Bob Thiele
Appearances
This expansive four-disc anthology essentially covers the recorded history of the guitar in the 20th century, beginning with the ragtime banjo that set the [more]
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Merry Jazzmas features 14 classic Christmas songs interpreted by leading jazz vocalists like Marcus Roberts, Vanessa Rubin, Antonio Hart, Roy Hargrove, Hilton Ruiz, Steve Lacy, and Steve Coleman. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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This CD sampler draws its 18 selections from the Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, Roulette, Solid State and Capitol vaults. There are two selections apiece [more]
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This sampler has music from four of tenor saxophonist Gato Barbieri's releases for RCA and Flying Dutchman. Included are three of the five numbers originally on Fenix, two [more]
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Although Rhino's four-disc box set, Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones, was released to coincide with Quincy Jones' autobiography, and that's what gives [more]
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John Lee Hooker was an active recording artist for roughly 50 years -- active in that not only did he record steadily, but he actively jumped from label to label, recording for [more]
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This mid-'60s concert was one of Lateef's finest, as it perfectly displayed his multiple influences and interests. There were hard bop originals, covers of jazz classics like Oscar [more]
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He can be fascinating and very moving to listen to. -Paul Desmond
Having completed what he (and many critics) regarded as his masterwork in The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Charles Mingus' next sessions for Impulse found [more]
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That Coleman Hawkins jumped on the jazz/bossa nova bandwagon craze initiated by Stan Getz in 1962 was a bit of a surprise to his fans, but that he was [more]
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The emphasis is on older tunes and styles on this Yusef Lateef Impulse! album. Lateef (switching between tenor, flute, and oboe) plays such numbers as "Straighten Up and Fly Right," [more]
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Biography
- Born Jul 27th 1922 in Brooklyn, NY
- Died Jan 30th 1996 in New York, NY
Bob Thiele was a major voice in the music industry for nearly six decades. Something of a child prodigy, Thiele started hosting a jazz radio show when he was 14. As a teenager, he learned clarinet and led a big band locally in the New York area. From 1939-41, he was editor of Jazz Magazine, and at the age of 17 in 1939, he founded the Signature label. As the head of the label and its producer, Thiele recorded Art Hodes, Yank Lawson, Lester Young, Errol Garner, various Chicago jazz-style groups, and, most notably in 1943, a classic session by Coleman Hawkins. After Signature folded in 1948, Thiele freelanced and then joined Decca in 1952, where he produced sessions for their Coral and Brunswick labels. Although involved with some jazz, Thiele also worked with Teresa Brewer (his future wife), the McGuire Sisters, Lawrence Welk and several notables whose careers he helped launch: Buddy Holly (whom Thiele largely discovered), Henry Mancini, Steve and Eydie, and Jackie Wilson. He then switched to Dot for a period in 1959. Thiele headed with Steve Allen the short-lived Hanover-Signature label (which had a big hit with Ray Bryant's "Little Susie"), and he also freelanced for other labels. Probably his proudest accomplishment was teaming up Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong for a classic set on Roulette. From 1961-69, Thiele was the main producer at ABC/Impulse. He gave John Coltrane permission to record as extensively as he wanted, and Thiele also produced more than 100 other albums, including sets by Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, Earl Hines, Johnny Hodges, Coleman Hawkins (including a date with Duke Ellington), Quincy Jones, Count Basie, and many others. He started ABC's Bluesway subsidiary, which featured blues in the late 1960s (highlighted by dates from B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Big Joe Turner) and produced a variety of pop singers for ABC. After leaving ABC-Impulse, Thiele founded a series of short-term labels, including Flying Dutchman, Blues Time, Dr. Jazz, and finally Red Baron. Thiele wrote a lot of songs for his artists through the years with "What a Wonderful World" being easily his biggest success. Among the many musicians he produced during his last two decades were such favorites as Gato Barbieri, David Murray, Lonnie Liston Smith, Clark Terry and his wife Teresa Brewer, whom he teamed with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stephane Grappelli, Earl Hines, Ruby Braff, and even Murray. As enthusiastic in his later years about music as he had been as a teenager, Bob Thiele was active up until his death. His 1995 memoir What a Wonderful World is colorful, if much too brief. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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