Eddie Costa
Eddie Costa emerged from an unlikely background into a heralded -- if too brief -- career in jazz. Born in a rural coal mining town, Costa studied piano with his brother Bill and developed a taste for the swing greats; later, exposure to Bud Powell turned him to bop. Self-taught on vibes, Costa became known as an excellent sight reader, which produced a lot of studio work. On piano, his trademark sound was the emphasis of the middle and lower registers while nearly ignoring the top two octaves. In addition to recording as a sideman with Tal Farlow, Woody Herman, Johnny Smith, the Bob Brookmeyer-Clark Terry Quintet, and Bill Evans, Costa led his own trio and quintet dates. Sadly, most of Costa's recorded output remains unavailable on CD, with the notable exception of the VSOP reissue of his Quintet LP. Costa died when his car careened off of a busy New York parkway in 1962.
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Discography
8 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Guys and Dolls Like Vibes
Jazz - Released by Verve on 1 Jan 1958
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer Quintet. Complete Live Recordings 1962-1965
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 2 Sep 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Eddie Costa Trio Complete Recordings
Jazz - Released by Lone Hill Jazz on 1 Jan 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Complete Trio Recordings
Jazz - Released by Ascension Records on 30 May 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Complete Studio Recordings
Jazz - Released by Lone Hill Jazz on 1 Jan 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Eddie Costa - Vinnie Burke Trio (Mono Version)
Eddie Costa and Vinnie Burke Trio, Eddie Costa, Vinnie Burke, Nick Stabulas
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Complete Quartet Studio Recordings
Jazz - Released by Ascension Records on 6 Oct 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Milestones of Legends Jazz Vibes, Vol. 7
Eddie Costa, The Dave Pike Quartet, Wendell Marshall, Bill Evans, Paul Motian
Jazz - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 18 Mar 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo