Larry Vuckovich

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Dexter's Mode (Larry Vuckovich original featuring a harmonic format reminiscent of Dexter Gordon's) 05:56 Tools
Flamingo (This is an authentic lyrical bolero.) 06:14 Tools
I'll Wait And Pray 04:15 Tools
The Man I Love (reminiscent of 1946 landmark session of Nat Cole, Lester Young, Buddy Rich trio) 05:42 Tools
Short Indigo (Jon Hendricks wrote and sang lyrics inspired by soulful, inventive Shorty Baker trumpet solo on "Mood Indigo" chord changes.) 04:23 Tools
Soultrane 04:30 Tools
Historia De Un Amor 05:55 Tools
Cast Your Fate To The Wind 04:09 Tools
Scandinavian Waltz 04:15 Tools
I Want To Be Happy 05:33 Tools
As Time Goes By Mambo 04:36 Tools
Bouncing With Bud 04:10 Tools
As Time Goes By Mambo (Larry Vuckovich's unique mambo interpretation of this romantic ballad from the film classic "Casablanca") 04:41 Tools
Mediterranean Nights 03:53 Tools
The Lady's in Love With You 04:44 Tools
Changes 03:51 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody 04:30 Tools
I'll Walk Alone 04:15 Tools
Besame Macho 07:10 Tools
After Hours 04:08 Tools
I'll Wait And Pray (bebop era ballad recorded by John Coltrane and Sarah Vaughan) 04:49 Tools
What Will I Tell My Heart? 07:16 Tools
Serenade In Blue 05:56 Tools
Lolita 00:30 Tools
Street Scene (Music Director Alfred Newman's movie theme from several 20th Century Fox film noir classics) 06:41 Tools
Somethin' Special 07:10 Tools
The Man I Love 05:43 Tools
View from Telegraph Hill 06:44 Tools
Do You Call That A Buddy? (John Hendricks sings with ensemble reminiscent of the Duke's small groups, featuring former Ellington trumpeter Allen Smith.) 06:14 Tools
In Your Own Sweet Way (reminiscent of Tommy Flanagan-Wes Montgomery recording.) 06:13 Tools
Motherless Child/ O Javore (Serbian folk song juxtaposed with an African-American gospel lament to show a similar minor mode.) 03:54 Tools
Lester's Minor Blues 06:08 Tools
Ornithology 05:42 Tools
O Javore (reissue: of "O Javore" (Maple Forest), a Serbian folk tune.) 03:09 Tools
Belgrade Blues (reissue: Larry Vuckovich original minor blues over Middle Eastern scales and motifs recalls Horace Silver's "Senor Blues.") 07:16 Tools
How Insensitive 06:06 Tools
Why Not 05:47 Tools
Blue Balkan 08:47 Tools
Come Rain or Come Shine 07:04 Tools
Oh, You Crazy Moon (inspired by vibist Cal Tjader's bolero interpretations of American standards) 05:01 Tools
Serbo Samba (new original: Larry Vuckovich's Balkan-influenced melody set to a samba rhythm) 05:49 Tools
Come Rain Or Come Shine (inspired by recordings of Sonny Clark and John Coltrane, also the Kenny Drew trio) 07:03 Tools
Blue And Sentimental 00:00 Tools
Ah, Se Eu Pudesse (Ah, If I Could) 07:01 Tools
Dr. Herb's Herbs 05:45 Tools
Ornithology (Charlie Parker classic bebop anthem based on "How High the Moon" chord changes) 05:41 Tools
Street Scene 06:43 Tools
Kiss And Run 06:48 Tools
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid 05:33 Tools
It Could Happen To You (inspired by Erroll Garner's sweeping, soulful, romantic piano style) 05:18 Tools
Impressions (recalls John Coltrane's importance in introducing and shaping modal concept and sound in jazz.) 06:34 Tools
News For Lulu (rarely recorded Sonny Clark bebop classic inspired by LP, later CD, "Sonny's Crib" featuring Sonny Clark with John Coltrane) 06:05 Tools
Sometimes I'm Happy (reminiscent of Lester Young's first quartet recording in 1943) 06:05 Tools
Sweet Lorraine 04:24 Tools
You've Changed 07:53 Tools
News For Lulu 01:46 Tools
Scandinavian Waltz (Larry Vuckovich original inspired by the beautiful Scandinavian jazz scene and musicians) 06:29 Tools
We Three Kings of Orient Are 08:50 Tools
Blue Balkan (reissue: Larry Vuckovich original mixes Balkan folk with African-American music that expresses a Bartokian harmonic movement.) 04:01 Tools
Bye Bye Blackbird (Jon Hendricks sings Miles Davis' muted trumpet sound.) 06:53 Tools
It Could Happen To You 05:19 Tools
Blue in Green 04:02 Tools
