Bob Dorough
Although underexposed most of his life, Bob Dorough was an adventurous, risk-taking master of vocalese (the process of writing and singing lyrics to instrumental jazz solos) and scat singing who directly or indirectly influenced Mark Murphy, Michael Franks, Mose Allison, and Kurt Elling. The Arkansas native started out on piano in the 1940s, then took up singing in the early '50s (when he played for boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, an entertainer at the time). From 1954-1955, Dorough lived in Paris, where he recorded with singer Blossom Dearie. The improviser launched his own recording career when he signed with Bethlehem in 1955 and recorded the excellent Devil May Care, which introduced the defiant title song and lyrics to Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite." But sadly, he recorded only sporadically after that. In 1962, Dorough co-wrote "Comin' Home Baby" (a hit for Mel Tormé) with Ben Tucker, and in 1966 he recorded his second album, Just About Everything, for Focus. In the early '70s, he began writing and directing Schoolhouse Rock!, the series of educational children's TV programs. Though instructional material became his bread and butter, Dorough recorded obscure jazz dates for 52 Rue East, Orange Blue, Pinnacle, Bloomdido, Laissez-Faire, and other tiny labels in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1997, a 73-year-old Dorough received some long-overdue attention from a major label when the Capitol-distributed Blue Note released Right on My Way Home. Too Much Coffee Man followed in the spring of 2000. His Sunday brunch residency at New York's Iridium club culminated in 2004's live offering Sunday at Iridium and, at a sprightly 82 years of age, Dorough traveled to England for a series of live dates. The tour culminated in a recording session that spawned the charming Small Day Tomorrow album in 2006. Dorough was still performing and recording into his nineties, with the Enja label releasing the Bob Dorough Trio album But for Now in 2015. He died at his home in Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania in April 2018 at the age of 94.
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Discografía
20 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Devil May Care
Jazz vocal - Editado por Bethlehem Records el 30-09-1956
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Right On My Way Home
Jazz - Editado por Blue Note Records el 01-01-1997
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Who's On First?
Jazz - Editado por Blue Note Records el 01-01-2000
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Too Much Coffee Man
Jazz - Editado por Blue Note Records el 01-01-2000
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Sing and Swing
Jazz - Editado por Red records - Crepuscule edizioni musicali el 01-01-1984
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Eulalia
Be Bop - Editado por Merry Lane Records LLC el 28-01-2014
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Bob Dorough Trio & Special Guests Live at the Deer Head Inn
Jazz - Editado por Deer Head Records el 09-01-2017
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Bob Dorough & Sam Most Quartet: Complete Recordings
Jazz - Editado por Blue Velvet el 08-07-2016
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"Hoagy's Children" In a Celebration of Hoagy Carmichael's Music, Vol. 2
Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough, Dick Sudhalter
Jazz vocal - Editado por Audiophile el 26-08-1994
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Hal Stein – Warren Fitzgerald Quintet
Jazz - Editado por Fresh Sound Records el 17-04-2015
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The Classic Sessions
Jazz - Editado por Progressive el 09-12-2015
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The Houston Branch
Jazz - Editado por DeesBees Records el 01-01-2005
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The Devil's Best Tunes: the Beatnik Scat of Bob Dorough
Jazz contemporáneo - Editado por Fingertips el 29-08-2011
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Bob Dorough: Oliver
Jazz - Editado por Blue Velvet el 08-07-2016
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Bob Dorough: Devil May Care
Jazz - Editado por Blue Velvet el 30-09-1956
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Devil May Care
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por SINETONE AMR el 30-09-1956
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Deluxe Series Volume 11 (Bethlehem Collection) : Devil May Care
Jazz contemporáneo - Editado por SINETONE AMR el 31-03-2016
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