Great job, Marc. BTW, there's an extremely rare Thad Jones quartet LP, "You Made Me Love You," recorded during a 1975 big band tour of Japan--Thad, Mel, Gregory, and George Mraz.
On "Ain't Nothin' New," the first tenor solo is by Michael Brecker, the second by Gregory.
Gregory told me that the quintet album he did with Chet Baker was his favorite of the small group records that he made.
Gregory and another great saxophonist, Pat La Barbera, both gave me encouragement about becoming a professional musician at a time when I needed it.
Gregory was also a great ballad player. Here's a 1972 feature on "Summer of '42" with Woody Herman (arranged by Alan Broadbent). I heard him do it live--it was a life-changing experience.
Awesome article on an incredible musician, Gregory Herbert. I first heard about Mr. Herbert from Bill Kirchner when he raved about him in his music history courses at The New School. I have been a fan ever since.
In my research of another musician who lived in Philadelphia, I interviewed a man who knew Gregrory Herbert in high school at West Philly High. He was a local legend even as a young teenager playing saxophone in the West Philly High School Band.
Here he is in 1962 in the West Philly High yearbook:
As Peter wrote: "Another reason why I subscribe", I feel the very same way. I'll go one step further: A day without JazzWax is a lost day. 😉
Honestly, I never heard of Gregory Herbert before. But after these great posts from Bill, Peter and you, Marc, I feel very good informed about this interesting musician. Especially the Down Beat article from Bill is most interesting.
I wasn’t aware that Herbert left behind so many sideman recording. Thank you for your research! Another reason why I subscribe. It was also nice to hear Gregory in his own words through Bill’s fine article. His insightful comments about Woody Herman rang true. Hard to believe at the time that piece was published, he had 6 months to live. Gregory was a special player who expanded the range of the tenor. Thank you for honoring him.
Great job, Marc. BTW, there's an extremely rare Thad Jones quartet LP, "You Made Me Love You," recorded during a 1975 big band tour of Japan--Thad, Mel, Gregory, and George Mraz.
On "Ain't Nothin' New," the first tenor solo is by Michael Brecker, the second by Gregory.
Gregory told me that the quintet album he did with Chet Baker was his favorite of the small group records that he made.
Gregory and another great saxophonist, Pat La Barbera, both gave me encouragement about becoming a professional musician at a time when I needed it.
Gregory was also a great ballad player. Here's a 1972 feature on "Summer of '42" with Woody Herman (arranged by Alan Broadbent). I heard him do it live--it was a life-changing experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNDXWT6sdok&list=RDYNDXWT6sdok&start_radio=1
Awesome article on an incredible musician, Gregory Herbert. I first heard about Mr. Herbert from Bill Kirchner when he raved about him in his music history courses at The New School. I have been a fan ever since.
In my research of another musician who lived in Philadelphia, I interviewed a man who knew Gregrory Herbert in high school at West Philly High. He was a local legend even as a young teenager playing saxophone in the West Philly High School Band.
Here he is in 1962 in the West Philly High yearbook:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17blPOziJUC2d4WP3ya1lIke1IdQKoy1g/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oKZowZSj_FMg6e9PdBsjlVgkj9quKhDP/view?usp=drive_link
As Peter wrote: "Another reason why I subscribe", I feel the very same way. I'll go one step further: A day without JazzWax is a lost day. 😉
Honestly, I never heard of Gregory Herbert before. But after these great posts from Bill, Peter and you, Marc, I feel very good informed about this interesting musician. Especially the Down Beat article from Bill is most interesting.
I wasn’t aware that Herbert left behind so many sideman recording. Thank you for your research! Another reason why I subscribe. It was also nice to hear Gregory in his own words through Bill’s fine article. His insightful comments about Woody Herman rang true. Hard to believe at the time that piece was published, he had 6 months to live. Gregory was a special player who expanded the range of the tenor. Thank you for honoring him.
And thanks for helping to get the ball rolling on Gregory, Peter. Happy Holidays, and if you're traveling, please be safe.