Английская Википедия:Charlie Ventura
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Charlie Ventura (born Charles Venturo; December 2, 1916 – January 17, 1992)[1] was an American tenor saxophonist and bandleader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Career
During the 1940s, Ventura played saxophone for the bands of Gene Krupa and Teddy Powell.[2] In 1945 he was named best tenor saxophonist by DownBeat magazine.[2][3] He led a band which included Conte Candoli, Bennie Green, Boots Mussulli, Ed Shaughnessy, Jackie Cain, and Roy Kral.[2] He led big bands in the 1940s and 1950s and formed the Big Four with Buddy Rich, Marty Napoleon, and Chubby Jackson.[2] He was a sideman with Krupa through the 1960s, then worked in Las Vegas with comedian Jackie Gleason.[2] In 1992 he died of lung cancer.[2]
Discography
- Stomping with the Sax (Crystalette, 1950)
- Gene Norman Presents a Charlie Ventura Concert (Decca, 1953)
- F.Y.I. (EmArcy, 1954)
- In Concert (GNP, 1954)
- An Evening with Charlie Ventura and Mary Ann McCall (Norgran, 1954)
- Another Evening with Charlie Ventura and Mary Ann McCall (Norgran, 1954)
- Jumping with Ventura (EmArcy, 1955)
- An Evening with Mary Ann McCall and Charlie Ventura (Norgran, 1955)
- Charlie Ventura's Carnegie Hall Concert (Norgran, 1955)
- The New Charlie Ventura in Hi-Fi (Baton, 1956)
- Plays Hi-Fi Jazz (Tops, 1957)
- Crazy Rhythms (Regent, 1957)
- Adventure with Charlie (King, 1957)
- Here's Charlie (Brunswick, 1957)
- East of Suez (Regent, 1958)
- A Battle of Saxes (King, 1959)
- Plays for the People (Craftsmen, 1960)
- Live at the 3 Deuces! (Phoenix Jazz, 1975)
- Aces at the Deuces (Phoenix Jazz, 1976)
As sideman
- Dizzy Gillespie, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995)
- Gene Krupa, The Great New Gene Krupa Quartet Featuring Charlie Ventura (Verve, 1964)
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1916 births
- 1992 deaths
- Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 20th-century American saxophonists
- American conductors (music)
- American jazz bandleaders
- American jazz tenor saxophonists
- American male conductors (music)
- American male saxophonists
- American people of Italian descent
- Bebop saxophonists
- Deaths from cancer in New Jersey
- Deaths from lung cancer
- American male jazz musicians
- Swing saxophonists
- HighNote Records artists
- Brunswick Records artists
- EmArcy Records artists
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