Entropy: A Glossary (2)

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Earl Bostic:  

Born 25 April 1913, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
Died 28 October 1965, Rochester, New York 

Alto saxophonist Earl Bostic was a technical master of his instrument, yet 
remained somewhat under appreciated by jazz fans due to the string of simple, 
popular R&B/jump blues hits he recorded during his heyday in the ‘50s.  Born 
Eugene Earl Bostic in Tulsa on April 25, 1913, Bostic played around the 
Midwest during the early ‘30s, studied at Xavier University, and toured with 
several bands before moving to New York in 1938. There he played for Don 
Redman, Edgar Hayes, and Lionel Hampton, making his record debut with the 
latter in 1939.  In the early ‘40s, he worked as an arranger and session 
musician, and began leading his own regular large group in 1945.  Cutting 
back to a septet the next year, Bostic began recording regularly, scoring his 
first big hit with 1948’s “Temptation.”  He soon signed with the King label, 
the home of most of his biggest jukebox hits, which usually featured a 
driving, heavy, R&B beat and an alto sound that could be smooth and romantic 
or aggressive and bluesy. 

In 1951, Bostic landed a number one R&B hit with “Flamingo,” plus another 
Top Ten in “Sleep.”   Subsequent hits included “You Go to My Head” and 
“Cherokee.”  Bostic’s bands became important training grounds for 
up-and-coming jazzmen like John Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Stanley Turrentine, 
Benny Golson, Jaki Byard, and others.  Unfortunately, Bostic suffered a heart 
attack in the late ‘50s, which kept him away from music for two years.  He 
returned to performing in 1959, but didn’t record quite as extensively; when 
he did record in the ‘60s, his sessions were more soul-jazz than the proto-R&
B of old.  On October 28, 1965, Bostic suffered a fatal heart attack while 
playing a hotel in Rochester, NY. 
                                                            ~ Steve Huey, All 
Music Guide



John Waters used Bostic’s version of “Jungle Drums” to good effect in his 
1992 film, Cry Baby.  Although Bostic’s sound was rather strident on most of 
his King hits, Art Blakey once said that, “Nobody knew more about the 
saxophone than Bostic, I mean technically, and that includes Bird.”



Recordings: 



The Best of Bostic, King 500 

Earl Bostic for You, King 503 

Alto-Tude, King 515 

Dance Time, King 525

Let's Dance, King 529 

Invitation to Dance, King 547 

Showcase of Swing Hits, King 583 

Alto Magic, King 597

Plays Sweet Tunes of the Roaring 20s, King 602 

Dance Music, King 613 

Musical Pearls, King 622 

Plays Sweet Tunes of the Singing 30s, King 632 

Plays the Tunes of Big Broadway Shows, King 705 

By Popular Demand, King 786 

Jazz As I Feel It, King 846 

A New Sound, King 900 

Hits of 1964, King 921 



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Gibbs and Boltzmann: <A HREF="http://www.mdpi.org/entropy/htm/e1010001.htm">http://www.mdpi.org/entropy/htm/e1010001.htm</A>
<A HREF="http://www.matheory.info/summary.html">http://www.matheory.info/summary.html</A>

Reductive Fallacy:  <A HREF="http://www.sedin.org/propeng/fallacs.htm">http://www.sedin.org/propeng/fallacs.htm</A>

I give only some URLs for the physics because I am an almost totally 
right-brain person.  I just don't understand a lot of it.  I give these 
references for those of you in the know.  

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