Eddie Costa
# Eddie Costa

Eddie Costa (vero nome: Edwin James Costa) (Atlas, 14 agosto 1930 – New York City, 28 luglio 1962) è stato un pianista e vibrafonista statunitense.

Pianista dalla esecuzione fluida e limpida, fu anche un eccellente vibrafonista.

## Biografia

Dopo gli studi musicali (solo di pianoforte in quanto imparò il vibrafono da autodidatta), la sua carriera professionale iniziò nel 1948 nel gruppo del violinista Joe Venuti.

Militò in vari gruppi (ad esempio in quelli dei chitarristi Tal Farlow e Sal Salvador) per poi intraprendere una carriera in proprio, dal 1956, ma contemporaneamente affiancata dalla attività di sideman in sala di registrazione.

Nel 1957 vinse un concorso indetto dalla rivista musicale Down Beat come miglior pianista e vibrafonista dell'anno.

Negli anni 1958 e 1959 fece parte dell'orchestra di Woody Herman, registrando per proprio conto e per altri jazzisti (Bill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer, Coleman Hawkins, Shelly Manne, Curtis Fuller solo per citarne alcuni).

Morì ancora nel pieno della sua carriera per un incidente stradale a New York.

## Discografia

### Come Leader

* 1956 - Eddie Costa - Vinnie Burke Trio (Jubilee Records, JLP-1025) con Vinnie Burke
* 1957 - At Newport (Verve Records, MGV-8237)
* 1957 - Eddie Costa Quintet (Mode Records, LP-118)
* 1958 - Guys and Dolls Like Vibes (Coral Records, CRL 57230)
* 1959 - The House of Blue Lights (Dot Records, DLP 3206/25206)
* 1962 - In Their Own Sweet Way (Premier Records, PM/PMS 2002) con Art Farmer

### Collaborazioni

**con Sal Salvador**

* 1954 - Kenton Presents Jazz - Sal Salvador (Capitol Records)
* 1956 - Frivolous Sal (Bethlehem Records)
* 1956-57 - Shades of Sal Salvador (Bethlehem Records)
* 1957 - Tribute to the Greats (Bethlehem Records)

**con Mike Cuozzo**

* 1955 - Mighty Mike Cuozzo (Savoy Records)
* 1956 - Mike Cuozzo with the Costa-Burke Trio (Jubilee Records)

**con John Mehegan**

* 1955 - A Pair of Pianos (Savoy Records)

**con Phil Woods**

* 1956-57 - Young Woods (Fresh Sound Records)
* 1957 - Bird Feathers (Prestige Records)

**con Tal Farlow**

* 1956 - Fuerst Set (Xanadu Records)
* 1956 - Second Set (Xanadu Records)
* 1956 - Tal (Norgran Records)
* 1956 - The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow (Verve Records)
* 1958 - This Is Tal Farlow (Verve Records)

**con Manny Albam**

* 1957 - The Blues Is Everybody's Business (Coral Records)
* 1957 - West Side Story (Coral Records)
* 1958 - Jazz New York (Dot Records)
* 1958 - Steve's Songs (Dot Records)
* 1958 - A Gallery of Gershwin (Coral Records)
* 1959 - Something New, Something Blue (Columbia Records)
* 1962 - Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse! Records)

**con Betty Roché**

* 1956 - Take the ''A'' Train (Bethlehem Records)

**con Chris Connor**

* 1956 - A Jazz Date with Chris Connor (Atlantic Records)
* 1957 - Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song (Atlantic Records)

**con Bobby Jaspar**

* 1956 - Bobby Jaspar Quintet (Columbia Records)

**con Frank Socolow**

* 1956 - Sounds by Socolow (Bethlehem Records)

**con Johnny Mathis**

* 1956 - Johnny Mathis (Columbia Records)

**con Lenny Hambro**

* 1956 - The Nature of Things (Epic Records)

**con The Manhattan Jazz Septette**

* 1956 - The Manhattan Jazz Septette (Coral Records)

**con Vinnie Burke**

* 1956 - The Vinnie Burke All-Stars (ABC-Paramount Records)

**con Sue Sharon and Ralph Sharon**

* 1956 - Mr. & Mrs. Jazz (Bethlehem Records)

**con Betty Glamann**

* 1956 - Swingin' on a Harp (Mercury Records)

**con Oscar Pettiford**

* 1957 - Discoveries (Savoy Records)

**con Frank Wess**

* 1957 - Jazz Is Busting Out All Over (Savoy Records)
* 1958 - The Spirit of Charlie Parker (World Wide Records)

**con Billy Ver Planck**

* 1957 - Dancing Jazz (Savoy Records)
* 1957 - Jazz for Playgirls (Savoy Records)
* 1958 - The Soul of Jazz (World Wide Records)

**con Herbie Mann e Sahib Shihab**

* 1957 - The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Savoy Records)

**con Herbie Mann**

* 1957 - Flute Flight (Prestige Records)
* 1957 - Yardbird Suite (Savoy Records)

