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,
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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– 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
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 ...
and
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...
. He also appeared with Davis on the broadcast "The Sounds of Miles Davis."
He had a failed marriage to nightclub dancer Jerri Gray. He also had a heroin addiction, which combined with other financial problems led to his withdrawal from music and lapsing into relative obscurity. In an effort to deal with these issues he spent time at
Synanon
Synanon, originally known as Tender Loving Care, was a new religious movement founded in 1958 by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in Santa Monica, California, United States. Originally established as a drug rehabilitation program, Synanon develop ...
, which led to his mention in
Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet (his first instrument) and bass clarinet. Active ...
's autobiography. He died in Badger of
throat cancer
Head and neck cancer is a general term encompassing multiple cancers that can develop in the head and neck region. These include cancers of the mouth, tongue, gums and lips ( oral cancer), voice box ( laryngeal), throat ( nasopharyngeal, orophar ...
at the age of 60.
Discography
As leader
* Frank Rehak Sextet/Alex Smith Quintet, ''Jazzville Vol. 2'' (Dawn, 1957)
As sideman
With
Tony Bennett
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, ...
Al Cohn
Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist ...
* ''
Mr. Music
''Mr. Music'' is a 1950 film starring Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson, directed by Richard Haydn, and released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the play '' Accent on Youth'' written by Samson Raphaelson. Filming took place from October to Dece ...
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...
Porgy and Bess
''Porgy and Bess'' ( ) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play ''Porgy (play), ...
'' (Columbia, 1959)
* ''
Sketches of Spain
''Sketches of Spain'' is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released on July 18, 1960 by Columbia Records. Recording took place between November 1959 and March 1960 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. An extended ...
Sorcerer
Sorcerer may refer to:
Magic
* Sorcerer (supernatural), a practitioner of magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources
* Sorcerer (fantasy), a fictional character who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sou ...
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 ...
* ''
World Statesman
''World Statesman'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and released on the Norgran Records, Norgran label.
Woody Herman
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roo ...
* ''Herman's Heat & Puente's Beat!'' (Everest, 1958) – with
Tito Puente
Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also k ...
* ''The Herd Rides Again'' (Everest, 1958)
* ''The Fourth Herd'' (Jazzland, 1960)
* ''Hey! Heard the Herd?'' (Verve, 1963)
* ''Woody Herman & the Fourth Herd'' (Windmill, 1972)
* ''The Third Herd Vol. 1'' (Discovery, 1981)
* ''The Third Herd Vol. 2'' (Discovery, 1982)
* ''Woody Herman and His Orchestra'' (Joker, 1983)
With
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
Gene Krupa
Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. Krupa is widely regarded as one of the most influential drummers in the history of popular music. His drum solo on Benny Goodman ...
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.
Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, ...
Hugo Montenegro
Hugo Mario Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of Ennio M ...
* ''Bongos and Brass'' (Time, 1960)
* ''Cha Chas for Dancing'' (Time, 1960)
* ''Great Songs from Motion Pictures Vol. 1 (1927–1937)'' (Time, 1961)
* ''Great Songs from Motion Pictures Vol. 2 (1938–1944)'' (Time, 1961)
* ''Great Songs from Motion Pictures Vol. 3 (1945–1960)'' (Time, 1961)
* ''The Great Hits of the 50's'' (Time, 1964)
* ''Montenegro & Mayhem'' (Time, 1965)
With others
*
Cat Anderson
William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson (September 12, 1916 – April 29, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter known for his long period as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra and for his wide range, especially his ability to play in the altissimo regis ...
, ''Cat On a Hot Tin Horn'' (Mercury, 1958)
*
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, ...
Buddy Arnold
Arnold Buddy Grishaver (April 30, 1926 – November 9, 2003), known professionally as Buddy Arnold, was an American jazz saxophonist.
Career
Arnold took up the sax at age nine and turned pro while still in his teens. At 16 years old, Arnold p ...
, ''Wailing'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
*
Charlie Barnet
Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
His major recordings were "Nagasaki", "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", "In a Mizz", and "South ...
, ''More Charlie Barnet'' (Everest, 1959)
*
Big Maybelle
Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Childhood and musical background
Born in J ...
, ''Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle'' (Savoy, 1986)
*
Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...
, ''
Art Blakey Big Band
''Art Blakey Big Band'' (also called ''Art Blakey's Big Band'' and ''Art Blakey and his Drivin' Big Band'') is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label.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 ...
Ruth Brown
Ruth Alston Brown (; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a popular music, pop music ...
, ''
Late Date with Ruth Brown
''Late Date with Ruth Brown'' is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.Bobby Byrne, ''The Jazzbone's Connected to the Trombone'' (Grand Award, 1959)
*
Cándido Camero
Cándido Camero Guerra (22April 19217November 2020), known simply as Cándido, was a Cuban conga and bongo player. He is considered a pioneer of Afro-Cuban jazz and an innovator in conga drumming. He was responsible for the embracing of the tun ...
