Clifford Arthur Edghill Jr.[1] (July 21, 1926 – September 10, 2024) was an American hard bop jazz drummer active in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, appearing on several of the Prestige recordings recorded at the successive Van Gelder Studios, in Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs, including Mal Waldron's debut album, Mal-1 (1956), but especially with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Shirley Scott.
Arthur Edghill | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Clifford Arthur Edghill |
| Born | July 21, 1926 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 10, 2024 (aged 98) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, hard bop |
| Occupation | Drummer |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1948–1970s |
Life and career
editEdghill was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 21, 1926.[2] His first professional work was touring with Mercer Ellington in 1948, and in 1953 he toured with Ben Webster.[3] He played with Kenny Dorham's Jazz Prophets[3] in 1956 and with Gigi Gryce and in 1957-58 toured with Dinah Washington.[1]
He was a member of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' quartet with George Duvivier and/or Wendell Marshall, and Shirley Scott, and appears on several of Scott's recordings, including her debut album, Great Scott! (1958), as well as on Very Saxy (1959), featuring Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, and Arnett Cobb on tenors, an album recorded shortly after Blow Arnett, Blow (1959).
As well as appearing on recordings with the above line-ups, he also played in quartets led by Horace Silver, including one featuring Cecil Payne, in 1954,[4] and at Minton's with Hank Mobley and Doug Watkins, a line-up that also jammed on one occasion with Charlie Parker and Annie Laurie.[5]
Edghill died in Orlando, Florida, on September 10, 2024, at the age of 98.[6]
Discography
editWith Mildred Anderson
- Person to Person (Bluesville, 1960)
With David Amram
- No More Walls (1971)
With Arnett Cobb
- Blow Arnett, Blow (1959)
- Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott, Organ (Roulette, 1958)
- The Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott (Roost, 1958)
- Smokin' (1958)
- The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (1958)
- Jaws (1958)
- The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2 (1958)
- The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (1958)
- Very Saxy (1959)
- Jaws in Orbit (1959)
- Bacalao (1959)
- Moodsville Volume 4 (1960)
- Misty (1963)
With Kenny Dorham
- 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956)
- Kenny Dorham and the Jazz Prophets, Vol. 1 (1956)
With Little Jimmy Scott
- If You Only Knew (1955)
With Shirley Scott
- Great Scott! (1958)
- Scottie (1958)
- Shirley's Sounds (recorded 1958, released 1961)
- Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver (1959)
- Scottie Plays the Duke (1959)
- Soul Searching (1959)
- Moodsville Volume 5 (1960)
- Like Cozy (1960)
- Soul Sister (1960)
- Now's the Time (recorded 1958–1964, released 1967)
- Workin' (1967)
- Stompin' (1967)
With Al Smith
- Hear My Blues (Bluesville, 1959)
With Mal Waldron
- Mal-1 (1956)
References
edit- ^ a b Feather, Leonard G. (1994). "Edghill, Arthur". In Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (Single vol. 1st ed.). London: The Macmillan Press. p. 324. ISBN 0-312-11357-9.
- ^ Feather, Leonard G. (1960) The Encyclopedia of Jazz, p. 189. Horizon Press ISBN 9780818012037 At Google Books. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ a b Eugene Chadbourne. "Arthur Edgehill | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
- ^ Shipton, Alyn (2001) A new history of jazz, p. 672. Continuum At Google Books. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Silver, Horace & Pastras, Philip (2006) Let's get to the nitty gritty: the autobiography of Horace Silver. University of California Press At Google Books. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Clifford Arthur Edghill Jr". Echovita. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External Links
edit- Arthur Edghill discography at Discogs