Chuck Nessa Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 https://www.buffalorising.com/2020/06/the-short-and-curious-life-of-wade-legge/?fbclid=IwAR1D0_54j0VFlVzcK9G6NlDOhMxcD8lCCJUyx5LHZWnn3IfrSrASFWtjMak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Always a name that intrigues, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 The funny thing is, I know Wade Legge but not Al Tinney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I don't think "funny" I think predictable. Maybe in Buffalo Tinney is still remembered, in the larger scheme of jazz history? Legge has him beat easy unless the measure is longevity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 The piece was written for a local Buffalo publication. The name Tinney still resonates here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Thanks Chuck. It is always interesting to me to discover why certain very good jazz musicians disappeared from the scene. This inspires me to pull out the recording I have by Wade Legge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 A rather short and curious article! We've discussed Legge around these parts before, iirc... I need to revisit that trio album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 What were Legge's health issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) Anybody seriously interested in the "Swing to Bop" transitional years (including the seminal live recordings caught on wire by Jerry Newman and essential in this context) will at least have heard of Allen "Pee Wee" Tinney. Pee Wee actually was his brother but that's how Allen appeared on some lineups. At any rate, Allen Tinney does have a Wikipedia entry, and his presence in the Jive Bombers vocal group of the 50s did bring him into the studios with Kenny Burrell and Leonard Gaskin. And those who happened to see the Cry Baby movie feat. Johnny Depp will have heard Allen Tinney supplyng backing vocals and playing piano in the Jive Bombers' hit "Bad Boy". Edited June 23, 2020 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 3 hours ago, JSngry said: What were Legge's health issues? He died of a bleeding stomach ulcer. Very sad that he died so young. He was a swinging player with very clear ideas.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I read about the ulcer, but that ws a bit after he came back hoe, right? Just wondering if he had an ongoing illness of some sort that forced him off the road. I always enjoyed his playing, almost as much as I enjoyed his name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesp Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 What is the correct pronunciation of "Legge"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I checked recently and found something that said it was LEG (like an arm and a leg). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) what a brilliant pianist. A little wild and crazy. I wish I'd asked Bill Triglia about him. Btw there's a terrific interview with Tinney in some old issue of Cadence. Edited June 24, 2020 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) I bought an Al Tinney CD, co-led by his girlfriend, vocalist Peggy Farrell, years ago after a pre-concert talk about him in Buffalo. The presentation featured snippets of his music as well, which may have been unreleased. Here is a link to an article about the couple around the time of the album's release. The article refers to another album they did together in the '80s. Regarding Wade Legge, I enjoy what little I've heard of him but have never heard his work as a leader. I haven't listened closely enough to the piano on the excellent Shafi Hadi session (speaking of relatively obscure, impressive Mingus sidemen!) to even hazard a guess at whether it is Wynton Kelly or Legge. It is a shame that the recording details are so hazy. Edited June 24, 2020 by Justin V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkins Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 His trio sessions were re-issued by Fresh Sound Records in 2016: https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/wade-legge-albums/6418-wade-legge-trio-.html The CD is available on some streaming services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Here ya' go; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 (edited) On 8/31/2024 at 5:04 AM, JSngry said: Here ya' go; https://www.discogs.com/release/19030078-Dizzy-Gillespie-Quintet-Joe-Carroll-Sarah-Vaughan-Wade-Legge-Trio-Dizzy-Gillespie-Dizzy-Digs-Paris-C That Paris trio session was originally released on Vogue & Blue Note 10" LPs - Earlier that same month (Feb 53) the trio recorded 4 tracks for Modern with Lars Gullin (two have made it to CD) https://www.discogs.com/master/1057741-Wade-Legge-Trio-Wade-Legge-Trio https://www.discogs.com/release/14544802-Lars-Gullin-All-The-Things-You-Are-The-Squirrel Edited September 1 by romualdo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted Tuesday at 04:39 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 04:39 AM Is it possible that he is the pianist on "Sonny Rollins Plays for Bird"? I doubt I have other sources. I saw a pic of him I think in a Dizzy book, it seems that he was in one of those kind of reunion bands, I mean in the 50´s . Maybe those ONU world tours in the mid fifties. I must admit that my Diz-Discography, like other discographies has complete holes in it. Diz in the 50´s after Massey is missing, I may have one Diz CD from the 60´s with Lalo Schifrin, that my wife bought for me, so I have much 40´s Diz and some late 70/s early 80´s Diz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted Tuesday at 04:46 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 04:46 AM 6 minutes ago, Gheorghe said: Is it possible that he is the pianist on "Sonny Rollins Plays for Bird"? Yes he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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