Richard Bock
Appearances
Since my guru did not play the sitar, I had to work very hard to create a suitable technique - after lots of experiments. I also had my special sitar made to suit my style and get my special sound. I emphasized getting the best of Surbahar (which I had played for several years) as well as all the specialties of sitar. My invention of the hook system to gag the bass strings in the faster parts has become a common thing with most sitars now. -Ravi Shankar
This is a 2000 digital remastering of a 1964 original release. The sound is very good. As is usually the case with Shankar, the music is quite accessible to Western ears. The jor section [more]
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This is the second of three volumes covering the 1953-1954 quartet led by Chet Baker (trumpet). The contents of this single disc are split evenly between a short, [more]
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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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Blue Note Plays the Beatles contains 11 previously released performances by jazz artists dipping into the Lennon/McCartney songbook. When deciding to cover such [more]
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Sextet. This album includes some takes and Brown material unavailable elsewhere. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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More than seven years before Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd introduced the bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim to American audiences, guitarist Laurindo Almeida and [more]
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This historical CD contains some of guitarist Wes Montgomery's first recordings; in fact only three small-group songs predate these performances. The then-obscure guitarist is heard in two [more]
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This live concert from the Storyville Club in Boston features Gerry Mulligan's Quartet in late 1956. Baritonist Mulligan had found a perfect partner in valve trombonist Bob [more]
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Five years after guitarist Laurindo Almeida and altoist Bud Shank had a regular quartet, documented what could be considered the first bossa nova recordings [more]
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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet of 1952-53 was one of the best-loved jazz groups of the decade and it made stars out of both the leader and trumpeter Chet Baker. [more]
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Biography
- Born 1927
- Died 1988
Richard Bock was one of the most important producers of West Coast jazz. He founded Pacific Jazz (along with drummer Roy Harte) in 1952 and his first release was a classic set by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker. Bock worked with many of the top artists of the next decade including Baker, Art Pepper, the Chico Hamilton Quintet, Jim Hall, Bud Shank, Wes Montgomery (who recorded "Bock to Bock" in tribute to the producer), Groove Holmes, Les McCann, Gerald Wilson and the Jazz Crusaders. In 1958 after recording Ravi Shankar, Bock started a subsidiary (World Pacific) to record a wider variety of music. Pacific Jazz remained quite active until Bock sold it to Liberty in 1965. He continued working on a part-time basis for the label through 1970. When Contemporary was reactivated in the early '80s, Richard Bock assisted Lester Koenig as a producer up until his death. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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