Richie Kamuca
An excellent cool-toned tenor who found his own voice in the Lester Young-influenced Four Brothers sound, Richie Kamuca tended to be overshadowed by those who came first (such as Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, and Al Cohn) but musicians knew how good he was. Kamuca was a soloist with the orchestras of Stan Kenton (1952-1953) and Woody Herman (1954-1956), and then worked steadily on the West Coast with such groups as those led by Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson, the Lighthouse All-Stars (1957-1958), Shorty Rogers, and Shelly Manne (1959-1961). He recorded one album apiece as a leader for Liberty, Mode, and Hi Fi (1956-1957); the latter two have been reissued by V.S.O.P. Moving to New York in 1962, Kamuca worked with Gerry Mulligan, Gary McFarland, and Roy Eldridge (1966-1971), but was fairly obscure. In 1972, he moved back to Los Angeles to work in the studios, but he also played jazz locally with small groups and with Bill Berry's L.A. Big Band. In his later years (1977) before his death from cancer (the day before his 47th birthday), Richie Kamuca recorded three wonderful albums for Concord.
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15 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Primitive Cats
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz City Series le 21 nov. 2006
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Jazz Dog Collection (Original Recordings)
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz Dog Records le 22 mai 2020
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West Coast Jazz in Hifi
Jazz - Paru chez Trigger Records le 19 févr. 2010
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Just Friends (Album of 1957)
Bill Perkins, Art Pepper, Richie Kamuca
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz Classics le 29 avr. 2023
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Cohn/Perkins/Kamuca - The Brothers! (Expanded Edition)
Al Cohn, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca
Jazz - Paru chez RCA - Legacy le 20 janv. 1956
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Jazz Erotica
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez HIFI Records le 19 janv. 2010
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Just Friends
Bill Perkins, Art Pepper, Richie Kamuca
Jazz - Paru chez Music Manager le 1 janv. 1957
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The Brothers! (Bonus Track Version)
Al Cohn, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz Musts le 1 janv. 1956
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West Coast Jazz in Hifi
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez HIFI Records le 19 févr. 2010
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Tenors Head-On
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez Music Manager le 9 août 2021
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Jazz Erotica (Original Album)
Jazz - Paru chez J For Jazz Records le 3 mars 2017
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Jazz Dog Collection
Jazz - Paru chez Jazz Dog Records le 22 mai 2020
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Jazz Erotica (Original Album)
Jazz - Paru chez Sector Records le 3 mars 2017
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Richie Kamuca & Bill Holman: West Coast Jazz
Jazz - Paru chez Blue Velvet le 19 sept. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo