Pianist Hod O'Brien passed at 80.(November 20 2016)
O'Brien's colorful life in jazz is recounted in a new memoir.
Hod O’Brien was a hard-swinging pianist whose roots went all the way back to boogie-woogie and bebop, and whose musical path crossed over the decades with many notable fellow jazz artists. On this edition of Night Lights we’ll hear him talking about his life and playing with Art Farmer and Donald Byrd, Chet Baker, Roswell Rudd, and Rene Thomas and JR Monterose, as well as some of his own dates as a leader."
BN.
O'Brien's colorful life in jazz is recounted in a new memoir.
Hod O’Brien was a hard-swinging pianist whose roots went all the way back to boogie-woogie and bebop, and whose musical path crossed over the decades with many notable fellow jazz artists. On this edition of Night Lights we’ll hear him talking about his life and playing with Art Farmer and Donald Byrd, Chet Baker, Roswell Rudd, and Rene Thomas and JR Monterose, as well as some of his own dates as a leader."
BN.