Charles Lawrence Persip (July 26, 1929 – August 23, 2020), known as Charli Persip and formerly as Charlie Persip (he changed the spelling of his name to Charli in the late 1960s), was an American

jazz drummer Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...

Biography

Born in

Morristown, New Jersey Morristown () is a Town (New Jersey), town in and the county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

, United States, and raised in

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, Persip attended West Side High School, preferring it over

Newark Arts High School Newark Arts High School is a four-year magnet public high school, serving students in Ninth through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. The school is lo ...

because he wanted to join the former's football team. He later studied drums with Al Germansky in Newark. After playing with

Tadd Dameron Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swi ...

in 1953, he gained recognition as a jazz drummer as he toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie's big and small bands between 1953 and 1958. He then joined Harry "Sweets" Edison's quintet and later the

Harry James Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947, but ...

Orchestra before forming his own group, the Jazz Statesmen, with

Roland Alexander Roland Alexander (September 25, 1935 – June 14, 2006) was an American post-bop jazz musician. Early life Born in Boston, Alexander grew up with his parents and sister, Gloria, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor's degree in mus ...

Freddie Hubbard Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...

, and

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a Cello, cellist who has reco ...

in 1960. Around this time, Persip also recorded with other jazz musicians, including

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his la ...

Melba Liston Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands, she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, ...

Kenny Dorham McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention ...

Zoot Sims John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...

Red Garland William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in jazz ...

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian Americans, Canadian–American jazz pianist, Music arranger, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators i ...

Don Ellis Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his ...

Eric Dolphy Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain ...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk (born Ronald Theodore Kirk; August 7, 1935Kernfeld, Barry.Kirk, Roland" ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd ed. Ed. Barry Kernfeld. ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove Music Online''. ''Grove Dictionary of M ...

Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R ...

and the singer

Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a ...

. Persip was also the drummer on the "Eternal Triangle" recording, '' Sonny Side Up'' (

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, 1957), featuring

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

and

Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...

. From 1960 to 1973 he toured as a drummer and conductor with

Billy Eckstine William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously a ...

. Along with his performing activities, Persip earned a reputation as an educator. From 1974, he was an instructor of drums and music for Jazzmobile, Inc. in

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. As of 2008, he was an

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at the

New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is a Private university, private music school of The New School in New York City. It is located on 13th Street (Manhattan), West 13th Street in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village. It was once known ...

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. Persip led Supersound, his jazz

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that was started in the mid-1980s as Superband. Supersound's first album was recorded on the Stash label, and was titled ''Charli Persip and Superband''. The group's second album, ''Superband II'', and third album, ''No Dummies Allowed'', were recorded on the

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label. Their fourth album was ''Intrinsic Evolution''.

Death

Charli Persip died August 23, 2020, at

Mount Sinai Morningside Mount Sinai Morningside, formerly known as Mount Sinai St. Luke's, is a teaching hospital located in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan, Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is affiliated with the Icahn School of M ...

in New York City at the age of 91.

Discography

As leader

* ''Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland'' with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones (Roulette, 1960) * ''Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland Vol. 2'' with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones (Roulette, 1961) * ''Charles Persip and the Jazz Statesmen'' (Bethlehem, 1961) * ''Drum Night at Birdland'' with Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones (Roulette, 1974) * ''Charlie Persip and Gerry Lafurn's 17-Piece Superband'' (Stash, 1981) * ''In Case You Missed It'' (Soul Note, 1985) * ''No Dummies Allowed'' (Soul Note, 1989) * Charli Persip & Supersound - ''Intrinsic Evolution'' (2008 Charles Persip Productions & Cancrizans Booking & Management)

As sideman

With

Ernestine Anderson Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She sang at Carnegie Hall, ...

* ''Moanin' Moanin' Moanin' '' (Mercury, 1960) * '' My Kinda Swing'' (Mercury, 1960) With

Bob Brookmeyer Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombone, valve trombonist, Jazz piano, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public ...

