HAL RUSSELL / NRG ENSEMBLE
Avant-Garde Jazz / Eclectic Fusion • United States
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RUSSELL, Hal
(b 28 August 1926, Detroit MI; d 5 September 1992, Chicago) Composer, multi-instrumentalist, leader of NRG Ensemble. He moved to Chicago as a teenager, majored in trumpet at the U. of Illinois, though his primary instruments were drums and vibes. He played with Woody Herman and Boyd Raeburn in the 1940s, sat in with Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman small groups, played with Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins etc in Chicago clubs, and in a band led by Joe Daley (tenor sax; b 30 July 1918, Salem OH; d 5 March 1994, Los Angeles); was involved with drugs, fired for nodding out, cleaned up, turned to free-form jazz early '60s and rejoined Daley in a trio with composer/bassist Russell Thorne (Joe Daley Trio At Newport '63 on RCA. Daley never achieved fame or fortune, but never stopped playing, either: he had a day job in the mid-1950s playing on
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EFTSOONS
Avant-Garde Jazz
1984
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Elixir
Avant-Garde Jazz
2001
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