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Jazz At Tanglewood

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

August 30 through September 1, 1991 Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts

Friday, August 30, at 8:00 p.m. " EXPLOSION 1991" with NANCY WILSON Koussevitzky Music Shed

Saturday, August 31

at 4:00 p.m. MARK WHITFIELD MARLON JORDAN Theatre-Concert Hall

at 7 :00p.m. MEL TORME Koussevitzky Music Shed

Sunday, September 1

at 4:00 p.m. CHRISTOPHER HOLLYDAY QUARTET Theatre-Concert Hall

at 7:00p.m. THE ORCHESTRA directed by Koussevitzky Music Shed ARTISTS

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett and was followed by a tour of England. was nominated Besides the recordings mentioned earlier, for a 1991 he has won enthusiastic praise for his 1986 Grammy Award, The Art ofExcellence and for his 1987 in the jazz vocal tribute to the master American composer category, for his Irving Berlin, Bennett/ Berlin. most recent recording, As- toria: (Portrait of John Dankworth the Artist), named after his home- John Dankworth town of Astoria, Queens. Mr. Bennett has has enjoyed a recently been touring in support of the career spanning album, his ninety-first release for Columbia more than forty Records, with performances across the years as a com- country, including Los Angeles, San Fran- poser, performer, cisco, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, and and conductor. Philadelphia, as well as in England and Born in London Japan. This past spring, in 1927, Mr. marked Tony Bennett's fortieth anniversary Dankworth in the music industry with the release of a showed early boxed set of four compact discs entitled proficiency on the and by 1944 had Retrospective: 40 Years ofArtistry. The eighty- entered the . Tak- eight tracks range from Mr. Bennett's first ing up the to play modern jazz, recording in 1950 to his latest in 1990. The he was named "Musician of the Year" by son of a grocer, Tony Bennett was discov- Melody Maker every year from 1949 to 1955, ered by Bob Hope in 1949. The following the only jazz artist ever to achieve this level year, Mr. Bennett signed a recording con- of recognition. In 1950 he formed the tract with Columbia Records, which led to a Dankworth Seven, the first of sevealjazz series of hit singles, including "Boulevard groups he has led over the years. In 1958 of Broken Dreams," "Because of You," director Karl Reisz engaged Mr. Dankworth "Cold, Cold Heart," "Blue Velvet," and to compose his first film score, leading to a "Rags to Riches." The 1962 release of "I flourishing career that has included scores Left My Heart in San Francisco" brought for The Criminal, Saturday Night and Sunday Mr. Bennett back onto the charts and Morning, Darling, Morgan, and Modesty helped to establish him internationally as a Blaise. For the musical theater, Mr. Dank- sophisticated, versatile popular artist. He worth has written Boots with StrawberryJam has given five Royal Command Perform- with , a musical based on the ances, including his 1983 concert in San life of George Bernard Shaw, and Colette, a Francisco for Queen Elizabeth and Prince musical he composed especially for his wife Philip, and has received the Lifetime Cleo Laine, whom he married in 1958. He Achievement Award from the National has composed many choral and orchestral Academy of Popular Music. Tony Bennett's works and has received commissions from recognition as an accomplished painter is the London Philharmonic Society, National beginning to rival his reputation as a singer. Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Painting under his given name, Anthony Houston Ballet. Mr. Dankworth founded Benedetto, he has had one-man shows at the London Symphony Orchestra's Pops prestigious galleries in Washington, Boston, program and has served as Pops Musical Philadelphia, Palm Beach, and Boca Raton. Director of that orchestra since 1985. He Tony Bennett has appeared with John has led pops concerts with many orchestras Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra on worldwide, including the Los Angeles several occasions, most recently this past Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Denver May, when his performance with Michel Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Min- Legrand was taped for future broadcast on nesota Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Evening at Pops. His 1990 "Spirit of Family" Royal Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, tour included performances in , and Detroit Symphony, and has served as Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, principal guest pops conductor for the San Francisco Symphony. In 1970 John local club. Subsequently setting out on his Dankworth and Cleo Laine founded the own, Mr. Eckstine worked in Buffalo before Allmusic Plan at their home in moving on to Washington, D.C., Detroit, rural England, a seminar series devoted to and then Chicago, where he received his the teaching of "Allmusic" (Mr.HDankworth's first big break— the chance to join the Earl interpretation of what might be called Hines band. It was with Hines that Billy "world music"). It has since grown into a Eckstine had his first million-selling record, series of three weeklong courses, weekend "Jelly Jelly," in 1939. Having traveled seminars, a music camp for children, more around the country with the Hines band, than one hundred fifty concerts a year, and Mr. Eckstine once more set out on his own even a traveling version of the school known in the early and soon formed his own as "The Wavendon Roadshow." Recently band. The nucleus of that band is legen- Mr. Dankworth signed a long-term pops dary, including such artists as Dizzy Gilles- conducting recording contract with Pro pie, , Roy Eldridge, Fats Navar- Arte Records. His of "Cara- ro, , , Frank van" from his first Pro Arte release, Misty, Wess, , , and Connie was nominated for a 1988 Grammy Award. Wainwright. The team of arrangers in- Other recent recording projects include cluded and Jerry Valentine, Tribute to Duke Ellington, recorded with the and his female vocalist was . Rochester Philharmonic, and collaborations The band explored new ground, becoming with and . a harbinger of the new style. In 1948, with the ensemble disbanded, Mr. Eckstine concentrated on his solo career. During the 1950s he won virtually every Billy Eckstine poll as the premier singer of the day, gar- Through four nering a series of gold records that included decades, Billy "Fools Rush In," "I Apologize," "Everything

