Hal Galper | |
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Born | Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. | April 18, 1938
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Piano |
Website | www |
Harold Galper (born April 18, 1938) [1] is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and writer.
He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. [2] Galper studied classical piano as a boy, but switched to jazz which he studied at the Berklee College of Music from 1955 to 1958. [1] He hung out at Herb Pomeroy's club, the Stable, hearing local Boston musicians such as Jaki Byard, Alan Dawson and Sam Rivers. Galper started sitting in and became the house pianist at the Stable and later on, at Connelly's and Lenny's on the Turnpike. [2] He went on to work in Pomeroy's band.
Later on he worked with Chet Baker and Stan Getz and accompanied vocalists Joe Williams, Anita O'Day, and Chris Connor. [2]
Between 1973 and 1975, Galper played in the Cannonball Adderley Quintet replacing George Duke. [2] He performed in New York and Chicago jazz clubs in the late 1970s. Around this time, Galper recorded several times with guitarist John Scofield for the Enja label. [2]
For 10 years (1980–1990) he was a member of Phil Woods's quintet. [1]
Galper left the Woods group in August 1990 to start touring and recording with his new trio with Steve Ellington on drums and Jeff Johnson on bass. From 1990 to 1999, his group was on the road six months a year.
Galper is internationally known as an educator. His theoretical and practical articles have appeared in six of Down Beat editions. His scholarly article on the psychology of stage fright, originally published in the Jazz Educators Journal, has subsequently been reprinted in four other publications.
He is on the faculty of Purchase College and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. [2]
Recorded | Released | Title | Label | Personnel |
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1971 | 1971 | The Guerilla Band | Mainstream | Randy Brecker (trumpet, electric trumpet, flugelhorn), Michael Brecker (tenor sax, soprano sax), Bob Mann (electric guitar), Victor Gaskin (bass guitar), Charles Alias and Steve Haas (drums) |
1971? | 1972 | Wild Bird | Mainstream | Randy Brecker (trumpet, electric trumpet), Michael Brecker (tenor sax, soprano sax), Jonathan Graham (electric guitar), Bob Mann (electric guitar), Victor Gaskin and Charles LaChappelle (double bass, bass guitar), Bill Goodwin (drums), Billy Hart (drums) |
1972? | 1973 | Inner Journey | Mainstream | Dave Holland (double bass), Bill Goodwin (drums) |
1975 | 1976 | Windows | SteepleChase | Lee Konitz (alto sax) |
1977? | 1977 | Now Hear This | Enja | Terumasa Hino (trumpet), Cecil McBee (bass), Tony Williams (drums) |
1976 | 1977 | Reach Out! | SteepleChase | Randy Brecker (trumpet), Michael Brecker (tenor sax, flute), Wayne Dockery (bass), Billy Hart (drums) |
1978? | 1979 | Speak with a Single Voice | Century | Randy Brecker (trumpet), Michael Brecker (tenor sax, flute), Wayne Dockery (bass), Bob Moses (drums) |
1980 | Ivory Forest | Enja | ||
1987 | Dreamsville | Enja | ||
1987 | Naturally | Blackhawk | ||
1989 | Portrait | Concord Jazz | ||
1991 | Invitation to a Concert | Concord | ||
1978? | 1991 | Redux '78 | Concord Jazz | |
1993 | Tippin' | Concord Jazz | ||
1994 | Live at Vartan Jazz | Vartan Jazz | ||
1994 | Just Us | Enja | Jerry Bergonzi | |
1995 | Rebob | Enja | Jerry Bergonzi | |
1991 | 1991 | Live at Port Townsend '91 | Double-Time | Todd Coolman (bass), Steve Ellington (drums) |
1999 | 1999 | Let's Call This That | Double-Time | Tim Hagans (trumpet), Jerry Bergonzi (tenor sax), Jeff Johnson (bass), Steve Ellington (drums) |
2006 | 2006 | Agents of Change | Fabola | Tony Marino (bass), Billy Mintz (drums) |
2006 | 2007 | Furious Rubato | Origin | Jeff Johnson (bass), John Bishop (drums) |
2008 | 2009 | Art-Work | Origin | Reggie Workman (bass), Rashied Ali (drums) |
2009 | 2010 | E Pluribus Unum | Origin | Jeff Johnson (bass), John Bishop (drums) |
2011 | 2011 | Trip the Light Fantastic | Origin | Jeff Johnson (bass), John Bishop (drums) |
2012 | 2012 | Airegin Revisited | Origin | Jeff Johnson (bass), John Bishop (drums) |
2016 | 2018 | Cubist | Origin | Jerry Bergonzi (tenor sax), Jeff Johnson (bass), John Bishop (drums) |
1990 | – | Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Six | Concord | |
With Cannonball Adderley
With Nat Adderley
With Franco Ambrosetti
With Chet Baker
With Randy Brecker
With Tom Harrell
With Sam Rivers
With John Scofield
With Phil Woods
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