Vince De Rosa RIP

[Larry Kart]

LA -based studio horn player who played on many West Coast jazz dates (strikingly on Duane Tatro's "Jazz for Moderns") has passed away at age 101.

[Teasing the Korean]

3 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

LA -based studio horn player who played on many West Coast jazz dates (strikingly on Duane Tatro's "Jazz for Moderns") has passed away at age 101.

Wow.  He is on lots of Mancini albums.  

One of my all-time favorite intense moments in music is the final chord of the Peter Gunn theme.  They hit a major 7 with a sharp 11, and the French Horns - including De Rosa - hit the 13th and slide up an octave, and Jack Sperling plays that final drum fill. It is orgasmic.  

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[Larry Kart]

13 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Wow.  He is on lots of Mancini albums.  

One of my all-time favorite intense moments in music is the final chord of the Peter Gunn theme.  They hit a major 7 with a sharp 11, and the French Horns - including De Rosa - hit the 13th and slide up an octave, and the drummer - either Shelly Manne, Alvin Stoller, or Jack Sperling - plays that final fill. It is orgasmic.  

 

Wow indeed.

Here he is on Tatro's "Minor Incident"  (after Bob Envelodson's  v. tb. solo, written out by Tatro). It's brief but DeRosa's horn call has always stuck in my mind. 

 

[Teasing the Korean]

10 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

Here he is on Tatro's "Minor Incident"  (after Bob Envelodson's  v. tb. solo, written out by Tatro). It's brief but DeRosa's horn call has always stuck in my mind. 

 

Love this album.  Thanks for hipping me to it, Larry! 

[mikeweil]

R.I.P.

One of the reliable players that made so many studio recordings sound special. 

[sgcim]

Another West Coast studio player just passed, the guitarist Bill Pittman. He was 102 years old.

Edited August 15, 2022 by sgcim