Eckstine has I Have is Yours," "Caravan," "Prisoner of survived the ups Love," and "Cottage for Sale." He broke and downs of the attendance records at the most prestigious entertainment concert halls of the day— including Car- business in grand negie Hall and the Paramount Theater in style. Born in New York—and became an international 1914 in Pitts- concert attraction with a legion of followers. ^^A^jg,,. burgh, the only Through the intervening years, Billy ..-'J |H| — Mkwfth^i^HHi son in a three- Eckstine has performed regularly in night- child family, he sang in his church choir as a clubs, theaters, and concert halls around boy. During his high school years he took a the world. In 1976 he teamed with his old more serious interest in music and won friend for their first collabora- local talent shows, which led to a job in a tive venture on the A&M label, an album entitled The Best Thing, which was produced vidual accents by reaching out to young by Mr. Jones and Herb Alpert and arranged musicians eager to be part of the Ellington by Mr. Jones. legacy. The success of this format is de- monstrated in the album Digital Duke, which received the 1988 Grammy award for Best Instrumental Album. The orches- Mercer Kennedy Ellington Jazz tra's annual European tour includes a Composer, ar- Scandinavian Battle of the Bands, a unique ranger, and popular jazz event. The orchestra has player, and band performed extensively in this country, manager Mercer including a performance at the Super Bowl Kennedy El- in . The Ellington Orchestra, lington is dedi- under the direction of Mercer Ellington, cated to main- recently performed nightly for a five-month taining the luster run of Sophisticated Ladies in Atlantic City. of his father's After completing a tour to Japan and a image. Mercer number of other performances abroad, began his associa- Mercer Ellington recorded some unknown tion with The Duke Ellington Orchestra Duke Ellington tunes, which he uncovered when he was eight years old; he was serving while preparing the Ellington archives for as band manager and trumpet player with the Smithsonian Institute. the orchestra at the time of his father's death in May 1974. Over the years he has been involved in every phase of the music industry, including a stint as a disc jockey at WLIB Radio in New York and as arranger/ producer for Delia Reese's hit recording, "Bill Bailey." In addition to continuing the tradition of America's classic music, Mercer

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Christopher Hollyday horn scholarship from Central g^ Born in 1970, College to attend Jordan College, where he ^ Ik Christopher could concentrate on the trumpet. Mr. Hollyday was Hubbard subsequently left that school to raised in Nor- perform in local clubs before relocating to 4^^, ^&*» wood, Massa- New York. With the help of Miles Davis, he chusetts, the son signed a contract with , of Richard Holly- recording under his own name and as a day, a salesman sideman. During that time he also appeared and avid bebop on two releases generally regarded as turn- listener. Chris- ing points in jazz—'s Ascen- topher began sion and 's Free Jazz. Mr. playing saxophone at age nine and by Hubbard then moved to the Impulse label fourteen had not only learned most of and recorded The Body and the Soul, followed Charlie Parker's solos by heart, but also by a move to , where he made his professional performance debut. recorded several and Sing Me a A year later, in 1985, he recorded Treaty, his Song of Songmy, Ilhan Mimaroglu's anti-war first album as a leader on his own Jazzbeat concept record. Throughout the 1960s he label, followed in 1986 by Oh, Brother!, drew critical praise and attracted a large

