Danny "Big Black" Rey (1934) is an American actor, musician, and percussionist specializing in

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and Ethnic Jazz music. After playing at clubs and hotels in Miami and in calypso bands in the Bahamas during the 1950s, he moved to New York in the early 1960s, working mostly 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 ...

, as well as performing with

Junior Cook Herman "Junior" Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player. Biography Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook was a member of the Horace Silver Quin ...

. In 1965 he played with

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and

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and performed and recorded with

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 ...

. The following year he was back with Weston’s band at the

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. In 1975, he recorded with

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"Black, Big".
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. In 1989 he moved from New York to California.

Discography

As leader/co-leader * ''Message to our Ancestors'' (1969), with the flutist Black Harold (Universal City 73012) * ''Ethnic Fusion'' (1981–1982, with the guitarist Arthur Wheaton ( 1750 Arch 1790) As sideman * ''

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'' (1964) –

(Bakton) * ''

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'' (1965) –

(

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) * ''

Monterey '66 ''Monterey '66'' is a live album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1966 at the Monterey Jazz Festival but not released on the Verve label until 1994. Reception Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars, with its review by Al Campbe ...

'' (released 1994) –

(

Verve Records Verve Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, ...

) * ''

Blue Spirits ''Blue Spirits'' is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard released on the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label. It would be his last studio album for Blue Note, recorded in the 1960s. It features performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Hender ...

'' (released 1967) –

(Blue Note Records) * ''

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'' (1975) –

's Music Inc. and Orchestra (

Strata-East Records Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specialising in jazz founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording ''Music Inc.'' The label released over 50 albums in the 1970s. Ma ...

)

References

External links

Danny "Big Black" official website
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Wide Hive Records (2009)
Phil Ranelin Perserverence
Wide Hive Records (2011) {{Authority control 1934 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American jazz musicians American percussionists African-American people Actors from Savannah, Georgia Musicians from Savannah, Georgia