Blue In Green (impressionistic influences of Bill Evans' recordings of this song) 04:01 Tools
Pannonica 03:36 Tools
After Hours (reissue: inspired by Ray Bryant's version, Larry Vuckovich played it nightly in Jon Hendricks' "Evolution of the Blues" show.) 04:01 Tools
Loving Linda 05:11 Tools
Serbo Salsa (Larry Vuckovich original features a down-home Balkan theme that grooves naturally with Latin salsa.) 08:15 Tools
Cheese Cake 09:08 Tools
Locomotion 07:56 Tools
Blue And Sentimental (reminiscent of Herschel Evans on tenor and Lester Young on clarinet on the 1938 Basie recording of this Basie original) 07:56 Tools
Jumpin' At The Woodside (reminiscent of 1938 Count Basie recording with Lester Young and Herschel Evans) 06:48 Tools
Oh, You Crazy Moon 05:02 Tools
Under Paris Skies Impressions 03:54 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody (inspired by Miles Davis pianist Red Garland's block chords and original voicings) 04:29 Tools
Tickle Toe (Jon Hendricks sings this song with the last eight bars from a trumpet solo of Bix Beiderbecke, who influenced Lester Young.) 03:40 Tools
Walkin' 05:09 Tools
Last Train From Overbrook (Jon Hendricks gives a creative, lyrical bebop scat solo set against drummer Harold Jones' fast train-like opening rhythm.) 07:10 Tools
Concierto de Aranjuez 06:04 Tools
The Lady's In Love With You (reminiscent of 1956 Vince Guaraldi trio recording with guitarist Eddie Duran and bassist Dean Reilly) 05:19 Tools
Yesterdays (Larry Vuckovich solo suggests harmonic moments from pianist Erroll Garner.) 03:54 Tools
Suite Sanna (new: Larry Vuckovich original mix of bebop, Latin, flamenco and Balkan music written for his wife, producer Sanna Craig.) 08:38 Tools
She's Just My Size (reminiscent of a 1954 Basie recording) 08:38 Tools
One Heart (Dave Brambert original is set to a bolero rhythm that enhances its beauty and romantic quality.) 06:50 Tools
Young At Heart (title tune refers to Lester Young) 06:33 Tools
Dexter's mode 05:58 Tools
Enchantment 06:25 Tools
Oh You Crazy Moon 06:33 Tools
Sometimes I'm Happy 06:25 Tools
I Know Why 00:00 Tools
Lester's Minor Blues (Larry Vuckovich original suggests Lester Young's melodic and smooth rhythmic phrasing.) 06:04 Tools
Blue Bohemia Suite (Larry Vuckovich original that combines classical, Latin, Middle Eastern-Balkan, bebop, blues elements with various tempos/meters) 00:00 Tools
Shadow Of Your Smile (Bassist Nat Johnson displays a beautiful natural vocal sound on this lyrical ballad.) 04:05 Tools
High Wall 04:25 Tools
Short Indigo - studio recording 04:25 Tools
In Your Own Sweet Way 06:15 Tools
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (Lester Young original, named for a New York deejay, shows a bebop style) 04:25 Tools
What's This 06:15 Tools
Ow 04:25 Tools
What's This? (This is a melodic, contemporary, swinging, edgy piece based on What is this Thing Called Love chord changes.) 05:46 Tools
Under Paris Skies Impressions (influenced by a John Coltrane waltz version of this song, as well as the impressionistic sounds of Debussy and Ravel) 05:46 Tools
Mediterranean Nights (reissue: Larry Vuckovich's original trio version of his Argentine tango piece.) 03:52 Tools
Belgrade Blues 05:47 Tools
Dreamy 03:45 Tools
You Go To My Head 04:28 Tools
Young at Heart 04:28 Tools
Changes (reissue: Larry Vuckovich's sequence of chord changes includes a modal section which shifts from one tonality to another.) 06:15 Tools
Comin' Home Baby 07:07 Tools
Flamingo 00:00 Tools
View from Telegraph Hill - Written for film noir festival, featuring House on Telegraph Hill, this ballad evokes beauty and mystery of '50s San Franciscio. 06:45 Tools
Serbo Salsa - live recording 08:18 Tools
Lester Leaps In (Jon Hendricks weaves swing/bebop vocalese on this track that is reminiscent of the original Basie Kansas City Seven.) 03:56 Tools
Reza 05:47 Tools
Scrapple From The Apple (Afro-Cuban jazz interpretation fuses Charlie Parker's sophisticated, syncopated bebop rhythm and melody with a mambo beat.) 04:40 Tools
Lester People 05:10 Tools
