Al Haig

小简介 Al Haig 被认为是与众不同的bebop爵士乐的先锋，1969年他被指控谋杀自己的妻子，后被宣判无罪，有证据证明他妻子曾经喝醉从楼梯上坠下身亡。Al Haig终其一生都被人给严重地低估与忽略，他是早期最先将咆勃爵士乐成形并据为自己风格的乐手之一，虽然无法和Bud Powell相比，但在当时的环境之中， Al Haig可归为咆勃爵士乐的「一级战将」，果决的触键技巧与敏锐的反应力，让他得以成为40年代最受欢迎,April In Paris 是Ella Fitzgerald早年的作品, One of the finest pianists of the bop era (and one who learned from Bud Powells innovations quite early), Al Haig was quite busy during two periods of his career but unfortunately was pretty obscure in the years between. After serving in the Coast Guard (playing in bands during 1942-1944) and freelancing around Boston, Haig worked steadily with Dizzy Gillespie (1945-1946), Charlie Parker (1948-1950), and Stan Getz (1949-1951); and was on many recordings, mostly as a sideman (including some classic Diz and Bird sessions) but also as a leader for Spotlite, Dawn, and Prestige. However (other than little-known dates in 1954 for Esoteric, Swing, and Period), Haig did not lead any more albums until 1974. He played fairly often during the 1951-1973 period, but was generally overlooked. That changed during his last decade, when he was finally recognized as a bop giant and recorded for Spotlite, Choice, SeaBreeze, Interplay, and several Japanese and European labels.