Hal Singer – Soweto to Harlem (1976/2022) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Hal Singer – Soweto to Harlem (1976/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:54 minutes | 496 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Singer was one of the survivors of the Tulsa massacre in 1921. His mother, with the help of one of her employers, had managed to fly with him to Kansas City; when they returned, their entire neighborhood had burned down.As a child, he learned to play the violin. Later he switched to clarinet and finally to tenor saxophone. While studying in the late 1930s, he began his career in local bands in and around Oklahoma City, such as those of Ernie Fields in 1938 and Lloyd Hunter in 1939. After that, he worked in Kansas City in 1939/40 with Tommy Douglas. In 1943, he became a member of Jay McShann’s orchestra and moved to New York. After working with various other bands, in 1947 he played in the band of Oran “Hot Lips” Page and worked as a session musician for the small record label King. During this time he also made recordings with Roy Eldridge, Don Byas, Red Allen, Lucky Millinder, Sid Catlett and Duke Ellington (1948).

In 1948, he left Page and formed his own formation. He signed a recording contract with the record label Mercury and recorded his first single (“Fine As Wine”). On the B-side was the song “Rock Around the Clock”. For the Savoy label, he recorded the instrumental title “Corn Bread” with Wynton Kelly and Franklin Skeete, among others, which reached number 1 on the Rhythm and Blues charts in September 1948.

As a result, Hal Singer gained his greatest popularity. He had his own formations in the rhythm and blues scene until 1958. A smaller hit was “Beef Stew” in 1949. Other well-known songs by Singer were “Midnight Jump”, “Happy Days”, “Hot Bread”, “Loose Riff”, “Swanee River” and “A Plug for Cliff”.

In the early and mid-1950s, he recorded more records with Mercury, toured with various R&B artists such as the Orioles and Charles Brown, and worked as a session musician. in 1958, he recorded an album for Prestige (Blue Stompin’), which also featured Charlie Shavers, Ray Bryant, Gus Johnson and Wendell Marshall. He also performed at the Metropole Club in New York with jazz musicians such as Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins.

After a tour with Earl “Fatha” Hines, Singer stayed in France in 1965 and settled near Paris. He continued to record and tour through Europe and Africa, playing with various bands, such as Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, T-Bone Walker, Lonnie Johnson, Charlie Watts, the Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Mojo Blues Band, in England with Mike Carr and the trio of John Cox, and in Germany with Charly Antolini. in 1990, he had a film role in Taxi Blues, in which he plays a jazz musician. in 1992, he received the Chevalier des Arts award from the French government. In 1995, Singer was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.

Tracklist:

1-1. Hal Singer – Soweto to Harlem (08:24)
1-2. Hal Singer – Blues After Six (07:11)
1-3. Hal Singer – The Gospel (05:51)
1-4. Hal Singer – Always Blues (07:12)
1-5. Hal Singer – Deacon Johnson (08:22)
1-6. Hal Singer – Deacon Johnson (Alternate Version) (07:54)

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