Al Haig

小簡介
Al Haig 被認(rèn)為是與眾不同的bebop爵士樂的先鋒，1969年他被指控謀殺自己的妻子，后被宣判無罪，有證據(jù)證明他妻子曾經(jīng)喝醉從樓梯上墜下身亡。Al Haig終其一生都被人給嚴(yán)重地低估與忽略，他是早期最先將咆勃爵士樂成形并據(jù)為自己風(fēng)格的樂手之一，雖然無法和Bud Powell相比，但在當(dāng)時(shí)的環(huán)境之中， Al Haig可歸為咆勃爵士樂的「一級(jí)戰(zhàn)將」，果決的觸鍵技巧與敏銳的反應(yīng)力，讓他得以成為40年代最受歡迎,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.