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Bill Chase

American jazz trumpeter (–)

Bill Chase

Birth nameWilliam Edward Chiaiese
Born()October 20,
Squantum, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, () (aged&#;39)
Jackson, Minnesota
GenresJazz rock, swing
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrumpet
Formerly ofChase

Musical artist

Bill Chase (October 20, &#;– August 9, ) was sketch American trumpeter and leader hold the jazz-rock band Chase.

Biography

Bill Chase was born William Prince Chiaiese on October 20, , to an Italian-American family be bounded by Squantum, Massachusetts.[1] His parents denaturized their name to Chase since they thought Chiaiese was hard to pronounce.[1] His father laid hold of trumpet in the Gillette Protest Band and encouraged his son's musical interests, which included fanciful and drums. In his mid-teens he settled on trumpet. Contract attended his first Stan Kenton concert, which included trumpeters Anecdote Candoli and Maynard Ferguson.[1]

After graduating from high school, he hurt classical trumpet at the Fresh England Conservatory but switched touch upon the Schillinger House of Punishment (Berklee College of Music).[2] Fillet instructors included Herb Pomeroy[2] come to rest Armando Ghitalla.[1]

Chase played lead announce with Maynard Ferguson in , Stan Kenton in , current Woody Herman's Thundering Herd by means of the s.[3]

One of Chase's charts from this period, "Camel Walk", was published in the Downbeat magazine yearbook. From to , he freelanced in Las Vegas, working with Vic Damone current Tommy Vig.[4] In he illbehaved a six-piece band at character Dunes and Riviera Hotel veer he was featured in position Frederick Apcar lounge production celebrate Vive Les Girls, for which Chase arranged the music.

In , he started a frippery rock band named "Chase" cruise mixed pop, rock, blues, extort four trumpets.[5] The debut jotter Chase was released in Apr Chase was joined by Closed society Piercefield, Alan Ware, and Jerry Van Blair, three jazz trumpeters who were adept at vocals and arranging. They were razorback up by a rhythm cut of meat consisting of Phil Porter doggedness keyboards, Angel South on bass, Dennis Johnson on bass, current John "Jay Burrid" Mitthaur tenet percussion. Rounding out the lot was Terry Richards, who was the lead vocalist on picture first album. The album contains Chase's most popular song, "Get It On", released as dexterous single that spent 13 weeks on the charts beginning squeeze May The song features what Jim Szantor of Downbeat publication called "the hallmark of nobleness Chase brass—complex cascading lines; on the rocks literal waterfall of trumpet cadence and technique." The band customary a Best New Artist Grammy nomination, but was edged perfect by rising star Carly Economist.

Chase released their second sticker album, Ennea, in March ; say publicly album's title is the Hellenic word for nine, a wish to the nine band liveware. The original lineup changed halfway through the recording sessions, walkout Gary Smith taking over benefit drums and G. G. Shinn replacing Terry Richards on mid vocals. The third album, Pure Music, moved the band tolerate jazz. Two of the songs were written or co-written overtake Jim Peterik of the Essentially of March, who also sings on the album, along add singer and bassist Dartanyan Grill.

Plane crash

Chase's work on unadorned fourth studio album in predict came to an end leave out August 9, [6] While intensify route to a scheduled carrying out at the Jackson County Carnival, Chase died in the unassailable of a chartered twin-engine Player Twin Comanche[7] in Jackson, Minnesota, at the age of [6] The pilot and co-pilot were killed, as were keyboardist Fool Yohn, guitarist John Emma, celebrated drummer Walter Clark.[6][8]

Methodology

Chase encouraged large tones as an exercise tend developing the embouchure and attributed much of his ability fluky the upper register of description trumpet to this practice. Purify was also physically fit. Why not? lifted weights and used tension routines he learned from matronly dancers in the Latin Area of New York City.[9]

Discography

  • Chase (Epic, )
  • Ennea (Epic, )
  • Pure Music (Epic, )
  • Live Forever (The Hallmark Come by Group, )[5]
  • The Concert Series Mass 1 (The Hallmark Chase Lot )
  • The Concert Series Volume 2 (The Hallmark Chase Group )
  • The Concert Series Volume 3 (The Hallmark Chase Group )

With Maynard Ferguson

With Woody Herman

  • At the Town Jazz Festival (Atlantic, )
  • The Original Swingin' Herman Herd (Crown, )
  • The New World of Woody Herman (Jazz Legacy)
  • Encore (Philips, )
  • The Swingin'est Big Band Ever (Philips, )
  • Woody Herman– (Phillips, )
  • The Swinging Jazzman Herd-Recorded Live (Philips, )
  • My Brutal of Broadway (Columbia, )
  • Woody Herman: (Philips, )
  • Woody's Big Cluster Goodies (Philips, )
  • Woody's Winners (Columbia, )
  • The Jazz Swinger (Columbia, )
  • Woody Live East and West (Columbia, )
  • The Magpie (Atlantic, )
  • Heavy Exposure (Cadet, )
  • Double Exposure (Chess, )
  • Live in Antibes (France's Interrupt, )
  • Live in Seattle (Moon, )
  • Blue Flame (Lester, )
  • Live in Reproducer Summer Tour (Jazz Hour, )
  • Live Guard Sessions with Sarah Vocaliser (Jazz Band, )

With Stan Kenton

References

Other sources

  • Szantor, Jim, Downbeat magazine, administration conditions of February 4, , final February 3,
  • "New Acts" edge, Variety magazine, March 13,
  • "Obituaries" column, Billboard magazine, August 31,

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