Pete Christlieb
Pete Christlieb is probably one the world's most famous anonymous tenor saxophonists. For years, he played jazz tenor in Doc Severinsen & the Tonight Show Band. His big, beefy sound and aggressive solos were heard mostly in brief snippets as the show came out of commercials, unfortunately denying the American public a chance to hear a very fine saxophonist improvise at length. Though he's done good work elsewhere over the years, Christlieb's biggest claim to fame away from Severinsen and The Tonight Show is a Warner Bros. album he recorded in 1978 with fellow tenorist Warne Marsh. Apogee is one of the most compelling straight-ahead jazz albums of the '70s. Christlieb's cocky, rhythmically assured style contrasts effectively with Marsh's looser, more querulous manner. The record's overall air of curious abandon foretold (somewhat wrongly, as it turned out) a bright future for mainstream acoustic jazz in the coming decade.
Christlieb was born into a musical family. He began playing the violin at seven, and tenor sax at 13. After playing with a variety of L.A.-based bands in the early '60s, including those led by Chet Baker, Woody Herman, and Sy Zentner, Christlieb joined drummer Louie Bellson's band in 1967, with which he would continue to play into the '80s. His first record as leader was Jazz City, an LP released in 1971. The tenorist started his own label, Bosco Records, in 1981; Bosco would issue small-group albums by Christlieb, as well as records by Bellson and Bob Florence. Christlieb has long been in demand as a studio player; he's played innumerable sessions of every type. Other prominent jazz figures with whom he's played include Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Quincy Jones, and Sarah Vaughan. He has appeared on a number of recordings into the 21st century, often in collaborative settings, including: Late Night Jazz with Charles Harris and Jim Hughart (2001); Reunion with the late Hadley Caliman, with whom Christlieb had played at L.A. clubs in the early '60s (2010); and Good Bait, a live date with Dutch tenorist Ferdinand Povel recorded at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam (2011).
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6 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Kolke + Christlieb: Trio Plus One - Live at Boxley's
Danny Kolke Trio, Pete Christlieb
Jazz - Paru chez Pony Boy Records le 1 juil. 2014
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Late Night
Jazz - Paru chez Kind of Blue Records le 15 janv. 2014
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The Lost Bill Holman Charts
Jazz - Paru chez Mama Records le 4 sept. 2007
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Somebody loves me
Frank Strazzeri and His Woodwinds West, Jack Nimitz, Bill Perkins, Dave Stone, Paul Kreibich, Pete Christlieb
Jazz - Paru chez Fresh Sound Records le 18 févr. 1994
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Reunion
Hadley Caliman, Pete Christlieb
Jazz - Paru chez Origin Records le 17 août 2010
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Good Bait - Live at the Bimhuis Amsterdam (Live)
Ferdinand Povel, Pete Christlieb, Rein de Graaff Trio
Jazz - Paru chez Timeless Records le 14 juin 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo