Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921
– March 28, 2010) 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, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards ...
.
Biography
Born in
Farmersville, Texas
Farmersville is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,612 at the 2020 census.
History
Farmersville originated in 1849 as a settlement on the Jefferson-McKinney Road, and near Republic of Texas National Road. The s ...
,
Ellis grew up on a farm.
His first exposure to guitar came through the radio, while hearing the
Light Crust Doughboys
The Light Crust Doughboys is an American Western swing band from Texas, United States, organized in 1931 by the Burrus Mill and Elevator Company in Saginaw, Texas. The band achieved its peak popularity in the few years leading up to World War II. ...
.
At the age of three, Ellis was playing harmonica, and banjo by six.
Although his brother owned a guitar, he tuned it wrong, and Ellis wanted to play better than his brother, so he bought a book to learn how to tune guitar.
His interest in guitar grew from there.
He also heard
George Barnes on a radio program.
This experience is said to have inspired him to take up jazz guitar.
Ellis was proficient on the instrument by the time he entered
North Texas State University
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a Public university, public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private Normal school, teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 y ...
.
He majored in music, but because they did not have a guitar program, he studied the
bass.
He dropped out of college and toured for six months with a band from the
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...
.
From 1943–45 he joined
Glen Gray
Glenn Gray Knoblauch (June 7, 1900 – August 23, 1963), known professionally as Glen Gray, was an American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra.'' The Mississippi Rag'', "Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra," George A. B ...
and the
Casa Loma Orchestra.
After Gray's band, Ellis joined the
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 Peop ...
band where he played some of his first recorded solos.
Ellis remained with Dorsey through 1947, traveling and recording extensively, and playing in dance halls and movie palaces. Then came a turnabout that would change Ellis's career. As pianist
Lou Carter told journalist Robert Dupuis in a 1996 interview, "The Dorsey band had a six-week hole in the schedule. The three of us had played together some with the big band.
John Frigo, who had already left the band, knew the owner of the Peter Stuyvesant Hotel in Buffalo. We went in there and stayed six months. And that's how the group the Soft Winds were born". Together with Frigo and Lou Carter, Ellis wrote the classic jazz standards "
Detour Ahead
"Detour Ahead" is a jazz standard with words and music credited to Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, and Lou Carter.
The song was written in 1948 while Carter, Ellis and Frigo were part of The Soft Winds, a group they created after leaving Jimmy Dorsey' ...
" and "
I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out
"I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out" is a popular song composed by Herb Ellis, Lou Carter, and John Frigo. The three men were members of Jimmy Dorsey's big band, but left in 1946 to form the jazz trio "The Soft Winds." While in the group, they compo ...
".
The Soft Winds group was fashioned after the
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...
Trio. They stayed together until 1952. Ellis then joined the Oscar Peterson Trio (replacing
Barney Kessel) in 1953,
forming what
Scott Yanow would later on refer to as "one of the most memorable of all the piano, guitar, and bass trios in jazz history".
Ellis became prominent after performing with the
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards ...
Trio from 1953 to 1958, along with pianist Peterson and bassist
Ray Brown.
He was a somewhat controversial member of the trio, because he was the only white person in the group in a time when racism was still very much widespread.
![Herb Ellis 1953 Gibson ES-175](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Herb_Ellis_1953_Gibson_ES-175.jpg)
In addition to their live and recorded work as the Oscar Peterson Trio, this unit usually with the addition of a drummer, served as the virtual "house rhythm section" for
Norman Granz
Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter. He founded the record labels Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo. Granz was acknowledged as "the most successful impres ...
's
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 Simon ...
, supporting the likes of tenormen
Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
and
Stan Getz, as well as trumpeters
Dizzy Gillespie,
Roy Eldridge
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from ...
, and
Sweets 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 ...
and other jazz stalwarts. Ellis was part of the rhythm section but did not solo on every track. With drummer
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, ...
, they were also the backing band for popular "comeback" albums by the duet of
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...
and
Louis Armstrong.
The trio were one of the mainstays of
Granz's
Jazz at the Philharmonic
Jazz at the Philharmonic, or JATP (1944–1983), was the title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz.