which featured his brother Richard on and loyal following, but it wasn't until he trumpet. By May 1988, Christopher Holly- signed with CTI Records in the early 1970s day recorded Reverence with , and released that Freddie Hubbard , and , and in July became a superstar at the forefront of the of that year he headlined a weeklong en- "crossover" movement. First Light followed gagement at the Village Vanguard in Man- shortly thereafter and earned a Grammy hattan, becoming, at that time, the young- award. After signing with Columbia Rec- est leader to perform there. In 1989 Mr. ords in 1974, Mr. Hubbard was able to Hollyday made his major label debut on continue experimenting with various com- Novus/RCA Records with an album entitled binations ofjazz, rock, R&B, and elec- Christopher Hollyday, a salute to the music of tronics, in such albums as High Energy, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Jackie Liquid Love, Windjammer, and Bundle ofJoy. McLean. That same year he toured as a His other Columbia albums include Super featured soloist on trumpeter Maynard Blue, inspired by the success of the 1977 Ferguson's "60th Birthday Tour." In 1990 VSOP tour with , Ron Mr. Hollyday followed up the success of his Carter, , and , first Novus/RCA recording with the release Love Connection, and Skagly. In more recent of his second album for the label, On Course, years, he has been named best trumpet for which he wrote eight original composi- player in the world in the Down Beat Read- tions, among them "No Second Quarter," ers Poll and has performed throughout the "Lady Street," and "West Side Winds." world, including tours to Japan and Europe. In 1987 he made two tours of Europe in two widely disparate contexts: a "Tribute to Satchmo," in which Mr. Hub- Freddie Hubbard bard joined forces with a number of Trumpeter mainstream players in a re-examination of Freddie Hubbard the music of ; and a "Tri- has spent much bute to John Coltrane," in which he per- of his life making formed Coltrane's music with McCoy Tyner people happy and . Also that year he elec- with his music. trified a huge audience at the Dizzy Gilles- The youngest of pie Birthday Party concert at Wolf Trap in a six children in a set with Latin performers , musical family, Airto, and . The following Frederick De- year brought a performance at Alice Tully wayne Hubbard Hall of a concerto written for him by was born and raised in . He Charles Schwartz. Freddie Hubbard's recent began his musical studies in junior high recordings for Blue Note include Life Flight school on a tonette, then moved on to E-flat and Times Are Changing. horn, , tuba, , and finally, trumpet. He turned down a French Phyllis Hyman , an album that included two R&B Through record- hits: the title cut and "Old Friend." Her ings and dynamic most recent recording, , was live perform- the first album released under Philadelphia ances, Phyllis International's distribution pact with Zoo Hyman is a Entertainment and includes the songs vocalist who "Walk Away," "Meet Me on the Moon," and displays the kind "Don't Wanna Change the World." of musical matur- ^ffflflk Ea ity and growth ^at come from fhc^m WL Marlon Jordan mr^jjr^av m nearly fifteen years as a successful performer. Born in Trumpeter Philadelphia and raised in , she Marlon Jordan sang in school and was a member of the was born August All-City Choir before embarking on her 21, 1970, the professional career in 1971. Ms. Hyman youngest of traveled with a number of different Top 40 seven children of and R&B bands, finally settling in Miami, avant-garde jazz where she formed her own group, the P/H musician Edward Factor. Moving to New York at the end of "Kidd" Jordan 1975, she began establishing herself among and Edvidge the local entertainment community and, Jordan. Like during a club appearance, caught the , Marlon Jordan grew up attention of musician/producer Norman in the fertile world of Crescent City jazz Connors. She recorded three songs for Mr. and came from one of its leading musical Connors' successful You Are My Starship families; Marlon's siblings include flutist album, including "Betcha By Golly Wow," Kent Jordan and violinist Rachel Jordan. which continues to be one of the corner- Other musicians, among them Wynton stones of her repertory. In 1977 Buddha Marsalis and , could Records released Ms. Hyman's debut often be found at the Jordan house, practic- album, which featured the hits "Losing ing with Kent or taking lessons from Ed- You, Losing You" and "I Don't Wanna Love ward, a professor of music at Southern You." During her five years with Arista University in New Orleans. As a child, Records, she expanded her intenational Marlon Jordan started out playing audience with such albums as Somewhere in saxophone, violin, and drums, finally settl- My Lifetime, , Can't ing on the trumpet in fourth grade. His

