Douglas Purviance (born July 18, 1952 in Turner Station, Maryland) is a jazz trombonist.[1] He began his professional career as a member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, playing bass trombone and tuba from 1975 to 1977. Mostly, he works as a studio session bass trombonist and is not known for improvising.
He graduated from Towson State University in 1975 and obtained a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1992. He settled in New York City in 1977, playing a variety of commercial and jazz trombone jobs and eventually winning a chair in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. He was a charter member of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and has toured extensively with Slide Hampton, Steve Turre, Dizzy Gillespie,[2] and the Mingus Big Band. He has appeared as an incidental player on hundreds of recordings, notably on Grammy-nominated albums by Joe Henderson and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.[3]
On February 8, 2009, he won a Grammy Award as co-producer in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category for Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard.[4] He worked as co-producer and trombonist on the Grammy-nominated album OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and in the same roles for the album Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra.
Discography edit
As sideman edit
With Dizzy Gillespie
- Things to Come (MCG, 2002)
- Dizzy's Business (MCG, 2006)
- I'm BeBoppin' Too (Half Note, 2008)
With Slide Hampton
- World of Trombones (West 54, 1979)
- Dedicated to Diz (Telarc, 1993)
- Slide Plays Jobim (Alleycat, 2002)
- Spirit of the Horn (MCG, 2002)
With Stan Kenton
- Kenton '76 (Creative World, 1976)
- Journey Into Capricorn (Creative World, 1976)
- Live in Europe (Decca, 1977)
With Mel Lewis
- Live in Montreux (MPS, 1981)
- 20 Years at the Village Vanguard (Atlantic, 1986)
- Soft Lights and Hot Music (Musicmasters, 1988)
- The Definitive Thad Jones (Musicmasters, 1989)
- To You: A Tribute to Mel Lewis (Musicmasters, 1991)
With Steve Turre
- Sanctified Shells (Antilles, 1993)
- Rhythm Within (Antilles, 1995)
- Steve Turre (Verve, 1997)
- One4J (Telarc, 2003)
- Lickety Split (New World, 1997)
- Thad Jones Legacy (New World, 1999)
- Can I Persuade You? (Planet Arts, 2001)
- The Way (Planet Arts, 2004)
- Up from the Skies (Planet Arts, 2006)
- Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard (Planet Arts, 2008)
- Forever Lasting (Planet Arts, 2011)
- Overtime Music of Bob Brookmeyer (Planet Arts, 2014)
With Gerald Wilson
- New York, New Sound (Mack Avenue, 2003)
- In My Time (Mack Avenue, 2005)
- Monterey Moods (Mack Avenue, 2007)
- Detroit (Mack Avenue, 2009)
- Legacy (Mack Avenue, 2011)
With others
- Mario Bauza, Tanga (Messidor, 1992)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dear Ella (Verve, 1997)
- Michel Camilo, One More Once (Columbia, 1994)
- Richie Cole, Kush (Heads Up 1995)
- Robin Eubanks, Different Perspectives (Bamboo, 1988)
- Robin Eubanks, More Than Meets the Ear (ArtistShare, 2015)
- Jon Faddis, Hornucopia (Epic, 1991)
- Tom Harrell, Time's Mirror (RCA Victor, 1999)
- Tom Harrell, Wise Children (Bluebird/Arista, 2003)
- Stefon Harris, The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note, 2003)
- Jimmy Heath, Turn Up the Heath (Planet Arts, 2006)
- Joe Henderson, Big Band (Verve, 1996)
- Christopher Hollyday, And I'll Sing Once More (Novus, 1992)
- Jane Horrocks, The Further Adventures of Little Voice (Liberty, 2000)
- J. J. Johnson, The Brass Orchestra (Verve, 1997)
- Nino Josele, Espanola (DRO, 2009)
- Christian McBride, The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue, 2011)
- Christian McBride, Bringin' It (Mack Avenue, 2017)
- Christian McBride, For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver (Mack Avenue, 2020)
- Arturo O'Farrill, Una Noche Inolvidable (Palmetto, 2005)
- Arturo O'Farrill, Song for Chico (Zoho, 2008)
- Renee Rosnes, Life On Earth (Blue Note, 2001)
- Sam Rivers, Jazzbuhne Berlin '82 (Repertoire, 1990)
- Gary Smulyan, Blue Suite (Criss Cross, 1999)
- Mel Torme, Recorded Live at the Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival in Japan '90 (Concord Jazz, 1991)
- Bebo Valdes, Suite Cubana (Calle 54, 2009)
- Bobby Watson, Tailor Made (Columbia, 1993)
- Frank Wess, Entre Nous (Concord Jazz, 1991)
- Nancy Wilson, Turned to Blue (MCG, 2006)
References edit
- ^ Behind the Music: Turner Station's Douglas Purviance is a Part of History, Makes History | Dundalk, MD Patch Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ^ Kanzler, George (October 4, 2009). "Dizzy Gillespie: I'm Beboppin Too & The Cool World". All About Jazz. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Hunter, J (August 6, 2008). "Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard". All About Jazz. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ Levine, Dena (February 19, 2009). "Douglas Purviance, Music Program Faculty, Wins Grammy Award". Seton Hall University. Archived from the original on June 29, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2013.