* ''

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'' (

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, 1958) with

* '' Portrait of the Artist'' (Atlantic, 1960) * '' Jazz Is a Kick'' (Mercury, 1960) With

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* ''In Indigo'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958) * ''Latin Fire'' (ABC-Paramount, 1959) * ''Conga Soul'' (Roulette, 1962) With

Harry Edison Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard back ...

* ''

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'' (Verve, 1958) * '' Mr. Swing'' (Verve, 1958) * '' Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton'' (Verve, 1958) * ''

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'' (Roulette, 1959) With

* ''

How Time Passes ''How Time Passes'' is the debut album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1960 and released on the Candid label.Candid, 1961) * '' New Ideas'' (New Jazz, 1961) With

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...

* '' The Aztec Suite'' (United Artists, 1959) * ''

Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra ''Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra'' is an album by trumpeter Art Farmer featuring performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the Mercury label.

'' (Mercury, 1963) With Frank Foster * ''Bursting Out!'' (Denon, 1978) * ''Shiny Stockings'' (Denon, 1979) * ''Twelve Shades of Black'' (Leo, 1979) With

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

* ''More of the Dizzy Gillespie Stan Getz Sextet'' (Norgran, 1954) * ''

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'' (Norgran, 1954) * ''

Jazz Recital ''Jazz Recital'' (also released as ''Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra'') is an album by the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Norgran label. It consists of quintet, sextet and jazz orchestra tracks.

'' (Norgran, 1955) * ''

Dizzy and Strings ''Dizzy and Strings'' (also released as ''Diz Big Band'') is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, released in 1955 by Norgran Records.

'' (Norgran, 1955) * ''

World Statesman ''World Statesman'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and released on the Norgran Records, Norgran label.

'' (Norgran, 1956) * ''

Diz and Getz ''Diz and Getz'' is an album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring Stan Getz. Track listing # " It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 6:40 # " I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Henry ...

'' (Verve, 1957) * ''

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'' (Verve, 1957) * ''Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz'' (American Recording Society, 1957) * ''

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'' (Verve, 1958) * ''

Birks' Works ''Birks' Works'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.

'' (Verve, 1958) * ''

Dizzy in Greece ''Dizzy in Greece'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released on the Verve label.

'' (Verve, 1958) * '' The Greatest Trumpet of Them All'' (Verve, 1959) * '' Sonny Side Up'' with Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins (Verve, 1959) * '' A Portrait of Duke Ellington'' (Verve, 1960) * ''

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'' (Verve, 1961) With

* '' Bright and Breezy'' (Jazzland, 1961) * ''

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'' (Prestige, 1961) * '' When There Are Grey Skies'' (Prestige, 1962) * ''

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* ''

Benny Golson's New York Scene ''Benny Golson's New York Scene'' is the debut album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Contemporary label.

'' (

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, 1958) * ''

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'' ( Audio Fidelity, 1962; reissued as ''Just Jazz!'', Audio Fidelity, 1965) With

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* '' This Is How I Feel About Jazz'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) With

* ''

We Free Kings ''We Free Kings'' is a studio album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Roland Kirk, released on Mercury Records in January 1962. His group works through a set of bluesy post-bop numbers, including a highly regarded version of ...

'' (Mercury, 1962) * '' The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man'' (Warner Bros., 1976) * '' Kirkatron'' (Warner Bros., 1977) With

Hank Mobley Henry Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neithe ...

* ''

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, 2012) * '' Hank Mobley Sextet'' (Blue Note, 1957) * '' Peckin' Time'' (Blue Note, 1959) With

* '' Lee Morgan Sextet'' (Blue Note, 1957) * ''

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'' (Specialty, 1957) with

Al Grey Al Grey (June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was an American jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique and wrote an instructional book in 1987 called ''Plunger Techniques''. Car ...

and

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* '' Lee Morgan Vol. 3'' (Blue Note, 1957) With

David "Fathead" Newman David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s an ...