We Fall in Love Again? , and Goddess of Love. musical education continued along the She also demonstrated her songwriting well-established route of NOCCA (New talents with cuts on several of these record- Orleans Center for the Creative Arts), ings. During this period she also appeared as guest vocalist on albums by Pharaoh Sanders and McCoy Tyner and performed on the soundtracks of several films. During the last twelve years, Ms. Hyman has main- tained a consistent schedule of live perform- ances. She starred on Broadway in Sophisti- cated Ladies, the widely acclaimed tribute to Duke Ellington, and has played an average of 120 concert dates per year at clubs, col- leges, and venues in Atlantic City and Lake Tahoe. A popular entertainer in Europe and Japan, Ms. Hyman has appeared on numerous international television specials. Her American film and television credits include 's CBS special Swing

Street, Spike Lee's School Daze , in which she performed "Be One," and The Kill Reflex. In 1986 she signed with Philadelphia Interna- tional Records and recorded Living All ' . • i. • •' i ••••'-•' '

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private lessons, constant performances in a Tiger, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Valmouth, the streets and nightclubs of New Orleans, Women of Troy, and the title role in Hedda solo classical performances wiht the New Gabler. Her appearances in the musical Orleans Symphony Orchestra, and summer theater include the longest running profes- camp sessions. By the time he signed on sional production of Showboat, which ran in with Columbia Records, he had already London's West End from 1970 to 1972; The recorded as a sideman in two different Seven Deadly Sins, Colette, , settings: on Essence, his brother Kent's latest and . She also starred in the

Columbia album and on Debenge-Debenge , Houston Ballet's production of Lady in an avant-garde recording by trumpeter Waiting, an original opera/ballet composed