You Don't Know What Love Is 04:43 Tools
Lester's Minor Blues (Live bonus track from The Bach, a spirited tribute to Lester Young.) 04:28 Tools
Blue Bohemia Suite 06:02 Tools
Loving Linda (reissue: a slow bossa with descending changes and ascending melody that Larry Vuckovich wrote for his first wife Linda Weaver.) 04:28 Tools
Lester People (Saxophonist Noel Jewkes' original pays tribute to a feature of that name on a former KJAZ radio show, "The Heart of Jazz") 04:28 Tools
View from Telegraph Hill (Written for film noir festival, featuring House on Telegraph Hill, this ballad evokes beauty and mystery of '50s San Franciscio.) 06:42 Tools
Star Dust 04:28 Tools
Village Voices 06:45 Tools
Deja Vuk 06:25 Tools
A Handful of Stars 04:20 Tools
Afro 6/8 Minor Blues 03:58 Tools
I Know Why/Serenade in Blue 06:45 Tools
The Man I Love (ensemble) 00:30 Tools
Do You Call That A Buddy? 00:30 Tools
Concierto de Aranjuez (Solemn rubato opening moves into a lively 6/8 improvised rhythm with flamenco scales and fiery rhythmic exchanges.) 06:02 Tools
Gypsy Roma Mambo (Dark Eyes) 06:02 Tools
Afro 6 8 Minor Blues 06:02 Tools
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing 03:58 Tools
Put It Where You Want It (Jazz-funk-boogaloo rhythms with strong blues overtones were popular from the '60s onward, led by Joe Sample and the Crusaders.) 03:58 Tools
Dexter's Mode - studio recording 05:58 Tools
Passion Flower 00:00 Tools
Serbo Samba 05:50 Tools
High Wall (First jazz recording of composer Bronislaw Kaper gem from film noir High Wall. He also wrote Invitation and Green Dolphin St.) 07:02 Tools
Zeljko's Blues 06:29 Tools
Why Not (reminiscent of 1952 Count Basie recording featuring Paul Quinichette on tenor) 07:02 Tools
Ornithology - studio recording 05:24 Tools
Lolita - This lively piece evokes the authentic bebop rhythms of its composer & my mentor, bebop master Barry Harris. 04:39 Tools
Locomotion (Bonus live track from The Bach. I first heard this Coltrane song on his Blue Train LP; it has a blues pattern with added bridge.) 06:29 Tools
As Time Goes By Mambo - studio recording 04:43 Tools
Lester Leaps In 06:29 Tools
Rio 06:29 Tools
Street Scene - studio recording 06:44 Tools
Serbo Salsa 04:30 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody - studio recording 04:30 Tools
Put It Where You Want It - Jazz-funk-boogaloo rhythms with strong blues overtones were popular from the '60s onward, led by Joe Sample and the Crusaders. 05:50 Tools
Short Indigo 05:50 Tools
Besame Macho (Larry Vuckovich original influenced by "Besame Mucho," with some bebop lines paying tribute to Bud Powell and Charlie Parker) 05:50 Tools
I'll Wait And Pray - studio recording 04:51 Tools
Enchament 04:57 Tools
Gypsy Roma Mambo - My arrangement of Dark Eyes, a trad. Russian gypsy song, with hot mambo rhythms & bebop lines, opening with percussive sounds. 05:26 Tools
Bye Bye Blackbird 05:50 Tools
Adriatic Nights (new: Larry Vuckovich's original "Mediterranean Nights" expanded to a sextet projecting a strong tango rhythm.) 05:50 Tools
Oh, You Crazy Moon - studio recording 04:57 Tools
Put It Where You Want It 05:50 Tools
Gypsy Roma Mambo (My arrangement of Dark Eyes, a trad. Russian gypsy song, with hot mambo rhythms & bebop lines, opening with percussive sounds.) 05:24 Tools
Impressions 06:10 Tools
Something Special 00:00 Tools
Last Train From Overbrook 06:44 Tools
Blue In Green - studio recording 04:03 Tools
Sweet Lorraine (Bassist Nat Johnson on vocal in Nat Cole/Lester Young connection) 04:43 Tools
She's Just My Size 04:38 Tools
Jumpin' at the Woodside 04:43 Tools
Larry's Dance (reissue: Larry Vuckovich's original is a Balkan-influenced tune of exciting 7/8 and 4/4 multi-rhythms.) 04:43 Tools
Blues in the Night 04:57 Tools
Blue Bohemia Suite - studio recording 04:57 Tools
Ow! (A tribute to the early '50s bebop era in San Francisco where I was lucky to hear live Dizzy, Miles, Bud performances.) 06:10 Tools
Ow! 04:57 Tools
Scandinavian Waltz - studio recording 04:57 Tools
News For Lulu - studio recording 06:08 Tools
