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Infobox musical artist| name = Arthur Blythe| image = Arthur Blythe 1989.jpg| caption = Arthur Blythe in 1989 at the North Sea Jazz Festival with The Leaders .| image_size = 150| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1940|5|7|mf=y| death_date =| origin = Los Angeles, California , United States|USA | instrument = Alto saxophone | genre = Jazz , Post-bop | occupation = Musician Bandleader Composer | years_active = 1969–present| label = Columbia records|Columbia , Enja Records|Enja , Savant Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.arthurblythe.com/ Official site| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Arthur Blythe (born May 7, 1940, in Los Angeles, California ) is an United States|American jazz alto saxophonist and composer . His stylistic voice has a distinct vibrato and he plays within the post-bop subgenre of jazz.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6139|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography
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Blythe lived in San Diego, California , returning to Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles when he was 19 years old. He took up the alto saxophone at the age of nine playing Rhythm and blues|R& B until his mid-teens when he discovered jazz.cite book|author=Bob Young and Al Stankus | title=Jazz Cooks | publisher=Stewart Tabori and Chang | year=1992|isbn=1-55670-192-6|pages=14–15 He studied with David Jackson and Jimmie Lunceford , and Kirtland (Kirk) Bradford. In the mid-60's he was part of The Underground Musicians and Artists Association (UGMAA), west coast counterpart to Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians|Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) founded by Horace Tapscott , on whose 1969 The Giant Is Awakened , Blythe made his recording debut.
After moving to New York in the mid-70s, he worked as a security guard before being offered a place as sideman for Chico Hamilton (75-77). He subsequently played with Gil Evans|Gil Evans Orchestra (76-78), Lester Bowie (‘78), Jack DeJohnette (‘79) and McCoy Tyner (‘79). http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php? id=5129 Arthur Blythe Biography The Arthur Blythe band of 1979 - John Hicks , Fred Hopkins and Steve McCall - played Carnegie Hall and the Village Vanguard .
Blythe started to record as a leader in 1977 for the India Navigation label and then for Columbia records from 1978 to 1987. Albums such as The Grip and Metamorphosis (both on India Navigation) offered capable, highly refined jazz fare with a free angle that made Blythe too ‘out there’ for the general public, but endeared him to the more serious jazz fans. Blythe played on many pivotal albums of the 1980s, among them Jack DeJohnette 's Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)|Special Edition on ECM (record label)|ECM . Blythe was a member of the all-star jazz group The Leaders and, after the departure of Julius Hemphill , he joined the World Saxophone Quartet . Beginning in 2000 he made recordings on Savant Records which included Exhale (2003) with John Hicks (jazz pianist)|John Hicks (piano), Bob Stewart (musician)|Bob Stewart (tuba), and Cecil Brooks III (drums).
Breath of Life (WSQ album)|Breath of Life ? (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
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http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=139 All About Jazz: A Fireside Chat With Arthur Blythe
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php? id=5129 Arthur Blythe Biography
http://grisli.canalblog.com/archives/2012/03/24/23836248.html Review of The Grip at Le son du grisli
Persondata | NAME =Blythe, Arthur | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =May 7, 1940 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Blythe, Arthur Category:Avant-garde jazz musicians Category:Columbia Records artists Category:Jazz alto saxophonists Category:American jazz saxophonists Category:Musicians from California Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:Enja Records artists Category:India Navigation artists Category:HighNote Records artists Category:CIMP artists Category:World Saxophone Quartet members