Over the years, "Jazz at the Philharmonic" featured many of the era's preeminent musicians, including Lou ...
concerts as they swept the jazz world, almost constantly touring the United States and Europe. Ellis left the Peterson Trio in November 1958, to be replaced not by a guitarist, but by drummer
Ed Thigpen
Edmund Leonard Thigpen (December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959.
Biograp ...
. The years of 1957 through 1960 found Ellis touring with
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...
.
In addition, Ellis was a mainstay in Hollywood recording studios playing on various types of sessions. Eventually, he left studio work to concentrate on his jazz career, both onstage and on records.
The three provided a stirring rendition of "
Tenderly" as a jazz improvisational backdrop to John Hubley's 1958 cartoon ''The Tender Game''.
With fellow jazz guitarists
Barney Kessel,
Charlie Byrd and later,
Tal Farlow
Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in th ...
, he created another ensemble, the
Great Guitars.
Herb Ellis was also featured on an episode of ''
Sanford and Son'' accompanying Fred Sanford's singing.
Ellis gave cartoonist and ''
The Far Side
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'' creator
Gary Larson
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guitar lessons, in exchange for the cover illustration for the album, ''Doggin' Around'' (Concord, 1988) by Ellis and bassist
Red Mitchell.
In 1994, he joined the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame. On November 15, 1997, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the
University of North Texas College of Music
The University of North Texas College of Music, based in Denton, is a comprehensive music school among the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. It developed the first jazz studies ...
.
Ellis died of
Alzheimer's disease at his Los Angeles home on the morning of March 28, 2010, at the age of 88.
Discography
As leader
* ''
Ellis in Wonderland'' (
Norgran, 1956)
* ''
Nothing but the Blues'' (Verve, 1957)
* ''
Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre'' (Verve, 1959)
* ''Softly...but with That Feeling'' (Verve, 1961)
* ''Three Guitars in Bossa Nova Time'' (Epic, 1963)
* ''Together!'' with Stuff Smith (Epic, 1963)
* ''4 to Go!'' with Andre Previn (Columbia, 1963)
* ''Guitar/Guitar'' with Charlie Byrd (Columbia, 1965)
* ''Man with the Guitar'' (Dot, 1965)
* ''Herb Ellis and the All Stars'' (Epic, 1974)
* ''Herb Ellis & Ray Brown's Soft Shoe'' (Concord Jazz, 1974)
* ''
Seven, Come Eleven'' with Joe Pass (Concord Jazz, 1974)
* ''
Jazz/Concord'' with Joe Pass (Concord Jazz, 1974)
* ''
Two for the Road'' with Joe Pass (Pablo, 1974)
* ''Rhythm Willie'' with Freddie Green (Concord Jazz, 1975)
* ''In Session with Herb Ellis'' (Guitar Player, 1975)
* ''After You've Gone'' with Ray Brown, Harry "Sweets" Edison (Concord Jazz, 1975)
* ''Great Guitars'' with Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1976)
* ''A Pair to Draw To'' with Ross Tompkins (Concord Jazz, 1976)
* ''Poor Butterfly'' with Barney Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1977)
* ''Herb'' (Sony, 1978)
* ''Great Guitars: Straight Tracks'' with Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1978)
* ''
Windflower'' with
Remo Palmier
Remo Paul Palmier (March 29, 1923 – February 2, 2002) was an American jazz guitarist.
Career
Palmier began his career as a musician during the 1940s, and collaborated with Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Teddy Wilson ...
(Concord Jazz, 1978)
* ''Soft & Mellow'' (Concord Jazz, 1979)
* ''Great Guitars at the Winery'' with Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1980)
* ''At Montreux Summer 1979'' (Concord Jazz, 1980)
* ''Interplay'' with Cal Collins Concord Jazz, 1981)
* ''Great Guitars at Charlie's Georgetown'' with Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1983)
* ''Anniversary in Paris'' with Marc Hemmeler (Phoenix, 1986)
* ''Doggin' Around'' with Red Mitchell (Concord Jazz, 1989)
* ''Roll Call'' (Justice, 1991)
* ''Memories of You: A Tribute to Benny Goodman'' with Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco (Contemporary, 1991)
* ''Texas Swings'' (Justice, 1992)
* ''The Jazz Masters'' with Ray Brown, Serge Ermoll (AIM, 1994)
* ''The Return of the Great Guitars'' with Charlie Byrd, Mundell Lowe, Larry Coryell (Concord Jazz, 1996)
* ''Down-Home'' (Justice, 1996)
* ''Herb Ellis Meets T. C. Pfeiler'' (Tonewheel, 1997)
* ''Burnin' '' (Acoustic Music, 1998)
* ''An Evening with Herb Ellis'' (Jazz Focus, 1998)
* ''Blues Variations'' (Live at EJ's, 1998)
* ''Conversations in Swing Guitar'' with Duke Robillard (Stony Plain, 1999)
* ''Great Guitars Live'' with Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel (Concord 2001)
* ''More Conversations in Swing Guitar'' with Duke Robillard (Stony Plain, 2003)
With
Monty Alexander
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis ...
