Tourology

About the Artist
Ed Bennett has long been considered one of the West Coast's premiere string bass players. Currently living in Portland, Oregon since 1990, Ed's work may take him virtually anywhere in the world. He has worked with, toured internationally, or recorded with many legendary jazz figures, including: Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Henderson, Sonny Stitt, Frank Morgan, Richie Cole, Pete Christlieb, Bud Shank, Pete Jolly, Joe Albany, James Williams, Mike Wofford, Bill Mays, Anita O'Day, Ernistine Anderson, The Modernaires, and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra.

Ed was born in Los Angeles California on December 19, 1951 and began playing the string bass at the age of 12. He was a talented student of bassist Nat Gangursky, with whom he concentrated on technique and the classical repertoire. At 13, he was introduced to jazz music, and played in a Dixieland band that appeared on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour in 1966. A dedicated, working professional, Ed also majored in music, winning acceptance to the Berklee School of Music in Boston in 1971. Ed made what he considers to be his first professional jazz engagement at the Jazz Workshop with Brazilian greats Victor Brasil and Claudio Rotiti, while a Berklee student.

In 1974, Ed toured with Jimmy Witherspoon. From 1976 to 1979 he backed Carmen McRae, making his recording debut on "Carmen McRae at the Great American Music Hall" in San Francisco. In 1981, he worked with the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, recording the Grammy-nominated "Tanuki's Night Out."

While still living in Los Angeles, Ed Bennett recorded his first album as leader on Vision Records in 1987. A trio date with Kent Glenn on piano and Jack Ranelli on drums. In 1993 Ed started Saphu Records, his own independent record label. He currently has three releases under his own name and one as a sideman with Jazz violist Keith Barry. In a professional career spanning over thirty years, Ed has performed at major jazz clubs and events nationally and worldwide: Newport Jazz Festival, Mt Hood Jazz Festival, Jazz at Wolftrap, Britt Festival, Laguna Beach Jazz Festival, Blues Alley (Wash. D.C.), Jazz Alley (Seattle), Concerts by The Sea, The Light House (L.A.). In the Portland area, Ed has worked with virtually everyone: Nancy King, Shirley Nanette, Steve Christofferson, Gordon Lee, George Mitchell, Randy Porter, Darrell Grant, Geoff Lee, Phil Goldberg, Tony Pacini, Dave Frishberg, Dan Balmer, Dan Faehnle, John Stowell, Warren Rand, Paul Mazzio, Ron Steen, Alan Jones, Mel Brown.

Product Description
straight-ahead, bebop with West Coast influence.7 original compositions by leader Ed Bennett.

Tourology

Tourology,Ed Bennett

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Tourology ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004VWUN Release Date: 1997-05-01

Tracks:

1. Tourology
2. Semuta
3. Melange
4. Tiny Capers
5. Whee Up
6. Passing
7. Ray's Idea
8. Waltz For Milo
9. White Flight
10. Chelsea Bridge
11. Blues Now

Album Description

straight-ahead, bebop with West Coast influence.7 original compositions by leader Ed Bennett.

Jazz Music:

1. Used to Be Duke [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
2. Violin Jazz: A Nostalgic Collection
3. Violin Voyager
4. Who's Bridge [Import]
5. Wig is Here [Import]
6. Windborne
7. Work Song
8. World Galaxy [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
9. 5 by Monk by 5
10. Between or Beyond the Black Forest: MPS Classics, Vol. 2

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