The MIAMI JAZZ PARTY, is a private invitational
gathering. It gives people a chance to hear jazz music in an
up-close and intimate setting. Like sitting in your living room
with a group of friends listening to your favorite music. The
music ranges from a solo artist to a more adventuresome combo.
The opportunity to snap your fingers , pat your feet…or get up
and dance are there for you.
These parties are pre-pay and RSVP is required.
If you didn’t receive your invitation, just click on the info
box and let us know you want to get involved!
Seating is limited so first come, first serve.
May 21, 2005
ARTSERVE
1350 EAST SUNRISE BLVD.
FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33304
Phil Strange (Piano)
Chuck Bergeron (Bass)
Larry Marshall (Drums)
James
W "Red" Holloway was born in Helena,
Arkansas on May 31, 1927 to a mother
who played piano and a father who
played violin. At the age of five,
he and his mother moved to Chicago,
where he graduated from DuSable High
School and attended the Conservatory
of Music.
At sixteen and while still in
school, he was hired for his first
professional engagement by bassist
Gene Wright, who later went on to
become a member of the Dave Brubeck
Quartet. Red played with Wright's
Big Band for three years at the
Parkway Ballroom. When Red was
nineteen, he joined the Army, where
he became bandmaster for the U.S.
Fifth Army Band.
After completing his military
service, Red returned to Chicago and
played with Yusef Lateef and Dexter
Gordon, among others. In 1948 he was
asked by blues vocalist Roosevelt
Sykes to join Sykes' U.S. Road Tour.
During this time, other bluesmen
heard him and subsequently hired
him, including Nat "Lotsa Poppa"
Towles, Willie Dixon, Junior Parker,
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Lloyd Price,
John Mayall, and B.B. King. Because
of these associations, Red became
typecast, perhaps unfairly, as
primarily a blues player.
During the Fifties, Red continued
playing in the Chicago area with
such notables as Billie Holiday,
Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Ben
Webster, Jimmy Rushing, Arthur
Prysock, Dakota Station, Eddie "Cleanhead"
Vinson, Wardell Gray, Sonny Rollins,
Red Rodney, Lester Young, Joe
Williams, Redd Foxx, Aretha
Franklin,a nd many others. During
this same period, he also played
road tours with Danny Overbee, Sonny
Stitt, Memphis Slim, Lefty Bates,
and Lionel Hampton.
The public finally became aware of
Red during the Sixties as a result
of his association with organist
"Brother" Jack McDuff. Another
member of this band was guitarist
George Benson. The band was together
from 1963 to 1966 and performed road
tours in the States as well as
concerts in Europe. Red recorded
several albums with McDuff on
Prestige, including the hit single
Rock Candy.
