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  • Chapter 14 - Oscar Peterson and His Trios

  • Alyn Shipton
  • Book:
    On Jazz
    Published online:
    31 March 2022
    Print publication:
    05 May 2022, pp 191-206

  • Summary

    Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins take the same starting point of the early 1950s Miles Davis band, but then follow their stories through independently. Jackie talks of Richie Powell and the Cilfford Brown / Max Roach Band in which Sonny later played. Sonny reflects on a myriad of different ideas, from Elmo Hope and Ernie Henry to Pete LaRoca and Henry Grimes, looking in detail at his trios. Considering social protest, Sonny leads in to discussions with Abbey Lincoln about the era of We Insist! Freedom Now. Rollins then follows his career path through to the 2000s.

  • Chapter 12 - The ‘Swing Drummer’

  • Alyn Shipton
  • Book:
    On Jazz
    Published online:
    31 March 2022
    Print publication:
    05 May 2022, pp 163-167

  • Summary

    After Gillespie's return fron California, the big band he formed had a rhythm section of John Lewis, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson and Kenny Clarke. This chapter explores how that quartet became the MJQ and developed into one of the most influential jazz groups of the 1950s to the 1980s. Shipton discusses basses with Percy Heath and the difficulties of playing both piano and vibes with Milt Jackson.