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The best vibraphonist you've NEVER heard!
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- If you've never heard of Charlie Calzaretta, you're not alone! Let's learn some more about him.
Link to a full analysis of his solo on "Blue Lou": • Vibes Solo Analysis: '...
Charlie Calzaretta (1921-1986) was a Chicago area vibraphonist who recorded with the Art Van Damme quintet in the 1940s and 1950s. I love discovering musicians like this - he was clearly a total pro and could swing with anyone. It's kind of a shame that he never recorded anything under his own name, but at least we have the recordings he did make. It's worth a rabbit hole for sure.
Here is the link to the 1951 'David Garroway At Large' clip: • art van damme-show in ...
Here is 'Blue Lou', recorded with Art Van Damme in 1953: • The Art Van Damme Quin...
Do you agree with my analysis of his style? Let me know in the comments! Let me know of other unsung vibes heroes as well!
Thanks as always for watching.
-Tim
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0:00 Why is he unknown?
1:20 Charlie’s career
2:08 1951 Live Performance
2:56 Solo on Blue Lou
3:29 Solo Analysis
Thank you Tim for producing this stuff, most appreciated. Looking forward to see and hear you in June in Unterfahrt Jazz-Club Munich. Sorry, I can not make it to NY ;-).
And here I thought that Terry Gibbs was the pinnacle of the "lost" vibraphonists. Thanks for expanding my personal musical horizon. Danke Schoen!
GREAT TIM THANK YOU
This guy is shredding hahah! thanks for the discovery Tim
That's a great finding, awesome. Tim doing a great job as vibraphone archeologist!
Calzaretta is on it! Some of his solos remind me of Godfrey Hirsch's who both were self-taught. Godfrey played with Louie Prima as well as Pete Fountain.
Awesome 👏
hi Tim i am Italian vibraphonist , i would love to see in your NEXT VIDEO " Taddy Charles" he 's a vibraphonist i' listening to a lot....., Thanks for everything you do Mr. TIM COLLINS.........thanks
I used to play drums with Teddy Charles in Long Island. I also studied with him on vibraphone. Great player but as we say, quite of a "son of a gun." He at one point owned a large schooner that he used to take tourists out in Greenport, N.Y.
Yeah I actually have him in mind- didn’t he quit playing and just captain a ship in the Caribbean for 30 years or so? I have a couple of his records. Cool stuff.
Yes, exactly. A fan of his (and jazz player) happened to be in Caribbean and went on one of his cruises and suddenly asked, are you the Teddy Charles the vibraphonist? I spent a lot of time with him, very smart guy. By the way Tim, I have bought your book and love your videos. I am mainly a drummer but studied classical marimba at Oberlin and am relearning the vibes (Musser grip). @@TimCollinsVibes
truly honored!!!! have you played with Taddy????? really crazy.... did you know that David Friedman studied arrangement and composition whit him??? I love Charles and the story of the old sea dog perhaps explains his way of playing as free as the waves @@andrewcollier9167
So let s wait for your next videos Tim.......thank you for everything, you are a good person thank you @@TimCollinsVibes
🎉u always have the koolest videos with the transcriptions 🎉 thank you so much for sharing this hope you are well God loves you deeply shalom 🤗🐼♥️✝️💐 Philippians 4:8
Great! Do you know Manfred Burzlaff? He was a Berlin based Vibraphonist.🎼🎶
No! Will check him out.
Great video.
Yeah, it’s great! Some of those fast triplets look really hard on the vibes
My friend Tomas Galliano is Richard’s son. He plays and lives in Paris now.
Cool😎
That was really good!! Is there any way you could show the vibes solo from "The Cantina Band" track on the 1977 (I think) Meco album 'Star Wars and other Galactic Funk' - That solo inspired me to pay vibes - Thanks Tim!
Don’t know that one, I’ll have to check it out.
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Two pearls about him and the Van Damme group.
had to tell from that short snippet, what year was it recorded?
I thought he was very Lionel Hampton with the exception of the phrase you pointed out. Definitely a great player.
1953
@@TimCollinsVibes So he would have heard the early bebopers by then I guess.
Just think how many other great players there were who never got recorded much but were as good as those that did.
@@axeman2638 That's why I enjoy making these videos - there are more than we realize!