**con Hal McKusick**

* 1957 - Triple Exposure (Prestige Records)
* 1957 - Now's the Time (Fresh Sound Records)
* 1957 - Hal McKusick Quintet (Coral Records)

**con André Hodeir**

* 1957 - Essais (Savoy Records)

**con Tony Bennett**

* 1957 - The Beat of My Heart (Columbia Records)
* 1961 - My Heart Sings (Columbia Records)
* 1962 - Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Columbia Records)

**con Don Bagley**

* 1957 - Jazz on the Rocks (Regent Records)

**con Joe Puma**

* 1957 - Joe Puma Jazz (Jubilee Records)

**con Ralph Sharon**

* 1957 - Around the World in Jazz (Columbia Records)

**con Chuck Wayne**

* 1957 - String Fever (Euphoria Records)

**con Gloria Lynne**

* 1958 - Miss Gloria Lynne (Everest Records)

**con Michel Legrand**

* 1958 - Legrand Jazz (Philips Records)

**con Denise Jannah**

* 1958 - Steve Allen's Songs (Dot Records)

**con Barry Galbraith**

* 1958 - Guitar in the Wind (Decca Records)

**con A.K. Salim**

* 1958 - Blues Suite (Savoy Records)

**con Dori Howard**

* 1958 - Dori Howard Sings (Dot Records)

**con Ralph Burns**

* 1958 - Very Warm for Jazz (Decca Records)

**con Jackie Davis**

* 1958 - Most Happy Hammond (Capitol Records)

**con Luis Barreiro**

* 1958 - Swinging Latin Nights (Blue Moon Records)

**con Woody Herman**

* 1958 - Wild Root (Tradition Records)
* 1959 - The Fourth Herd (Jazzland Records)
* 1959 - At the Round Table (Forum Records)

**con Mundell Lowe**

* 1959 - TV Action Jazz! (RCA Camden Records)
* 1960 - Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (RCA Camden Records)
* 1961 - Satan in High Heels (Charlie Parker Records)

**con Astor Piazzolla**

* 1959 - Take Me Dancing! The Latin Rhythms of Astor Piazzolla (RCA Camden Records)

**con Donald Byrd**

* 1959 - Bamba-Samba Bossa Nova (Everest Records)

**con Dave Apell**

* 1959 - Alone Together (Cameo Records)

**con Morgana King**

* 1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung (Camden Records)

**con Aaron Bell**

* 1959 - Music from 77 Sunset Strip (Lion Records)
* 1959 - Victory at Sea in Jazz (Lion Records)

**con Coleman Hawkins**

* 1959 - Bean and the Boys (Phoenix Records)
* 1960 - The Hawk Swings (Crown Records)
* 1960 - Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (Crown Records)

**con Ernie Wilkins**

* 1959 - Here Comes the Swingin' Mr. Wilkins (Everest Records)
* 1960 - Big New Band of the '60s (Everest Records)

**con Roger King Mozian**

* 1959 - Spectacular Percussion (MGM Records)

**con Gunther Schuller**

* 1960 - Jazz Abstractions (Atlantic Records)

**con Gigi Gryce**

* 1960 - Reminiscin' (Mercury Records)

**con Jackie Paris**

* 1960 - Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin (Time Records)

**con Sid Cooper**

* 1960 - Percussive Jazz Vol. 2 (Audio Fidelity Records)

**con Ted Auletta**

* 1960 - Exotica (Cameo Records)

**con George Barnes**

* 1961 - Guitars Galore (Mercury Records)

**con Clark Terry e Bob Brookmeyer**

* 1961 - Previously Unreleased Recordings (Verve Records)

**con Tubby Hayes**

* 1961 - The New York Sessions (Columbia Records)

**con Bob Brookmeyer**

* 1961 - Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve Records)

**con Gil Evans**

* 1961 - Into the Hot (Impulse! Records)

**con Hal Mooney**

* 1961 - Woodwinds and Percussion (Mercury Records)

**con Benny Goodman**

* 1961 - Yale Archives Vol. 8 (Musicmasters Records)

**con Raymond Scott**

* 1961 - The Unexpected (Top Rank Records)

**con Urbie Green**

* 1961 - The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green Vol. 2 (Command Records)

**con Clark Terry**

* 1962 - Mellow Moods (Prestige Records)

**con Al Cohn**

* 1962 - Jazz Mission to Moscow (Colpix Records)

**con Curtis Fuller e Manny Albam**

* 1962 - Cabin in the Sky (Impulse! Records)

**con Shelly Manne**

* 1962 - 2-3-4 (Impulse! Records)

**con Julius Watkins**

* 1962 - French Horns for My Lady (Philips Records)

**con Kevin Gavin**

* 1962 - Hey! This Is Kevin Gavin (Charlie Parker Records)

**con Eric Dolphy**

* 1962 - Vintage Dolphy (GM Records)

**con Jerri Winters**

* 1962 - Winters Again (Charlie Parker Records)