Dennis Gonzalez on the Silkheart label. by John Dankworth, Benny Green, and J. Marlon Jordan has recorded two albums Renault-Williams. A featured performer on for Columbia. His label debut, entitled For the classic British television show "That You Only, was greeted with tremendous Was the Week That Was," Cleo Laine has acclaim upon its release in March 1990. appeared in more than twenty international Subsequently Mr. Jordan and his quintet television specials, including "Evening at went on tour, joining Wynton Marsalis, Pops" and "Cleo Laine: Live at Wolftrap." Miles Davis, and as a head- The year 1986 can perhaps serve as the lining act in a series ofJVC Festival dates in most illustrious example of Cleo Laine's Atlanta, Dallas, and other cities. The quin- versatility. In that year she bacame the only tet, which also includes drummer Troy British singer ever to win a Grammy for Davis, bassist Tarus Mateen, pianist Peter Best Jazz Vocal Performance, for Cleo at Martin, and tenor saxophonist Tim War- Carnegie: The 10th Anniversary Concert. She field, also performed in some of the coun- also starred on Broadway in The Mystery of try's top jazz clubs, including the Blue Note Edwin Drood, which earned her a Theatre and the Ritz, and in venues as diverse as World Award, as well as Tony and Drama New York's Avery Fisher Hall and Bingham- Desk nominations for Best Actress in a ton University. Mr. Jordan's second album Musical. Among Ms. Laine's honors are a with his quintet, entitled Learsons Return, doctor of music degree from Boston's pays tribute to Wynton Marsalis, taking its Berklee School of Music, an O.B.E. title from his middle name. The recording awarded by Queen Elizabeth, and being was produced by , who named, along with her husband, the Variety also composed two songs for the album. Club's "Show Business Personality of the During 1991 Mr. Jordan will participate in Year." The new decade has already brought the "Young Lions" tour, joining Marcus further honors, with a Presidential Lifetime Roberts, , and other young Achievement Award presented by the Na- jazz artists in performance at larger venues. tional Association of Recording Merchandis- ers (NARM), and a nomination for Best Lead Performance in by the Cleo Laine Los Angeles Drama Critics Organization. Ms. Laine's country home north of London of the most One houses and hosts the Wavendon Allmusic celebrated sing- Plan, a not-for-profit, comprehensive teach- ers of our time, ing and performing arts complex situated Cleo Laine is the in a former stable. Her most recent album only singer ever for RCA Victor, Woman to Woman, is a collec- to receive tion of songs with words and music written Grammy nomina- solely by women. With upcoming recording tions in the projects and nearly constant international Female Popular, touring, Cleo Laine continues to prove that Classical, and there are more surprises in her amazingly categories. Jazz diverse career. Ms. Laine began her musical career in the early 1950s in her native England, where she toured extensively with the Dankworth Seven, which later evolved into the John Dankworth Big Band. In 1958 she married Mr. Dankworth, strengthening their bond as personal and professional collaborators. An equally adept actress, Ms. Laine has numerous theater credits, including Flesh to Marcus Roberts ris, tenor sax). Mr. Roberts has made two albums as a leader for RCA/Novus: The Pianist Marcus Truth Is Spoken Here and Deep in the Shed. His Roberts was born third and latest RCA/Novus recording, a Marthaniel solo album entitled Alone with Three Giants, Roberts in traces the historical progression of, and Jacksonville, similarities among, three "complete" com- Florida. Blind poser/pianist immortals: Jelly Roll Morton, since the age of Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. four, he had his first taste of traditional music Jimmy Smith from the church, where his mother was a gospel singer. Jimmy Smith's Recognizing his love of music, his parents name is synony- bought him a , on which he began mous with the formal training at the age of twelve. Nine jazz organ. Born years of classical piano studies followed, James Oscar including four years as a music major at Smith in Norris- Florida State University in Tallahassee, town, Pennsyl- where he studied with Leonidus Lipovetsky. vania, in 1928, Aspiring to a career in jazz, Mr. Roberts he became in- won several local competitions before being terested in music invited by Wynton Marsalis to replace the • at age seven departing Kenny Kirkland in the Marsalis when he began playing the piano. At nine band in 1985. Mr. Roberts maintained a he won first prize on a Major Bowes busy touring and recording schedule with Amateur Hour show. In the late 1930s he the band for six years, during which time played on a Philadelphia radio show; in he appeared on the albums/ Mood, Marsalis 1942 he performed in a song-and-dance act Standard Time Volume I, Love at , with his father, a piano player who loved to The Majesty of the Blues, and Crescent City buck dance, a form of tap dance. Following Christmas Card. In November 1987 he won a stint in the Navy, Jimmy Smith returned first prize at the first Thelonious Monk to Norristown in 1947 and continued play- International Jazz Competition. Since ing piano in clubs, ending up in Philadel- leaving the Marsalis band last summer, phia. Since the 1950s, when he switched Marcus Roberts has toured with his own from piano to organ, Jimmy Smith has group, performed on a solo piano tour, and made a unique and striking impact on jazz recorded an album with his quintet (Chris by maximizing the organ's orchestral qual- Thomas, bass; Maurice Carnes, drums; ities. No one has so dominated any instru- Scotty Barnhard, trumpet; and Herb Har- ment in jazz as much as Mr. Smith has. His HfcS >> •• .:

