SANDY BULL
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition • United States

Alexander "Sandy" Bull (February 25, 1941 – April 11, 2001) was an American folk musician who was active from the late 1950s until his death. Born in New York City, he was the only child of Harry A. Bull, an editor in chief of Town & Country magazine, and Daphne van Beuren Bayne (1916–2002), a New Jersey banking heiress who became known as a jazz harpist under the name Daphne Hellman. His parents were divorced in 1941, shortly after his birth. Sandy Bull was a composer and accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo and oud. His music blends non-western instruments with the 1960s folk revival. His albums often presented an eclectic repertoire including extended modal improvisations on oud. An arrangement of Carl Orff's composition Carmina Burana for 5-string banjo appears on his first album and other musical fusions include his adaptation of Luiz Bonfá's "Manhã de read more...