Russ Savakus

Russell 'Russ' Savakus (Reading (Pennsylvania), 13 mei 1925 - 1984) was een Amerikaanse jazz- en studiomuzikant. Hij speelde contrabass en E-Bass.

Biografie

Savakus trok met zijn vrouw in de vroege jaren 50 naar New York City[1] en speelde daarna bij Les Elgart.[2] In 1957 nam hij met Chet Baker op (Embraceable You, Pacific Jazz). In de jaren 60 werkte hij overwegend als sessiemuzikant en speelde hij mee op opnames van rock-, folk- en jazzmusici als Joan Baez (Farewell, Angelina), Kai Winding (The In Instrumentals), Bob Dylan ('Like a Rolling Stone' op de LP Highway 61 Revisited,[3] Ian and Sylvia (Early Morning Rain, 1965),[4] Buffy Sainte-Marie (Many a Mile, 1965)[5] Doc Watson (Southbound, 1966), Van Morrison (Brown Eyed Girl, 1967), Louis Armstrong (1967), John Denver (Rhymes & Reasons, (1969)[6] en Don McLean (Don McLean (1972) en Playin’ Favorites, 1973)[7] In de jaren 70 speelde hij met Teo Macero, Eumir Deodato (Whirlwinds, 1974) en Joe Derise (I’ll Remember Suzanne, 1979). In de jazz speelde hij tussen 1953 en 1979 mee op 15 opnamesessies.[8]

Externe links

(en) Russ Savakus in de database van AllMusic
(en) Russ Savakus op Discogs

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

Bill Crow: Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around. Oxford University Press 2005
Lawrence McClellan: The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955. GWestport (Conn.), London: Greenwood Press, 2004, p. 50
Op de Dylan-sessie (waarop ook de bassisten Harvey Brooks en Joe Macho Jr. actief waren) zou Savakus een E-Bass hebben gespeeld; zie Mark Polizzotti: Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited; New York, London: Continuum 2010, p. 77
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 284
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 495–496
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 157
Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 381
Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online)

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[1] Bill Crow: Jazz Anecdotes: Second Time Around. Oxford University Press 2005

[2] Lawrence McClellan: The Later Swing Era, 1942 to 1955. GWestport (Conn.), London: Greenwood Press, 2004, p. 50

[3] Op de Dylan-sessie (waarop ook de bassisten Harvey Brooks en Joe Macho Jr. actief waren) zou Savakus een E-Bass hebben gespeeld; zie Mark Polizzotti: Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited; New York, London: Continuum 2010, p. 77

[4] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 284

[5] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 495–496

[6] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 157

[7] Hounsome, Terry, Rock Record: A Collector’s Directory of Rock Albums and Musicians, Enlarged, Revised, Expanded, Facts On File Publications, New York, 1987, p. 381

[lord-8] Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online)