* '' Straight Ahead'' (Atlantic, 1961) * '' Fathead Comes On'' (Atlantic, 1962) With Joe Newman * '' Soft Swingin' Jazz'' (

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, 1958) * '' Joe Newman with Woodwinds'' (

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, 1958) With

Cecil Payne Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gilles ...

* ''Performing Charlie Parker Music'' (1961) * ''The Connection'' (1962) With

Jerome Richardson Jerome Richardson (December 25, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician and woodwind player. He is cited as playing one of the earliest jazz flute recordings with his work on the 1949 Quincy Jones arranged song "Kingfish". Caree ...

* ''

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'' (New Jazz, 1959) * ''

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'' (New Jazz, 1961) With George Russell * '' New York, N.Y.'' (Decca, 1959) * '' Jazz in the Space Age'' (Decca, 1960) With

* '' The Saxophones of Sonny Stitt'' ( Roost, 1958) * '' A Little Bit of Stitt'' (Roost, 1959) * '' Soul Summit'' with

and

Jack McDuff Eugene McDuffy (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. He was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz ...

(Prestige, 1962) With

Randy Weston Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. Weston's piano style owed much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious M ...

* ''

Little Niles ''Little Niles'' is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1958 and first released on the United Artists label. The album was later released as part of a Blue Note compilation under the same title. All the tracks are Weston or ...

'' (United Artists, 1959) * ''

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'' (Roulette, 1961) * ''

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'' (

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, 1963) * '' Volcano Blues'' (Verve, 1993) with

With George Williams * ''Swing Classics in Hi-Fi'' (United Artists, 1959) * ''Put on Your Dancing Shoes'' (United Artists, 1960) With others *

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, ''

African Waltz ''African Waltz'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins.

'' (Riverside, 1961) *

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, '' Portrait of an Artist'' (Elektra/Musician, 1982) *

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, ''Jazz on the Rocks'' (Regent 1959) *

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, '' West Side Story Bossa Nova'' (Audio Fidelity, 1969) * Aaron Bell, ''Richard Rodgers' Victory at Sea'' (Jazz Lion 1959) *

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, ''Benson Burner'' (Columbia, 1976) *

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, ''

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'' (Rhino, 1989) *

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, '' Guitar Forms'' (Verve, 1965) *

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, ''House of Byrd'' (Prestige, 1976) *

, '' Where?'' ( New Jazz, 1962) *

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, ''Chamblee Music'' (EmArcy, 1958) *

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, ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1959) *

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, '' Cleveland Style'' (

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, 1958) *

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, ''

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, ''The Warm Sound'' (Epic, 1961) *

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, ''Renaissance'' (Catalyst, 1977) *

, ''

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'' (Riverside, 1958) *

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, '' Steel Guitar Jazz'' (Mercury, 1963) *

, ''

Out of the Cool ''Out of the Cool'' is a jazz album by The Gil Evans Orchestra, recorded in 1960 and released on the Impulse! label the following year. The album was one of Impulse!'s first four albums, released together, and featured a gatefold design and high ...

'' (Impulse!, 1961) *

Curtis Fuller Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 193 ...

, '' The Curtis Fuller Jazztet'' (

Savoy Savoy (; )  is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south and west and to the Aosta Vall ...

, 1959) *

Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first re ...

, ''Feeling Is Believing'' (Mercury, 1970) * Charles Greenlee, ''I Know About the Life'' (Baystate 1977) *

Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...

, '' The Big Soul-Band'' (Riverside, 1960) *

Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. He worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, an ...

, ''Hamp's Big Band'' (Audio Fidelity, 1959) *

Slide Hampton Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombone, jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tub ...

, ''

Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty ''Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty'' (titled ''Slide!'' on the back cover) is the debut album by American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger Slide Hampton which was released on the Strand label in 1961.Callahan, M., Watts, R. and David Edw ...

