Artist: Jon Faddis
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis
Year: 2000
Tracks: 6
Into the Faddisphere
Year: 1989
Tracks: 8
When Jon Faddis burst on the wind scene as a adolescent, observers were astonished by his technique and his ability to sound like an very twin of Dizzy Gillespie (whose complex vogue had never been successfully duplicated ahead). After a geological period, he was typecast as a Dizzy imitator just Faddis' singular range (hit higher notes than Gillespie ever so could) and the gradual exploitation of his individual sound have helped him overcome the early fault. In fact, Faddis can buoy now likewise imitate Roy Eldridge and Louis Armstrong quite an well, likewise. Gillespie was perpetually Faddis' idol, from the time he started playing trumpet at age eight. After moving to New York in the other '70s, Faddis played with Lionel Hampton and Charles Mingus (guesting on a recorded concert with the bassist when Roy Eldridge became ill) and then recorded two far-famed albums for Pablo including a twosome session with Oscar Peterson. After playing a spot with Gillespie (their charles Herbert Best encounters in the mid-'70s were unfortunately not recorded), Faddis seemed to disappear, protruding to studio apartment work and playing first trumpet with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. After re-emerging in the mid-'80s, Faddis recorded for Concord and Epic and in 1993 became the musical director of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra. He released Teranga on Koch in 2006.
Dimitris Papadimitriou