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first album, TV**? Champ, was released by best-selling book, "The Other Side of the Blue Note in 1956. The acknowledged Rainbow," about his experiences. He also master of the Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy wrote for and acted in several dramatic Smith now has more than one hundred television series, including Runfor Your Life, albums to his credit, five of them gold (Walk The Virginian, and The Bold Ones. The 1970s on the Wild Side, Who's Afraid of Virginia brought opportunities to produce television Wool/7, Got My Mojo Working, The Sermon, specials and a series. At the same time, Mel and Midnight Special) and one a Grammy Torme was enjoying even greater triumphs award-winner (The Cat). His music has been in his performing career. An annual head- featured in two films: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life liner in Las Vegas and Atlantic City and at is Calling and Get YourselfA College Girl. renowned clubs and concert halls nation- wide, he has appeared with and conducted many symphony orchestras and continues Mel Torme to write books and make acclaimed record- In his more then ings. In 1980 he celebrated his fiftieth sixty years as a anniversary in show business with sold-out professional performances at the Hollywood Bowl and entertainer, Mel ; the week of October 27th Torme has won was proclaimed Mel Torme Week in Los acclaim as a Angeles by Mayor Tom Bradley. In October singer, composer, 1983 Mr. Torme and his close friend George drummer, TV Shearing played an unprecedented five talk show host, days at the in London to musical arranger, rave reviews. The two performers have dramatic actor, collaborated on many projects, including TV producer, vaudeville performer, and two Grammy-winning recordings and a author. His unique status has been recog- performance with John Williams and the nized with two Grammy awards as Best Boston Pops Orchestra taped for PBS's Male Jazz Vocalist, thirteen Grammy nomi- "Evening at Pops" series in 1986. nations, an Emmy nomination, and regu- larly performances at the nation's sold-out Stanley Turrentine leading concert halls. Mr. Torme has written a number of best-selling books and has Born April 5, been the subject of profiles on ABC-TV's 1945, in Pitts- 20120 and CBS's Sunday Morning. A fre- burgh, Stanley quent performer at the White House dur- Turrentine, ing three presidencies, he was chosen by known as the the London Symphony Orchestra to open master of tenor the 1990 Summer Pops Series at the Barbi- saxophone soul, can Center. Born in Chicago in 1925, Mel came from a Torme worked in vaudeville and on radio musical family. as a child, was a big band drummer and He cites his arranger in his teens, appeared in several father, Thomas movie musicals in the 1940s, and sang and Turrentine, who played tenor sax and recorded with the vocal group the Mel- clarinet with the legendary Savoy Sultans, Tones early in his career. After serving in as a primary influence. At the age of seven- the Army, he signed with Musicraft Records teen, Stanley Turrentine left high school to in 1946 and began his association with perform on the road with the band of blues Artie Shaw. That same year he co-wrote singer/guitarist , then di- (with Bob Wells) one of his greatest hits, rected by . During 1953-54 he "The Christmas Song," which has been played in the Cleveland-based ensemble led recorded some five hundred times. During by bop composer/arranger Tadd Dameron, the 1950s Mr. Torme took over The Perry and in 1954 he replaced the famed John Como Show with Peggy Lee, hosted his own Coltrane in alto saxophonist 's television talk show, earned an Emmy big band. Following a stint in the 158th nomination as Best Supporting Actor for a Army Band, Mr. Turrentine moved to New Playhouse 90 episode, and continued to York, where he came to prominence in tour, record, and make movies. He went on 1959 as a member of 's group. to write special material for CBS's Judy In 1960, after recording the album Midnight Garland Show in the 1960s and wrote a Special with Jimmy Smith, he recorded Look

£?$£% Out, his first album as a leader. Mr. Turren- Mark Whitfield tine subsequently formed a trio with his Guitarist wife, organist ; they toured and composer Mark and recorded together for eleven years and Whitfield was can be heard on such albums as Soul Shoutin born in Syosset, and Blue Flame, both in the Prestige catalog. Island, During that period Mr. Turrentine con- Long York. tinued recording in configurations other New He began playing than the trio with Shirley Scott, including more albums with Jimmy Smith (among classical bass in his school orches- them Back at the. Chicken Shack and Prayer tra at the age of Meeting) and, on the Blue Note label, an seven and lis- album entitledjoyride , which was arranged tened to the music of such big band greats and conducted by and in- as Duke Ellington and . Self- cluded Herbie Hancock, , taught on the , Mr. Whitfield had the and in the back-up band. Stan- opportunity to perform on the instrument ley Turrentine's popular recognition was when his family relocated to Seattle and he boosted during the early 1970s when he became guitarist in the school orchestra. recorded a series of successful albums for During his high school years he won first CTI, particularly Sugar, which featured prize at two jazz competitions sponsored by Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, and George Boston's Berklee School of Music. Sub- Benson. After joining in sequently offered a full scholarship to the 1974, Mr. Turrentine recorded Pieces of school, Mr. Whitfield began his studies Dreams, In the Pocket, and Have You Ever Seen there in 1983, playing occasional dates in the Rain? for the label. Moving more and around the campus. After graduating squarely into the jazz/fusion field, he co- in 1987, he returned to New York to pursue produced his next effort, Everybody Come on his musical career, appearing with a Out, in 1976. The Man with the Sad Face, number of local groups on the New York released later that year, marked the first jazz circuit. Eventually he became guitarist Turrentine-produced album and was fol- for Brother McDuff's combo, the lowed by Night Wings, West Side Highway, Jack group that once included George Benson. What About You! , and Use the Stairs, his final In fact, Mr. Benson took a lively interest in album for Fantasy. On the Elektra/Asylum the younger guitarist, eventually introduc- label, Mr. Turrentine has recorded Betcha, ing him to Tommy LiPuma, Vice-President Inflation, Tender Togetherness, and Home of A&R for Progressive Music at Warner Again. He "returned to his roots" with the Bros. This led to Mark Whitfield's exclusive release of Straight Ahead and in 1987 re- contract with Warner Bros. Records and his corded Wonderland, an album of music by debut album, The Marksman. The album . features six original Whitfield compositions, ing the song that has become one of her including the title track, "Medger Evers' classics, "Guess Who I Saw Today." A con- Blues," and "Little Digi's Strut," plus rendi- tract with followed, along tions of "In a Sentimental Mood" and three with the hit songs "Tell Me the Truth" and other perennials. "How Glad I Am," a 1964 Grammy winner. Ms. Wilson recorded more than forty al- bums for the label, ranging from 1962's historic Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly Nancy Wilson Quintet set to a series of albums in the