'' (

Strand Strand or The Strand may refer to: Topography *The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a: ** Beach ** Shoreline * Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida Places Africa * Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa * ...

, 1959) *

Craig Harris Craig S. Harris (born September 10, 1953) is an American jazz trombonist, who started working with Sun Ra in 1976. He also has worked with Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray (saxophonist), David Murray, Lester Bowie, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers (jazz ...

, '' Black Bone'' (Soul Note, 1984) *

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...

, ''

For Someone I Love ''For Someone I Love'' is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring big band performances arranged by Melba Liston recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.

'' ( Riverside, 1963) *

, ''Harry James and His New Swingin' Band'' (MGM 1959) *

Budd Johnson Albert J. "Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke ...

, '' Let's Swing!'' (Swingville, 1960) *

Etta Jones Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings are "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Gene Ammo ...

, ''

So Warm ''So Warm'' is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones that was recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, the King ...

, ''Somebody Up There Digs Me'' (Mercury/Wing, 1962) *

Taft Jordan Taft Jordan (February 15, 1915 – December 1, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter. Life and career He was born in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Jordan played early in his career with the Washboard Rhythm Kings, before becoming a m ...

, ''Mood Indigo!!! Taft Jordan Plays Duke Ellington'' (Moodsville, 1961) *

Irene Kral Irene Kral (January 18, 1932 – August 15, 1978) was an American jazz singer. Life She was born to Czechoslovak parents in Chicago and settled in Los Angeles, California, in the early 1960s. She died from breast cancer in Encino, Los Angeles. ...

, ''

SteveIreneo! ''SteveIreneo!'' is an album by vocalist Irene Kral performing songs written by Steve Allen with Al Cohn's Orchestra which was recorded in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label.

'' (United Artists, 1959) *

, ''

Melba Liston and Her 'Bones ''Melba Liston and Her 'Bones'' is the sole album led by trombonist, arranger and composer Melba Liston, recorded for the MetroJazz label in 1958. Reception The ''All About Jazz'' review by Hrayr Attarian states: "The leader's interplay with ...

'' (MetroJazz, 1959) *

Pat Martino Pat Martino (born Patrick Carmen Azzara; August 25, 1944 – November 1, 2021) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. He has been cited as one of the greatest guitarists in jazz. Early life Martino was born Patrick Carmen Azzara in Philad ...

, '' Baiyina (The Clear Evidence)'' (Prestige, 1968) * Ken McIntyre, '' A New Beginning'' (Passin' Thru, 2001) *

Hal McKusick Hal McKusick (June 1, 1924 – April 11, 2012) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist who worked with Boyd Raeburn from 1944 to 1945 and Claude Thornhill from 1948 to 1949. Career McKusick was born in Medford, Massachus ...

, '' Triple Exposure'' (Prestige, 1957) *

Blue Mitchell Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and Bl ...

, ''

Smooth as the Wind ''Smooth as the Wind'' is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell with strings and brass recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 and released on the Riverside label.

'' (Riverside, 1961) *

Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signi ...

, Joe Newman, ''Main Stem'' (Prestige, 1962) * Mary Osborne, ''Now and Then'' (Stash, 1982) *

Sonny Phillips Sonny Phillips (born December 7, 1936) is an American jazz keyboardist. His primary instrument is electronic organ but he often plays piano. Biography Phillips began playing jazz organ after hearing Jimmy Smith (musician), Jimmy Smith in his twen ...

, ''I Concentrate on You'' (Muse, 1979) *

Pony Poindexter Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (February 8, 1926 – April 14, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist who was born in New Orleans and died in Oakland, California. Poindexter began on clarinet and switched to playing alto and tenor sax. In 1940, he st ...

, ''

Pony's Express ''Pony's Express'' is the debut album by saxophonist Pony Poindexter which was released on the Epic label in 1962.Fitzgerald, M.Pony Poindexter Leader Entryaccessed July 2, 2015 Reception Ken Dryden of Allmusic stated: "It's a shame that Pony P ...

