Russ Freeman | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Russell Donald Freeman |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, United States | May 28, 1926
Died | June 27, 2002 76) Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | (aged
Genres | Bebop, cool jazz |
Occupation(s) | Pianist, composer |
Instrument | Piano |
Formerly of | Art Pepper Shorty Rogers Chet Baker Shelly Manne André Previn |
Russell Donald Freeman (May 28, 1926 – June 27, 2002) was a bebop and cool jazz pianist and composer. [1]
Initially, Freeman was classically trained. His reputation as a jazz pianist grew in the 1940s after working with Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers. He played with Charlie Parker on the 1947 "Home Cooking" jazz session. [2] Numerous collaborations followed in the 1950s with Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, and Art Pepper. These collaborations included the Jazz Immortal LP recorded with Russ Freeman and jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown in 1954, which included leading musicians Brown and Zoot Sims. [3] On the Jazz Immortal LP, Russ Freeman was able to play in a combo that recorded many Clifford Brown compositions. [3] [4]
In 1957, he collaborated with André Previn on the album Double Play! , where they both played piano, accompanied only by Manne on drums.
In 1988, Keith Jarrett performed a version of Freeman's "The Wind" in a solo concert in Paris, which is featured on his album Paris Concert . In 1991, Mariah Carey wrote her own lyrics to "The Wind" for her album Emotions . Freeman had written "The Wind" with original lyrics by Jerry Gladstone; it had been performed as an instrumental piece during the 1950s and 1960s by the likes of Baker, Leo Wright, and Stan Getz, and had been sung by vocalist June Christy (on The Misty Miss Christy ). Freeman's piano is featured on Baker's 1954 recording of "The Wind" (featured on Chet Baker & Strings ). Freeman remained busy in music throughout his life, transitioning from jazz pianist to film scoring and composition before his death in Las Vegas in 2002.
Freeman was married three times. He had a daughter, Paula Kenley Freeman, from his second marriage in 1959, and a son, Sean McCoy, from a relationship in 1958 with jazz pianist Pat Moran. Paula moved from Seattle to live in the Netherlands in 2009, and an interview about her relationship with her father appeared in the May 2009 issue of the European magazine, PianoWereld. Sean is the owner and recording engineer at Oregon Sound Recording studio in Central Point, Oregon.[ citation needed ]
With Chet Baker
With Maynard Ferguson
With Jimmy Giuffre
With Irene Kral
With Shelly Manne
With Jack Montrose
With Art Pepper
With André Previn
With Pete Rugolo
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