Jazz
Joe Temperley - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
Alastair Robertson - Producer
Andy Farber - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Dan Nimmer - Piano
James Chirillo - Guitar
John Allred - Trombone
John Webber - Bass, Piano
Leroy Williams - Drums
Ryan Kisor - Trumpet
* Frank Stewart - Photography
* Jim Czak - Engineer
* Jim Hutcheson - Design
* Will Friedwald - Liner Notes
Joe Temperley
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Sep 20, 1929 in Fife, Scotland
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing
Baritonist Joe Temperley is the perfect musician to fill in for Harry Carney during recreations of Duke Ellington's music, a role that has often overshadowed his own fine voice. Temperley actually started on the alto and recorded on tenor with English bands led by Harry Parry (1949), Jack Parnell, Tony Crombie, and Tommy Whittle. He stuck to baritone during a long association with Humphrey Lyttelton's popular band (1958-1965). In 1965, Temperley moved to New York, working with a variety of big bands (including Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, and Clark Terry). In 1974, he became the first replacement for Harry Carney with the Mercer Ellington Orchestra and then freelanced with the who's who of jazz including (starting in 1990) the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis. Temperley has several fine albums out as a leader, most notably for the Scottish Hep label; on the centennial of Ellington's birth, he released 1999's Double Duke.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
