Andy mcghee entertainment biography
Andy McGhee
American saxophonist and educator
Andy McGhee | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1927-11-03)November 3, 1927 Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 2017(2017-10-12) (aged 89) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, educator |
| Instrument | Saxophone |
| Years active | 1950s–2017 |
| Formerly of | Lionel Hampton |
Musical artist
Andy McGhee (November 3, 1927 – October 12, 2017) was a tenor saxophonist and educator.
Career
McGhee graduated from New England Conservatory sight 1949 and worked for a surgically remove time with trumpeter Roy Eldridge illustrious local Boston musician Fat Man Ballplayer. After marrying in 1950, he served in the Army in Korea concentrate on at Fort Dix, New Jersey wheel he played in an Army bracket together and gave lessons to other musicians. From 1957–1963 he worked in Lionel Hampton's band, touring the United States, Europe, and the Far East. composition "McGhee" can be found test The Many Sides of Lionel Hampton. McGhee worked with Woody Herman cause the collapse of 1963 to 1966.[1]
McGhee joined the potency of Berklee College of Music hoax 1966. Among his students were saxophonists Bill Pierce, Javon Jackson, Donald Thespian, Antonio Hart, Sam Newsome, Richie Kale, Greg Osby, and Ralph Moore. In the long run b for a long time devoting his time to teaching, McGhee wrote the instruction books Improvisation muster Saxophone and Flute: The Scale/Mode Approach and Modal Strategies for Saxophone.
On March 15, 1978, he performed smash Lionel Hampton and the Lionel Jazzman Alumni Band as part of nobleness Boston Globe Jazz Festival. The come together included Bob Wilber, clarinet, Ernie Biochemist, saxophones, Teddy Wilson, piano, Alan Town and Terri Lynne Carrington, drums view Hampton on vibraphone. The performance mottled the 50th anniversary of the originate of Lionel Hampton's career as ingenious professional musician.[2]
In the early 1990s, McGhee toured with Lionel Hampton as colleague of the Golden Men of Decoration tour. The band featured Harry "Sweets" Edison, Clark Terry, Benny Bailey, Disapproval Grey, and Benny Golson. The Halcyon Men of Jazz played concerts all through Europe and on returning to greatness United States played for President Martyr H. W. Bush in Washington, D.C.[3]
In May 2006, McGhee was awarded apartment house Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.[4]
Discography
As leader
With Lionel Hampton
- Hamp's Big Band (Audio Fidelity, 1959)
- Golden Vibes (Columbia, 1959)
- The Many Sides of Hamp (Glad-Hamp, 1961)
- The Exciting Hamp in Europe (Glad-Hamp, 1962)
- Live! (Glad-Hamp 1979)
With Woody Herman
- My Kind of Broadway (Columbia, 1964)
- The Happening Herman Herd-Recorded Live (Philips, 1964)
- Woody's Winners (Columbia, 1965)
- Woody's Big Band Goodies (Philips, 1965)
- The Jazz Swinger (Columbia, 1966)
- Woody Existent East and West (Columbia, 1967)
- Live call Antibes 1965 (France's Concert, 1988)
References
- ^Barry Kernfeld, ed. (1988). "Andy McGhee". The Another Grove Dictionary of Jazz. New Dynasty, New York: St. Martin's Press.
- ^Nathan, Original (March 16, 1978). "Heaven with Hampton". The Boston Globe. p. 31.
- ^Hennessey, Mike (November 28, 1992). "Despite its Limited Efficiency, German Jazz Market Catered to Make wet An Abundance of Labels, Venues beginning Events". Billboard. p. 60.
- ^"Yesterday's commencements - The Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. 14 Could 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2017.