Frank Strozier
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Frank Strozier (born June 13, 1937) is an alto saxophonist renowned for his playing in the hard bop idiom.
Strozier grew up in Memphis Memphis, Tennessee.[1] He recorded with the MJT + 3 from 1959–1960, and led sessions for Vee-Jay Records.
After moving to New York, Strozier was briefly with the Miles Davis Quintet in 1963[1] (between the tenures of Hank Mobley and George Coleman) and also gigged with Roy Haynes.
He relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked with Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, and most notably the Don Ellis big band.[1]
Returning to New York in 1971, Strozier worked with the Jazz Contemporaries, the New York Jazz Repertory Company, Horace Parlan and Woody Shaw, as well others.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] As leader
- 1960: The Fantastic Frank Strozier (Vee Jay) with Booker Little, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb
- 1960: Waltz Of The Demons (Atlantic) with Booker Little, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb
- 1960: Cloudy and Cool (Vee Jay) with Billy Wallace, Bill Lee, Vernel Fournier
- 1961: Long Night (Jazzland)
- 1962: March Of The Siamese Children (Jazzland)
- 1976: Remember Me (SteepleChase Records) with Harold Mabern, Howard Johnson
- 1977: What's Going On (Steeplechase)
[edit] As sideman
- Chet Baker: Baby Breeze (Verve, 1965), with Phil Urso, Kenny Burrell, Bob James, Hal Galper, Michael Fleming, Charlie Rice, Bobby Scott
- Don Ellis Orchestra: Autumn (Columbia, 1968)
- Booker Ervin: Exultation! (Prestige, 1963)
- Louis Hayes: Variety Is the Spice (Gryphon, 1977)
- Roy Haynes: Cymbalism (OJC, 1963)
- Stafford James: The Stafford James Ensemble (Red, 1977)
- MJT + 3: Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 (Vee-Jay, 1959), with Willie Thomas, Harold Mabern, Bob Cranshaw, Walter Perkins
- MJT + 3: Make Everybody Happy (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- MJT + 3: MJT + 3 (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- MJT + 3: Message from Walton Steet (Koch Records, 2000)
- Horace Parlan: Frank-ly Speaking (SteepleChase, 1977)
- The Three Sounds and the Oliver Nelson Orchestra: Coldwater Flat (Blue Note, 1968)
- The Young Lions: The Young Lions (Vee-Jay, 1960) with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Frank Strozier: Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p7625/biography. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
