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Anthony Ortega


Dave James

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Yes, a wonderful player. I look forward to reading the interviews later this w/e. There's a marvellous Laura from the early 50s (recorded in Norway) which is very adventurous harmonically for that time. Jazz for Young Moderns is another good one, one side arranged by Nat Pierce and the other by the mysterious Bob Zieff (composer of most of the Chet/Twardzik quartet tracks). An original voice,distinctive and individual!

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Great interview-- I had no clue he was recorded so widely with Quincy Jones. A tad disappointed the interview didn't move into the sixties. Such great, interesting playing on the Revelation sides. I would have liked to hear about his processes and thinking, and maybe more on the scene of that era.

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Zieff was still around, as of 15 or so years ago - when I was in New Haven he used to call me periodically about various things. He was living in Pennsylvania. Don't know if he's still alive.

The recent Twardzik biography had quite a lot of material from Zieff, Was he still musically active when you were in touch?

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if you google a bit you'll find that zieff took his chamber jazz ensemble to a concert in a vienna only a few years ago (2008?), there's also a nice piece on zieff by chambers here:

http://langtech.dickinson.edu/Sirena/Issue2/Chambers.pdf

@colinmce: for much more info on ortega, including the sixties and seventies, see the much longer interview clifford linked to above

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if you google a bit you'll find that zieff took his chamber jazz ensemble to a concert in a vienna only a few years ago (2008?), there's also a nice piece on zieff by chambers here:

http://langtech.dickinson.edu/Sirena/Issue2/Chambers.pdf

That article was already mentioned in the thread about Jack Nimmitz' ABC session - Zieff was in touch with some folks back then, roughly same time frame (2007/08) (fine disc that one, btw!)

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Fresh Sound Records released "Earth Dance" (FSR CD-325) featuring Anthony Ortega with a jazz orchestra. Recorded in New York in 1956 with arrangements by Nat Pierce and Bob Zieff. Three of the songs were written by Zieff. As far as I can tell these 12 tracks have not been previously issued.

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According to recent correspondence with Steve Isoardi, Ortega still plays regularly in a place in California.  

Here's an article from 2016:

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-et-music-anthony-ortega-20161115-story.html

And the place:

Mr. Peabody's, Encinitas CA.  He's playing on Sundays.

https://www.peabodysrocks.com/live-music

https://www.reverbnation.com/show/22524717?utm_campaign=HTML5_ShowSchedule_Widget_Details&utm_content=show_details_link&utm_medium=widget

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