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Arriving in style: Victor Feldman acknowledges his new American audience.
Multi-instrumentalist Victor Feldman was a musical prodigy who sat in on drums with Glenn Miller’s Army Air Force Band at the age of 10 and was hailed by the English press as “Kid Krupa.” After continuing his rise to fame in the 1950s British jazz world, Feldman moved to America and eventually made his way to the West Coast jazz scene. We’ll hear the records he made both as a sideman and a leader, playing piano and vibes with Cannonball Adderley, Shelly Manne, Miles Davis, and Scott La Faro.
Further Arrivals Of Vic:
- Steven A. Cerra’s in-depth profile (Jazz Profiles)
- Les Tomkins’ 1971 Interview with Feldman (Jazz Professionals)
Watch Feldman in 1960 playing first vibes and then piano:
Feldman in a 1965 trio setting during a return trip to England:
Music Heard On This Episode
There Is No Greater Love
Victor Feldman — The Arrival of Victor Feldman (Contemporary, 1958)