Nancy Wilson 1970s, such as , Come Get to began her musi- This, Music on my Mind, and Take My Love. In cal career when 1981 she recorded one album (At My Best) she was barely for the independent ASI label before initiat- out of her teens. ing her ongoing relationship with Japanese In the more than audiences via a series of records for thirty years Japanese-based labels, including What's

since, she has New, Your Eyes, I'll Be a Song, and Godsend. recorded more Her debut U.S. Columbia release in 1984, than fifty albums, The Two of Us, teamed Ms. Wilson with received consis- Ramsey Lewis, and was followed by Keep You tent critical acclaim, and influenced count- Satisfied. Among Nancy Wilson's other less other singers. Born in Chillicothe, achievements are a 1975 Emmy for The Ohio, Nancy Wilson was raised in Colum- Nancy Wilson Show on NBC, the NAACP bus, where her father introduced her to the Image Award in 1986, and two additional music of such diverse performers as Billy Grammy nominations. Winner of the 1983 Eckstine, Louis Jordan, Ruth Brown, Tokyo Song Festival, she was presented the LaVern Baker, , Jimmy Rush- "Global Entertainer of the Year" award by ing, and Little Jimmy Scott. As a youngster, the World Conference of Mayors in 1986. she sang in local choirs and dance bands, She is involved in various charities and then began her professional career at the community services, including the Martin age of fifteen. She attended Central State Luther King Center for Social Change, The College while performing in local Colum- National Urban Coalition, and The Warwick bus clubs, deciding in 1956 to pursue a Foundation. During the 1970s Nancy Wil- musical career full-time. Joining the Rusty son acted in numerous television shows, Bryant Band that same year, she met the including / Spy, Hawaii 5-0, and Police Story. late Julian "Cannonball" Adderly, who was A television special featuring Ms. Wilson in to be a major influence in helping launch concert aired in 1989; she has also appeared her career. Three years later Ms. Wilson on such programs as The Arsenio Hall Show, moved to New York. While filling in at a The Parade of Stars, The Tonight local nightclub, she impressed Adderly's Show, and The Phil Donahue Show and hosted manager, John Levy, thus beginning a Red Hot & Cool, a late-night syndicated relationship that has lasted more than show. Her most recent albums, on the thirty years. At that time, she also sang with Epic/Sony label, include Forbidden Lover, pianist Ray Bryant in a demo session featur- Nancy Now!, and A Lady with a Song. :

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Cohoes & CohoesKids, Cohoes, NY. A quick & easy trip from the Berkshires i Mon-Fri 10-9 on 1-90 West to 1-787 North to the end. \ Sat 10-6 and 12-5 Phone (518) 237-0524. Use the new CohoesCard, | I Sun with MasterCard, VISA, American Express, extended cash or personal check. August hours eat Italian artist 1 work in oils.

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