'' (Epic, 1962) * Bill Potts, ''the Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess'' (United Artists, 1959) *

Gene Quill Daniel Eugene Quill (December 15, 1927 – December 8, 1988) was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill. Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry ...

, ''3 Bones and a Quill'' (Vogue, 1959) *

Frank Rehak Frank Rehak (July 6, 1926, in New York City, New York – June 22, 1987, in Badger, California) was an American jazz trombonist. He began on piano and cello before switching to trombone. He worked with Gil Evans and Miles Davis. He also appeared ...

, ''Jazzville Vol. 2'' (Dawn, 1987) *

Dizzy Reece Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (born 5 January 1931) is a Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter. Reece emerged within London's burgeoning bebop jazz scene during the 1950s and went on to become a leading proponent of hard bop jazz in New York City. He l ...

, ''

Asia Minor Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...

'' (New Jazz, 1962) *

Johnny Richards Johnny Richards (born Juan Manuel Cascales, November 2, 1911 – October 7, 1968) was an American jazz arranger and composer scoring numerous sound tracks for television and film. He was a pivotal composer/arranger for cutting edge, adventur ...

, ''Live in Stereo 1957-1958 Broadcasts'' (Jazz Hour, 1991) * Sam Rivers, ''

Zenith The zenith (, ) is the imaginary point on the celestial sphere directly "above" a particular location. "Above" means in the vertical direction (Vertical and horizontal, plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location (nadir). The z ...

'' (Archive Series Volume 2) (NoBusiness, 2019) recorded in 1977 *

, ''Tenor Titan'' (VSP 1966) *

Howard Rumsey Howard Rumsey (November 7, 1917 – July 15, 2015) was an American jazz double-bassist known for his leadership of the Lighthouse All-Stars in the 1950s. Biography Born in Brawley, California, United States, Rumsey first began playing the piano ...

, ''Double or Nothin'' (Liberty 1957) *

Sal Salvador Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999), whose name was originally Silvio Smiraglia, was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator. He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his profession ...

, ''The Beat for This Generation'' (Decca, 1959) *

Hal Schaefer Harold Herman "Hal" Schaefer (22 July 1925 – 8 December 2012) was an American jazz musician and vocal coach. He coached Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, Judy Garland, Robert Wagner, Jane Russell and Barbra Streisand in films and musical comedy song ...

, ''Ten Shades of Blue'' (United Artists, 1959) * Bobby Scott, ''A Taste of Honey'' (Atlantic, 1960) *

Archie Shepp Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Biography Early life Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...

, ''Ballads for Trane'' (Denon, 1977) *

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...

, '' Everything's Mellow'' ( Moodsville, 1961) *

Big Joe Turner Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him". Turner's greatest fa ...

, ''Big Joe Rides Again'' (Atlantic, 1960) *

, '' Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller'' (Mercury, 1959) *

Ernie Wilkins Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1922 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical direct ...

, ''Here Comes the Swingin' Mr. Wilkins!'' (Everest, 1960) *

Kai Winding Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of " More", the theme from the movie ''Mondo Ca ...

, ''

Dance to the City Beat ''Dance to the City Beat'' is an album by American jazz trombonist Kai Winding featuring performances recorded in late 1958 and early 1959 for the Columbia label.Payne, DKai Winding discographyaccessed July 11, 2016 The album features tunes relat ...

'' (Columbia, 1959) *

Leo Wright Leo Wright (December 14, 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas – January 4, 1991 in Vienna) was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. He played with Booker Ervin, Charles Mingus, John Hardee, Kenny Burrell, Johnny C ...

, '' Blues Shout'' (Atlantic, 1960) *

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

, '' The Quest'' (New Jazz, 1962) *

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began t ...

, ''

The Young Bloods ''The Young Bloods'' is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Phil Woods recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.

'' with

(Prestige, 1956) *

, ''Bird Feathers'' (Prestige, 1957)

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