and Victor Grauer. "Cantometrics: an approach to the anthropology of music" , Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, Extension Media Center, 1976.
^ "The Global Jukebox" Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine , Association for Cultural Equity ; accessed December 22, 2017.^ Peter Stone. "Roswell Rudd" Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine . Association for Cultural Equity ; accessed December 22, 2017.
^ Kelefa Sanneh (February 18, 2004). "WORLD MUSIC REVIEW; When Cultures' Sounds Don't Match, but Echo" , The New York Times ; accessed December 22, 2017.
^ "Mitteleuropean Jazz Academy Roswell Rudd Master Class Meran/o (I)" , YouTube ; accessed December 22, 2017.^ "What's News". The New York City Jazz Record ^ Jazz Journalists Association, Jazz Awards -- 2003 ; Jazzhouse.org, accessed December 22, 2017.^ Jazz Journalists Association Eighth Annual Jazz Awards - Winners ; Jazzhouse.org, accessed December 22, 2017.^ Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards 2005 ; Jazzhouse.org, accessed December 22, 2017.^ Profile , Wn.com; accessed December 22, 2017.^ JJA Jazz Awards: 2010 Winners , Jazzhouse.org; accessed December 22, 2017.^ Roswell Rudd's Trombone Tribe 75th Birthday Party, JazzCorner ; Archive.is, accessed December 22, 2017.
External links
Years listed are for the recording date, not the year of first release
Albums
Roswell Rudd Everywhere Numatik Swing Band Jazz Composer's Orchestra , 1973)Flexible Flyer Blown Bone Inside Job The Definitive Roswell Rudd Regeneration The Unheard Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 The Unheard Herbie Nichols, Vol. 2 Monk's Dream Steve Lacy (saxophonist) , 1999)Broad Strokes Eventuality Live in New York Archie Shepp , 2000)Malicool Toumani Diabaté , 2001)El Espíritu Jíbaro Yomo Toro , 2002)Live Duck Baker , 2002)Airwalkers Mark Dresser , 2004)Blue Mongol Keep Your Heart Right Trombone Tribe The Incredible Honk Trombone for Lovers Strength & Power Jamie Saft , Trevor Dunn , and Balázs Pándi , 2014)August Love Song Heather Masse , 2016)Embrace Fay Victor , Lafayette Harris, and Ken Filiano , 2017) Related articles
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