, ''The Volcanic'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
*
Al "Jazzbo" Collins
Albert Richard "Jazzbo" Collins (January 4, 1919 – September 30, 1997) was an American disc jockey and musician who hosted ''The Tonight Show'' in 1957.
Career
Born in Rochester, New York, in 1919, Collins grew up on Long Island. In 1941, whil ...
, ''Presents Swinging at the Opera'' (Everest, 1960)
*
Chris Connor
Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009), was an American jazz singer.
Biography
Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clyde Loutsenhizer and Mabel Sh ...
, ''Sings Ballads of the Sad Cafe'' (Atlantic, 1959)
* Chris Connor, ''Witchcraft'' (Atlantic, 1959)
*
Don Costa
Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including '' Sinatra and Strings'' and '' My Way'' ...
, ''Echoing Voices and Trombones'' (United Artists, 1960)
*
Jimmy Dorsey
James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards " I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary Peopl ...
, ''Vol. 3 1949–1951'' (Hindsight, 1981)
* Jimmy Dorsey, ''The Uncollected Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra Vol. 4 1950'' (Hindsight, 1982)
*
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 ...
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 ...
Barry Galbraith
Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Galbraith moved to New York City from McDonald, Pennsylvania, in the early 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal ...
, ''Guitar and the Wind'' (Decca, 1958)
* Marty Gold, ''Swingin' West'' (RCA Victor, 1960)
*
Buddy Greco
Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco (August 14, 1926 – January 10, 2017) was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including "Oh Look A-There Ain't She Pretty", " Up, Up ...
, ''I Like It Swinging'' (Columbia, 1961)
*
Urbie Green
Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle. He played on over 250 recordings and released more than twenty albums a ...
, ''The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green Volume 2'' (Command, 1962)
*
George Handy
George Handy (born George Joseph Hendleman) (January 17, 1920 – January 8, 1997) was an American jazz arranger, composer and pianist whose musical beginnings were fostered under the tutelage of composer Aaron Copland. While he had an impressiv ...
, ''By George!'' (Handy, of Course) (X 1956)
*
Johnny Hartman
John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer, known for his rich baritone voice and recordings of ballads. He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner. ...
, ''All of Me'' (Bethlehem, 1978)
* Johnny Hartman, ''Songs from the Heart'' (Bethlehem, 1984)
* Andre Hodeir, ''American Jazzmen Play Andre Hodeir's Essais'' (Savoy, 1957)
*
Kenyon Hopkins
Kenyon Hopkins (January 15, 1912 – April 7, 1983) was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. He was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers."
Biography Early life and education
Hopkins was ...
/Creed Taylor, ''The Sound of New York'' (ABC-Paramount, 1959)
* Kenyon Hopkins, ''The Hustler'' (Kapp, 1961)
*
Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to ma ...
, '' Legrand Jazz'' (Columbia, 1958)
* Michel Legrand, ''Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis'' (Philips, 1970)
* Leiber-Stoller Big Band, ''Yakety Yak'' (Atlantic, 1960)
*
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, ...
, ''
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)
*
Mundell Lowe
James Mundell Lowe (April 21, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician.
He produced film and TV scores in the 1970s, such as the '' Billy Jack'' soundtra ...
Teo Macero
Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008) was an American jazz record producer, saxophonist, and composer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years. Macero produced Miles Davis' ''Bitches Brew'' and Dave B ...
, ''Teo'' (American Clave, 1980)
*
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretati ...
, ''
Something to Swing About
''Something to Swing About'' is a 1960 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged by Ernie Wilkins.
Reception
The initial ''Billboard'' magazine review from January 1960 wrote that "McRae fans are going to like this and the gal can easily ma ...
'' (Kapp, 1959)
*
Red Mitchell
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
Biography
Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ...
,
Whitey Mitchell
Gordon "Whitey" Mitchell (February 22, 1932 – January 16, 2009) was an American jazz bassist and television writer/producer. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Life and career
Mitchell was the brother of bassist Red Mitchell. He began on ...
,
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 ...
and
André Previn
André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved ...
Sam Most
Samuel Most (December 16, 1930 – June 13, 2013) was an American jazz flutist, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, based in Los Angeles. He was "probably the first great jazz flutist", according to jazz historian Leonard Feather.
Biography
He wa ...
, ''Plays Bird Bud Monk and Miles'' (Bethlehem, 1957)
*
Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing t ...
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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 ...
, ''Gerry Mulligan Bob Brookmeyer Play Phil Sunkel's Jazz Concerto Grosso'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958)
* Joe Newman, '' All I Wanna Do Is Swing'' (RCA Victor, 1955)
* Joe Newman, ''
The Happy Cats
''The Happy Cats'' is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman's Sextet recorded in early 1957 for the Coral label.Edwards, D., Eyries, P., Watts, R, Neely, T. & Callahan, M.Coral Album Discography accessed December 7, 2015
Reception
Allmusic gave the ...
