Peter Appleyard - Barbados Cool

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1. Tangerine
2. Prelude To A Kiss
3. Stompin' At The Savoy
4. Memories Of You
5. Air Mail Special
6. Fascinating Rhythm
7. Passion Flower
8. Broadway
9. Django
10. Cherokee

Personel:

Peter Appleyard: Vibes
Major Holley Bass
Butch Miles Drums
Bucky Pizzarelli Guitar
Rick Wilkins Tenor Sax

Peter Appleyard. Vibraphonist, percussionist, composer, b Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, 26 Aug 1928. After drumming in British dance bands and with RAF bands, he moved in 1949 to Bermuda and in 1951 to Toronto, where he began playing vibraphone. He performed with Billy O'Connor and, 1954-6 at the Park Plaza Hotel and on CBC radio, with the US jazz pianist Calvin Jackson. In 1957 he formed his own group which, though based in Toronto, travelled widely in North America (accompanying the singer Gloria DeHaven for a year) and appeared on US TV.

Appleyard was co-host 1961-2 with the singer Patti Lewis for CBC radio's 'Patti and Peter' and in 1969 with Guido Basso for CBC TV's 'Mallets and Brass.' He was host 1977-80 for 'Peter Appleyard Presents,' a TV jazz and variety show produced in Toronto and syndicated in North America. Concurrently Appleyard was a popular performer in Toronto nightclubs and hotel lounges - he served as music director for several - and a leading percussionist in the city's theatre and studio orchestras. Capitalizing on the nostalgia for big-band music he formed the All Star Swing Band in 1982 with a repertoire of medleys (arranged by Rick Wilkins) of old pop tunes. The orchestra subsequently appeared occasionally in the Toronto area, in New York, and at festivals, including the Moncton (NB) Jazz Festival and in Bern, Switzerland (1998).

Appleyard came to international notice in jazz during the early 1970s as a member of the clarinetist Benny Goodman's sextet, with which he toured in Europe in 1972 and 1974 and in Australia in 1973. He continued to work with Goodman intermittently through the decade (eg, playing three concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York) and in 1985 formed a Benny Goodman tribute band with the US clarinetists Abe Most or Peanuts Hucko in Goodman's place. The ensemble, completed by Goodman alumni and others, appeared at Canadian jazz festivals in 1986 and toured in Great Britain in 1987. Appleyard performed at festivals and in clubs into the 2000s, both in Canada and the USA - eg, at the DuMaurier, Moncton, and Ottawa jazz festivals, Dick Gibson's Jazz Party in Denver, with the singer Mel Tormé at Michael's Pub in New York, as well as in Chicago, Florida, Texas, and Colorado. He also appeared in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Germany, and the UK, and in Japan with Tormé and Dick Hyman. During his career, Appleyard worked with such Canadians as Diana Krall, Rob McConnell, Ann Murray, Oscar Peterson, and Hagood Hardy.

Of Appleyard's vibraphone playing, Jack Batten wrote (Toronto Globe and Mail 2 Oct 1975): 'He's most reminiscent of Red Norvo in style, given the impeccable taste and the easy rhythmic lift he displays as he glides over his vibes. He maintains wonderful control and fits every little passing nuance into perfect place.' Appleyard wrote some incidental music for radio shows and some themes for his jazz groups. His Lincolnshire Poacher was popular in the early 1970s; like many of his recordings in that decade it was in a light instrumental, rather than a jazz style.

Appleyard served on the board of the Guelph Civic Centre, and frequently entertained at NATO bases in Europe. He received the Order of Canada in 1992.

Discography

Anything Goes. Helbig or Dale piano, Curry or Lander double-bass, Alleyne or Rully drums. 1956, 1957. RCA Camden CAL-773

Vibe Sound. With US quartet. 1958. Audio Fidelity DFS-5901

per-cus-sive Jazz. With US orch. 1960. Audio Fidelity DFS-7002

The Vibraphone of Peter Appleyard. R. Toth or Moss piano, Bickert guitar, Britto double-bass, J. Niosi percussion, Smith percussion, Fearon drums. 1963. CTL CTLS-5022

The Vibraphone of Peter Appleyard. Downes piano, Bickert guitar, Britto double-bass, Fearon drums. 1963. CTL CTLS-5040

Polished Appleyard. With string or jazz orch. 1969. RCA CTLS-1112

The Lincolnshire Poacher. With orch. 1972. CTL 477-5167

Peter Appleyard Presents. Wilkins arr, soloists including Amaro tenor saxophone, Basso flhn, Bickert guitar, Koffman fl and bar saxophone, McConnell trombone, Senensky piano, Young double-bass. 1977. Salisbury SALS-D2D-001

Peter Appleyard. Laurie Bower Singers, Gross or Mountford piano, Mann or Bickert guitar, Young double-bass, Fuller drums, Acevedo percussion. 1979. CTL CTLS- 5222/New Ventures NV-5007

Prelude to a Kiss.. (1982). RCA KKL1-0452

Swing Fever [All Star Swing Band]. (1982). CBS CDM1-039

All Points East. Bodner clarinet, MacPherson tenor saxophone, Schwager, Ballantyne piano, Young double-bass, Goguen drums. 1990. Jazz NB MNB-1990 (CD and cass)

Barbados Heat. Wilkins tenor saxophone, Pizzarelli guitar, Holley double-bass and voice, Miles drums. 1990. Concord Jazz CCD-4436

Barbados Cool. Wilkins tenor saxophone, Pizzarelli guitar, Holley double-bass and voice, Miles drums. 1990. Concord Jazz CCD-4475

Great Vibes. (1991). Rockwood Records WRCD-3151 (a reissue of selected CTL material)

Appleyard also recorded for the CBC's RM and LM broadcast series and appeared as a soloist on LPs with Cal Jackson (Cal Jackson Quartet, 1954, X LXA-1005; Cal Jackson Quartet, 1954, Col CL-756; Rave Notice, 1955, Col CL-824), Guido Basso, Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman into the 70s, vol 5, 1971, Time Life STA-354; On Stage, 1972, 2-Lon 44182), Peanuts Hucko (Peanuts Hucko with the Pied Piper Quintet Featuring Peter Appleyard, 1979, World Jazz WJLP-5-15), Sherrie Maricle (Cookin' on All Burners, 1989, Stash ST-282, CD and cass), and Slam Stewart (The Cat's Are Swinging, 1988, Sertoma BSC-650601)

Lenny Solomon (After You've Gone, 1991, BayCities BCD 2005; 1996, Jazz Inspiration JID9316), and Mel Tormé (Sing, Sing, Sing, 1993, Concord CCD-4542), and on many other recordings.

'Peter Appleyard in an interview with Roger Feather,' Music World, vol 1, Aug 1-5 1957

McNamara, Helen. 'King of swing opens up new world for Appleyard,' CanComp, 76, Jan 1973

Lancashire, David. 'Big business for such successful Canadians as Peter Appleyard means going where the action is,' Toronto Globe and Mail, 29 Nov 1980

Sutherland, Greg. 'Profile: Peter Appleyard a Canadian treasure,' The Jazz Report, vol 2, Oct-Nov 1988

Barris, Alex. 'Life on the road: A profile of Peter Appleyard,' The Jazz Report, vol 8, Fall 1994

'Peter Appleyard presents,' International Musician, vol 96, Oct 1997

Miller, Mark. 'Appleyard plunks along, idiosyncracy free,' Toronto Globe and Mail, 21 Jan 1999

Canadian Jazz Discography

Miller, Mark. The Miller Companion to Jazz in Canada (Toronto, 2001)