Steve Hooks & Too Cold - 66 Minutes Of Joy

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 64:12
Size: 147.0 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:59] 1. Blue Wine
[5:52] 2. Cajun Railway
[4:12] 3. Sean
[5:50] 4. Coming Around Again
[5:39] 5. Horn Cases
[5:37] 6. La Banda Loca
[5:36] 7. Berrus
[5:49] 8. Brazilian Love Song
[5:10] 9. Don't Give Up
[4:45] 10. A Song For Angela
[5:16] 11. Kattin' Around
[5:20] 12. Lost Love

At age 5, Steve started piano lessons. At age 9, he started clarinet lessons and played in the school band thereafter. Switched to saxophone in 1962 and played baritone sax in the school big band. Won many awards at the Wisconsin State Music Competition. In 1964, was chosen for the All-West Tennessee Band and the Tennessee State Chorus. After graduation (1964), he went to Memphis State University with a music scholarship but soon dropped out to play professionally full time. From 1964 to 1966,he performed and recorded in the Memphis area during the glory days of the Memphis soul music scene. In 1969, started developing the technique of playing the alto and tenor saxes simultaneously, and has become well known in Germany for this.

Some of the jazz people he has played with along the way in America include Al Aarons, Slyde Hyde, Jimmy Smith, Paul Humphreys, Ray Drummond, "Buddy" Jones, Billy Childs, Ernie Andrews, Johnny Hammond Smith, Moses Armstrong (nephew of Louis), Gary Willis, The Platters, The Drifters, The Ink Spots, Gabor Szabo, Raoul De Souza, John Patitucci, Rita Graham, and others. Some of the jazz people he has played with in Europe include Charly Antolini, Alador Pege, Tony Lakatos, Max Greger Jr., Krzysztof Scieranski, David Gazarov, and others.

66 Minutes Of Joy

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