Raul d'Gama Rose, one of the many regular writers for the website
All About Jazz, has recently posted a very
in-depth look at the entire career of trombonist Roswell Rudd, who celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday back in November. The lengthy piece covers all aspects of his career and recorded output, from the early days with Archie Shepp to his more recent recordings with his Trombone Tribe. Here's one of my favorite moments from the article:
Twenty years after he heard the harmonic and rhythmic sleight of hand practiced by The Yardbird, Rudd melded the advancements of bebop into his own playing by connecting the dots between bebop and later re-evaluations of it, by quite literally sifting through Parker's vocabulary that arose from European harmonic theoretical foundations melded together with African modal rhythmic ones. All this, of course swirling around in one heated cauldron that included Rudd's own ability to make the voice of human endeavor come alive through his trombone.
Roswell Rudd was a truly unique voice coming out of the 1960's, and if you aren't familiar with his work, this article is highly likely to peak your interest. Be sure to
read the entire article -- worth every minute spent!
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