'' (Coral, 1957)
*
Claus Ogerman
Claus Ogerman (born Klaus Ogermann; 29 April 1930 – 8 March 2016) was a German arranger, conductor, and composer best known for his work with Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Michael Brecker, and Diana Krall.
...
, ''Sounds for Sick? People'' (Shell, 1960)
*
Nat Pierce
Nathaniel Pierce Blish Jr., known professionally as Nat Pierce (July 16, 1925 – June 10, 1992) was an American jazz pianist and prolific composer and arranger, perhaps best known for being pianist and arranger for the Woody Herman band from 195 ...
, ''Big Band at the Savoy'' (RCA Victor, 1962)
* Bill Potts, ''The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess Conducted, Orchestrated and Arranged by Bill Potts'' (United Artists, 1959)
* Andre Previn, ''The Previn Scene'' (MGM, 1961)
*
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)
*
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 ...
, ''Wide Range'' (Capitol, 1957)
*
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 ...
, ''Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass'' (MetroJazz, 1958)
*
Pete Rugolo
Pietro Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011), known professionally as Pete Rugolo, was an American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer.
Life and career
Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the ...
, '' Rugolomania'' (Columbia, 1955)
* Pete Rugolo, ''
New Sounds by Pete Rugolo
''New Sounds by Pete Rugolo'' is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo, of performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 for Columbia Records and first released on the budget Harmony label in 1957.- - -
Reception
''Allmusic'' rate ...
'' (Harmony, 1957)
*
Jimmy Rushing
James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972) was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.
Rushing was known as " Mr. Five by ...
, ''Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass'' (Columbia, 1958)
* Jimmy Rushing, ''Mr. Five by Five'' (Columbia, 1980)
* George Russell, ''New York, N.Y.'' (Decca, 1959)
* George Russell, ''Jazz in the Space Age'' (Decca, 1960)
*
Aaron Sachs
Aaron Sachs (July 4, 1923 – June 5, 2014) was an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player.
Career
A native of New York City, Sachs began his music career as a young swing protégé of Benny Goodman, and later eased into bebop music, also ...
, ''Clarinet and Co.'' (Fresh Sound, 1957)
*
A. K. Salim
Ahmad Khatab Salim or Ahmad Kharab Salim (born Albert Atkinson) (July 28, 1922 – January 1, 2003) was an American jazz composer, and arranger.
Biography
Salim attended DuSable High School with Bennie Green, Dorothy Donegan and Gene Ammons and pl ...
, ''
Flute Suite
''Flute Suite'' is an album by American jazz composer and arranger A. K. Salim featuring flautists Frank Wess and Herbie Mann recorded in 1957 for the Savoy label.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 ...
, ''Colors in Sound'' (Decca, 1958)
*
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 ...
, ''U A Showcase: Great Songs from United Artists Pictures'' (London, 1958)
*
Lalo Schifrin
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...
and
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 ...
, ''
Samba Para Dos
''Samba Para Dos'' is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin and American trombonist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in 1963 and released on the Verve label.Payne, DLalo Schifrin discographyaccessed March 6, 2012
'' (Verve, 1963)
*
Doc Severinsen
Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''.
Early life
Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) ...
, ''Tempestuous Trumpet'' (Command, 1961)
* Doc Severinsen, ''The Big Band's Back In Town'' (Command, 1962)
*
George Siravo
George Siravo (October 2, 1916, Staten Island, New York – February 28, 2000, Medford, Oregon) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
He began his career playing reeds with the Cliquot Club Eskimos and l ...
Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman, born Leonard Graham (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002), was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter.
Biography
Graham was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after conve ...
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Roots
A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients.
Root or roots may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusin ...
'' (New Jazz, 1957)
*
Creed Taylor
Creed Bane Taylor V (May 13, 1929 – August 22, 2022) was an American record producer, best known for his work with CTI Records, which he founded in 1967. His career also included periods at Bethlehem Records, ABC-Paramount Records (includin ...
, ''Lonelyville The Nervous Beat'' (ABC-Paramount, 1959)
*
Sonny Truitt
Sonny Truitt was an American jazz trombonist, pianist, and composer. He was best known for his work with Miles Davis.
Discography
With Bill Chapin
*''Jim Chapin Sextet'' (Prestige, 1955)
With Miles Davis
*''Miles Davis and Horns'' (Prestige, 195 ...
, ''Drummer Delights'' (Music Minus One, 1961)
*
Frank Wess
Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Basie, Count Basie's band duri ...
, Bobby Jaspar Seldon Powell, ''The Spirit of Charlie Parker'' (World Wide, 1958)
*
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 ...
, ''
Destry Rides Again
''Destry Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Her ...
'' (United Artists, 1959)
* George Williams, ''Swing Classics in Hi-Fi'' (United Artists, 1959)
* George Williams, ''Put On Your Dancing Shoes'' (United Artists, 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 ...