In the 1960s Euell worked in Harlem directing an arts program (1962–66) and then returned to school, receiving a Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1973. He was Assistant Secretary for Public Service at the Smithsonian from 1970 to 1982, and was partly responsible for the institution's increasing interest in jazz history. From 1983 to 1988 he directed the Oakland Museum History-Arts-Science and from 1991 to 1995 was director of the Louis Armstrong House. He returned to semiregular performing in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford, 1999, p. 213.
January 01, 1970
julian, euell, 1929, june, 2019, american, jazz, bassist, euell, first, began, playing, bass, 1944, served, army, from, 1945, 1947, played, with, sonny, rollins, jackie, mclean, taylor, 1947, quit, music, from, 1949, 1952, working, post, office, 1952, studied,. Julian Euell May 23 1929 June 3 2019 was an American jazz bassist 1 Euell first began playing bass in 1944 and served in the Army from 1945 to 1947 He played with Sonny Rollins Jackie McLean and Art Taylor in 1947 but quit music from 1949 to 1952 working in a post office In 1952 he studied under Charles Mingus and then attended Juilliard from 1953 to 1956 studying with Stuart Sankey and Frederick Zimmermann He also took classes at New York University between 1951 and 1954 and received a bachelor s in sociology from Columbia University In 1954 55 he taught there His musical associations at the time included Elmo Hope 1952 Benny Harris 1952 53 Charlie Rouse 1953 54 Joe Roland 1955 Freddie Redd 1956 Gigi Gryce 1956 57 and Phineas Newborn 1957 After this he began doing social work in New Jersey and was less active as a performer though he continued playing with Mal Waldron 1958 60 Randy Weston 1959 Abbey Lincoln 1959 60 Charles Mingus and Kenny Dorham In the 1960s Euell worked in Harlem directing an arts program 1962 66 and then returned to school receiving a Ph D from George Washington University in 1973 He was Assistant Secretary for Public Service at the Smithsonian from 1970 to 1982 and was partly responsible for the institution s increasing interest in jazz history From 1983 to 1988 he directed the Oakland Museum History Arts Science and from 1991 to 1995 was director of the Louis Armstrong House He returned to semiregular performing in the 1980s and 1990s 2 Discography editAs sideman edit With John Coltrane Cattin with Coltrane and Quinichette Prestige 1957 With Gigi Gryce The Hap nin s New Jazz 1960 The Rat Race Blues New Jazz 1960 Reminiscin Mercury 1960 Doin the Gigi Uptown 2011 With John Handy Jazz Roulette 1962 With Little Brother Montgomery Tasty Blues Bluesville 1961 With Mal Waldron Mal 1 Prestige 1956 Mal 2 Prestige 1957 Mal 3 Sounds Prestige 1958 Left Alone Bethlehem 1959 References edit Jazz Promo Services Jazz Promo Services Retrieved 24 January 2021 Elletson Grace Newly tenured IC professors do not include POC at IC s picks The Ithacan theithacan org Retrieved 2020 08 30 Julian Euell at Allmusic Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford 1999 p 213 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Julian Euell amp oldid 1216651805, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
