Besides being one of the freshest sounds to come from nashville, it is commercial, listenable, danceable and very enjoyable. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from vassar clements at the discogs marketplace. He has been called the grandfather of jazz violinists and continued playing concerts around the. Stephane grappelli, vassar clements together at last. When the group was forming, it was intended that john hartford would be the fiddle player. Vassar clements was one the united states most versatile fiddle players. Norman blaketut taylorsam bushbutch robins vassar clements david hollandjethro burns selftitled 1975 320kbps 3 months ago t h e. Official website maintained as a memorial for a versatile fiddle player, who combined bluegrass, country and jazz into his own hillbilly jazz. The initial group comprised jerry garcia, david grisman, peter rowan and john kahn. Music profile for vassar clements, born 25 april 1928. Discography merchandise vassar s news seminars and projects millies song photo gallery guestbook vassar s links contact information. Explore releases from the vassar clements band at discogs. Vassar clements is considered one of the worlds finest and most.
Norman blake born march 10, 1938 is a traditional american stringed. Vassar clements and byron berline workshop winterhawk 1992 duration. Vassar clements, american fiddler born april 25, 1928, kinards, s. Clements has been dubbed the father of hillbilly jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions. Recorded on april 2nd 2003 at the grand ole opry house in nashville, tn. Understandably, the form of jazz music created by virtuoso vassar clements is an amalgam of the diverse influences that have touched him throughout his career, but particularly his affinity for the jazz and swing music of his youth. I believe this album is one of a kind with the instrumentation used. Josh graves set, norman blake set, vassar clements set 1974. Uncle jim o neal production 001 lonesome night driver blues rural rhythm rrvc236. Tracks 1 6 were recorded on november 14 andor november 15, 1975 at the beacon theatre in new york. Vassar clements, david grisman, sam bush, norman blake, tut taylor, doug dillard, john cowan, curtis burch i believe johns incredible music should be enjoyed by all forever. Guitarist martin taylor and pedal steel guitarist doug jernigan really work together well on tunes like bluesette. Vassar clements band lonesome fiddle blues youtube. Bluegrass fiddle player vassar clements sits in on two songs glendale train and nadine.
Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the vassar clements band at the discogs marketplace. Sweet dreams and quiet desires the members of the group borderline were jim rooney and the brothers jon and david gershen. Hillbilly jazz is a form of music created by fiddle virtuoso vassar clements. His albums often featured newgrass style music and what clements called hillbilly jazz. He also had a cameo role in robert altmans film nashville in 1975. His phenomenal ability to virtually play any kind of music bluegrass, country, pop, rock, jazz and swing garnered him various awards including five grammy nominations and a track record that involves multitudes of recording performances. Vassar clements along with the del mccoury band on all star bluegrass celevbration ii dvd. In 1974, clements signed a record contract with mercury records, releasing two albums for the label vassar clements and superbow the following year.
Vassar clements biography, albums, streaming links. Tracks 7 10 were recorded on may 17, 1975 at the keystone in berkeley. The carvings and other markings on vassar s fiddle closely resemble a fiddle once owned by prince youssoupov, a distinguished russian amatuer violinist. What you have here is a grateful dead country tribute band that managed to lure the great vassar clements into recording with them. Community center for the performing arts wow hall award best instrumentalist of 1999. It was composed of peter rowan guitar, vocals, vassar clements fiddle, jerry garcia banjo, vocals, david grisman mandolin, vocals, and john kahn string bass. Vassar clements 1928 2005 father of hillbilly jazz. To say that vassar clements is a musicians musician is an understatement. He is the quintessential american musician, being well versed in bluegrass, country, rock, blues, jazz and swing. But just as bill monroe is to bluegrass, elvis presley to rock and roll, and bob wills was to western swing, so will and should be vassar clements to the field of hillbilly jazz. Walur aguiar you are what i am brazil allenward trio. Vassar clements in concert ramblin 810 shanachie records. Vassar carlton clements april 25, 1928 august 16, 2005 was a grammy awardwinning american jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. We feel assured the fiddle was built prior to the 17th century.
The solos between vassar clements and stephan grappelli are different styles but compliment each other. Josh graves set, norman blake set, vassar clements set. There are other recordings by this artist that might be better known, yet this is the title that fans of bluegrass fiddle most often seem to choose as the best by vassar clements. This discography is an attempt to catalog all the recordings including tv shows on which j. Vassar s fiddle is believed to be three hundred or more years old however, this cannot be proved beyond a shadow of doubt. Old melodies emile ford and the checkmates emile ep. There may be many imitators, but vassar clements will always remain the king of hillbilly jazz. Bettss first solo album, highway call, was released in 1974, and featured fiddle player vassar clements.
Their 1972 country countryrock album sweet dreams was recorded at bearsville studio in woodstock and produced. Hillbilly jazz is music that could and should get mass recognition, something the diehard followers have known and declared for years. Other devotees of the 1977 flying fish release, actually recorded the previous year on the day that jimmy carter was elected, go further and proclaim that the albums title signifies more than it was intended to. Rounder c0287 beats me vassar clements westport drive vassar clements come on home jake landers florida blues chubby wise the other end vassar clements rain, rain, rain jake landers ramblin vassar clements rounder. Fiddler richard greene was added shortly after the group formed but dropped out after a couple of months because of other commitments. His modest demeanor and his professional approach to music has made him an idol to many in the entertainment industry. Phil vassar started out writing songs for other artists when record labels wouldnt give him a contract. Albums include let it flow, norman blake tut taylor sam bush butch robins vassar clements david holland jethro burns, and hillbilly jazz. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. One of country musics most historically minded new traditionalists, marty stuart is also one of its more flamboyant showmen, supporting his partyhearty image with a wardrobe of rhinestoneladen nudie suits. His frenzied, jazzinfluenced fiddle playing made him. Vassar clements highquality music downloads 7digital. High quality vassar clements music downloads from 7digital united kingdom.
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