Julian Priester

Born: Jun 29, 1935 in Chicago, IL

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Genre: Jazz

Biography: Julian Priester was a versatile and highly advanced trombonist capable of playing hard bop, post-bop, R&B, fusion, or full-on avant-garde jazz; however, he remains under-appreciated due to the paucity of sessions he recorded under his own name. Priester was born in Chicago on June 29, 1935, and started ...Read full biography

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Keep Swingin'

Released: 1960

Label: Fantasy Inc.

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Trombonist Julian Priester sounds very much under the influence of J.J. Johnson during his debut as a leader, a Riverside date reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics series. The repertoire is comprised ...Read full review

Polarization

Released: 1977

Label: ECM

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Julian Priester and his group Marine Intrusion produce sounds that are mostly polarized between gentle Europeanized reflections and probes into the avant-garde, all unified by the soft-focused, airy ECM ...Read full review

More Julian Priester albums: Main Albums (8), Compilations (1)

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