In the collection
8 records
A Night At The “Village Vanguard”
Sonny Rollins, 1957
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, 1959
Takin’ Off
Herbie Hancock, 1962
Seven Steps To Heaven
Miles Davis, 1963
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday, 1972
CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl Live One
CTI All-Stars, 1977
CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl Live Three
CTI All-Stars, 1977
CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl Live Two
CTI All-Stars, 1977
Played with
Ron Carter
4 records together
Freddie Hubbard
4 records together
CTI All-Stars
3 records together
Alfred Lion
3 records together
Jack DeJohnette
3 records together
Hubert Laws
3 records together
George Benson
3 records together
Bob James
3 records together
Eumir Deodato
3 records together
Johnny Hammond
3 records together
Rick Holmes
3 records together
Airto Moreira
3 records together
About
British-born jazz pianist, composer, author, critic and producer.
Born September 13, 1914 in London, England
Died September 22, 1994 in Sherman Oaks, CA., USA.
After studying piano and clarinet at St. Paul’s School and University College, London, he embarked on a career as a jazz performer and songwriter. He moved to New York City in 1939. He compiled “The New Encyclopedia of Jazz”, later volumes on jazz in the 1950s and 1960s; the work eventually become “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz” (1999, with ), who had assisted on the earlier volumes). Feather was co-editor of “Metronome” magazine, associate editor for “DownBeat” (creating its Blindfold Test feature) and chief jazz critic for the “Los Angeles Times”, having settled in the city in 1960, a post he retained until his death. For several decades, Feather was the most widely read writer on jazz.
Married to and father of .