What Will I Tell My Heart 06:10 Tools
Stardust 00:00 Tools
Shadow Of Your Smile 06:10 Tools
Scrapple From The Apple 06:10 Tools
Afro 6/8 Minor Blues (Modern jazz musicians are at home in Afro 6/8 time. I was inspired by Coltrane���s version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue".) 04:03 Tools
O Javore 04:03 Tools
Tres Palabras 05:49 Tools
Street Scene (Music Director Alfred Newman's movie theme from several 20th Century Fox film noir cl 05:49 Tools
Adriatic Nights 06:03 Tools
Larry's Dance 06:03 Tools
Lolita (This lively piece evokes the authentic bebop rhythms of its composer & my mentor, bebop master Barry Harris.) 04:38 Tools
Come Rain Or Come Shine - studio recording 07:05 Tools
City Sounds 06:03 Tools
Put It Where You Want It (Jazz-funk-boogaloo rhythms with strong blues overtones were popular from 05:49 Tools
Zeljko's (Jel-ko's) Blues 05:49 Tools
Tickle Toe - studio recording 06:03 Tools
Tickle Toe 06:03 Tools
What's This? 06:03 Tools
After Hours - studio recording 06:03 Tools
Why Not - Reminiscent Of 1952 Count Basie Recording Feat. Paul Quinichette On Tenor 06:03 Tools
Under Paris Skies Impressions - studio recording 06:03 Tools
Baby Won't You Please Come Home 06:03 Tools
Blue Balkan - studio recording 06:03 Tools
Ow! - A tribute to the early '50s bebop era in San Francisco where I was lucky to hear live Dizzy, Miles, Bud performances. 06:03 Tools
Afro 6/8 Minor Blues - Modern jazz musicians are at home in Afro 6/8 time. I was inspired by Coltrane’s version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue". 06:03 Tools
High Wall - First jazz recording of composer Bronislaw Kaper gem from film noir High Wall. He also wrote Invitation and Green Dolphin St. 06:03 Tools
Yesterdays 06:03 Tools
Sweet Lorraine - Bassist Nat Johnson On Vocal In Nat Cole/Lester Young Connection 06:03 Tools
Gypsy Roma Mambo (My arrangement of Dark Eyes, a trad. Russian gypsy song, with hot mambo rhythms & 05:25 Tools
One Heart 05:25 Tools
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Larry Vuckovich's Biography Yugoslavian born Larry Vuckovich, a highly versatile jazz pianist, has performed with top musicians from various jazz influences, including Anita O'Day, Joe Williams, Helen Humes, Cab Calloway, Red Norvo, Don Byas, Charlie Haden, Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Grenadier, Tom Harrell, and Charles McPherson. Accompanist for vocalist/lyricist Jon Hendricks for many years, Larry has appeared at major festivals and clubs in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. While in Europe, Larry met and toured with Dexter Gordon and Philly Joe Jones. In the late '60s, he led the house trio for one of Germany's top jazz clubs, The Domicile, in Munich, where he backed such greats as Slide Hampton, Lucky Thompson, Pony Poindexter and Clifford Jordan. He returned to San Francisco and became house pianist at the famous Keystone Korner from 1978 until its closing in 1983, working with Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate, Charles McPherson, Leon Thomas, and Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson. Larry moved to New York in the 1980s. He appeared at major jazz clubs, including Village Vanguard, Blue Note, Bradley's, Zinno's, West End, and Hanratty's, working with Billy Higgins, Cecil Payne, Al Cohn, Curtis Fuller, Milt Hinton, and Mel Lewis and received top reviews from the New York Times, the Village Voice and The New Yorker. Larry now lives in Calistoga, in the wine country north of San Francisco with his wife and co-producer, singer-percussionist Sanna Craig. He performs and records on their label Tetrachord Music with a variety of combos, including Young at Heart Ensemble and Blue Balkan Band (whose CD was selected among the top jazz CDs for 2002 by Gary Giddins in the Village Voice.) He currently performs at Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco and DGs in Napa. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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