Julian Priester
Julian Priester was a versatile and highly advanced trombonist capable of playing hard bop, post-bop, R&B, fusion, or full-on avant-garde jazz; however, he remains under-appreciated due to the paucity of sessions he recorded under his own name. Priester was born in Chicago on June 29, 1935, and started out on the city's thriving blues and R&B scene, playing with artists like Muddy Waters, Dinah Washington, and Bo Diddley; he also worked with Sun Ra's early progressive big band outfits during the mid-'50s. In 1958, Priester moved to New York and joined Max Roach's band, appearing on classics like Freedom Now Suite. In 1960, Priester also recorded two hard bop sessions as a leader, Keep Swingin' and Spiritsville. After leaving Roach in 1961, Priester appeared often as a sideman on Blue Note dates, recording with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Blue Mitchell, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, and McCoy Tyner; on a more adventurous note, he also worked with Sam Rivers and played in John Coltrane's Africa/Brass ensemble. Priester worked with Duke Ellington for six months during 1969-70, and shortly thereafter accepted his highest-profile gig with Herbie Hancock's Headhunters-era fusion band. Upon his departure in 1973, Priester moved to San Francisco and recorded two dates for ECM, 1974's Love, Love and 1977's Polarization. In the '80s, Priester joined both Dave Holland's group and the faculty of Cornish College in Seattle, and later returned to Sun Ra's big band. During the '90s, Priester continued to work with Holland, and toured with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. In 1997, he finally led another session of his own for Postcards, titled Hints on Light and Shadow, which featured Sam Rivers. In 2000, Priester received a liver transplant, but was back in action the following year at a benefit concert in his honor.
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Diskografie
12 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Polarization
Julian Priester, Marine Intrusion
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 01.01.1977
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Keep Swingin' (Reissue)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Original Jazz Classics am 11.01.1960
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Remembering The Moment
Mal Waldron, Jim Pepper, David Friesen, Eddie Moore, Julian Priester
Jazz - Erschienen bei Soul Note am 01.01.1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hints On Light and Shadow
Jazz - Erschienen bei Postcards Records am 01.01.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Birth of a City
Klassik - Erschienen bei Big Round Records am 26.07.2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Keep Swingin' (Mono Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Polarization
Julian Priester, Marine Intrusion
Jazz - Erschienen bei ECM Records am 01.01.1977
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live Constructions, Vol. 2
Daniel Carter, David Haney, Adam Lane, Reggie Sylvester, Julian Priester
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Slam Productions am 26.07.2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Keep Swingin'
Jazz - Erschienen bei Classic Music International am 01.01.1960
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spiritsville
Lounge - Erschienen bei Vinyle Numérique am 27.01.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spiritsville (feat. McCoy Tyner)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Ancien Prodige am 27.01.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -