 Исполнитель: Vic AshНазвание альбома: Clarinet Virtuoso Год выпуска: 1956, Columbia Формат файлов: Mp3, 320 Размер архива: 28 Mb Скачать с: rusfolder
Vic was born in the East End of London, around the corner from Brick Lane, part of a close-knit Jewish community that spawned a number of significant jazz modernists including Ronnie Scott and Harry Klein. His parents, Sarah and Isaac, were of Polish and Lithuanian stock; both were deaf and made their living in the local rag trade.
Although they were far from well-off, Vic looked back on his childhood in Whitechapel as happy and fulfilled, even more so when he joined a nearby youth club and came upon the clarinet. Hearing Benny Goodman’s records proved inspirational, and Vic made rapid progress as a clarinettist, later adding alto and tenor saxophones, taking semi-pro gigs and making something of a splash in jazz circles. He was able to turn fully professional in 1951, with the trumpeter Kenny Baker’s sextet.
By the mid-1950s, Vic was established as Britain’s premier clarinet modernist, regularly recording and winning Melody Maker clarinet polls. He said he was seeking to emulate the cool sound of the US clarinettist Buddy DeFranco, then the first prominent player to move away from Goodman’s dominant style. Vic formed a number of small jazz groups, including his celebrated Jazz Five with Klein, and toured regularly in Britain and in the US. Modern jazz was all the rage in London in the 1950s and he remembered making five separate “guest appearances” in a single evening and being paid five pounds for each, then a small fortune for a night’s work.
Reinventing himself as a big-band saxophonist, Vic worked with Vic Lewis in the later 1950s and was with John Dankworth’s orchestra from 1962 to 1965. A particular highlight from this period was a panic call to join the Ray Charles orchestra in Paris, following the arrest of one of the singer’s saxophonists. Vic was sent over to cover for the missing man and spent two weeks on the road with the band, the first white man to play in the Charles orchestra. Charles seemed to like “the English cat”.
Vic worked as a freelance studio musician from then on, including three rewarding years in Bermuda with a lifelong friend, the drummer Allan Ganley. He made more than 20 tours with Sinatra, covering the UK, Europe and the Middle East. He also accompanied Peggy Lee, Lena Horne and Tony Bennett.
His final long-term association was with the BBC Big Band, playing concerts and broadcasts. Thereafter, Vic settled into active semi-retirement, always supported by Helen, whom he married in 1982 and who survives him.
Side 1
1. Love Me Or Leave Me
2. Good Bait
Side 2
1. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
2. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Side 1 - Vic Ash, clarinet, Eddie Thompson, piano; Bill Sutcliffe, bass; Alan Ganley, drums.
Recorded 3 January, 1955.
Side 2 - As above but Benny Goodman, drums replaces Ganley.
Recorded 20 October, 1955.
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