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14 de feb. de 2012 · Vassar Carlton Clements was born April 25, 1928 in Kinard, Florida. His daughter, Midge, said he passed away holding her hand at 7:20 on the morning of August 16, 2005 in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Vassar was called by some, a “Hillbilly Jazz” fiddle stylist. But if you knew Vassar, you would doubt if he ever viewed himself as such.
Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions. [3]
30 de dic. de 2017 · Vassar Clements was one the United States’ most versatile fiddle players. His career began at a very early age. His phenomenal ability to virtually play any kind of music (bluegrass, country, pop, rock, jazz and swing) garnered him various awards including five Grammy nominations and a track record that involved multitudes of ...
Leading figure in the New Grass movement, with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Hartford, Earl Scruggs, and his own Vassar Clements Band. Six Grammy nominations and one win (2005) for his participation in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of “Earl’s Breakdown.”
Understandably, the form of jazz music created by virtuoso Vassar Clements is an amalgam of the diverse influences that have touched him throughout his career, but particularly his affinity for the jazz and swing music of his youth.
Vassar Clements was an innovative fiddler who logged time with several of the most influential early bluegrass masters and later enjoyed fame for his work with a number of progressive headliners. He is also credited with shaping a genre of music that came to be known as “hillbilly jazz.”
15 de mar. de 2000 · Vassar Clements: Profile of a Legend. Few musicians have touched as many genres and made as many creative contributions to their art as Vassar Clements. Raised in the flats of...