and
Ray Brown
* ''Trio'' (Concord Jazz, 1981)
* ''Triple Treat'' (Concord Jazz, 1982)
* ''Overseas Special'' (Concord Jazz, 1984)
* ''Triple Treat II'' (Concord Jazz, 1988)
* ''Triple Treat III'' (Concord Jazz, 1989)
With
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards ...
* ''Pastel Moods'' (Verve, 1956)
* ''Hello Herbie'' (MPS, 1970)
* ''Jazz at the Philharmonic Blues in Chicago 1955'' (Verve, 1983)
* ''The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note'' (Telarc, 1990)
* ''A Tribute to Oscar Peterson Live at The Town Hall'' (Telarc, 1997)
* ''Tenderly'' (Just a Memory 2002)
* ''Vancouver 1958'' (Just a Memory, 2003)
As sideman
With
Mel Brown
*''
Chicken Fat
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'' (Impulse!, 1967)
With
Benny Carter
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...
*''
Benny Carter Plays Pretty'' (
Norgran, 1954)
*''
New Jazz Sounds'' (Norgran, 1954)
With
Priscilla Coolidge
Priscilla Coolidge (1941 – October 2, 2014) was an American recording artist and sister of singer Rita Coolidge.
Life and career
Coolidge was born in Lafayette, Tennessee. Between 1969 and 1979, she was married to Booker T. Jones, who produce ...
*''Gypsy Queen'' (Sussex, 1970)
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 backi ...
*''
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" is a 1929 song written by Andy Razaf and Don Redman. It was recorded by the Redman-led McKinney's Cotton Pickers on Victor on November 5, 1929 as "Gee, Ain't I Good to You."
King Cole Trio recording
Nat King C ...
'' (Verve, 1957)
With
Roy Eldridge
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from ...
*''
Rockin' Chair'' (
Clef
A clef (from French: 'key') is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical stave. Placing a clef on a stave assigns a particular pitch to one of the five lines, which defines the pitc ...
, 1953)
*''
Dale's Wail
''Dale's Wail'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Clef label. '' (Clef, 1953)
*''
Little Jazz'' (Clef, 1954)
With
Victor Feldman
Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English jazz musician who played mainly piano, vibraphone, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as ...
*''
Soviet Jazz Themes'' (Äva, 1962)
With
Johnny Frigo
Johnny Frigo (December 27, 1916 – July 4, 2007) was an American jazz violinist, bassist and songwriter. He appeared in the 1940s as a violinist before working as a bassist. He returned to the violin in the 1980s and enjoyed a comeback, recordin ...
* ''
I Love John Frigo...He Swings'' (Mercury, 1957)
With
Stan Getz
*''
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
''Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio'' is a 1958 studio album by Stan Getz, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Trio.
Track listing
# "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 7:35
# " Pennies from Heaven" ( Arthur Johnston, ...
'' (Verve, 1958)
*''
Jazz Giants '58'' (Verve, 1958)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
*''
Diz and Getz'' (Norgran, 1953)
*''
Roy and Diz'' with
Roy Eldridge
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from ...
(Clef, 1954)
*''
For Musicians Only'' (Verve, 1956)
With
Vince Guaraldi
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this series includ ...
*''
Alma-Ville'' (
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. was a short-lived American entertainment company active from 1967 until 1969.
History
Seven Arts Productions acquired Jack L. Warner's controlling interest in Warner Bros. Pictures for $32 million in November 19 ...
, 1969)
*''
It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown
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* It (pronoun), in English
* Information technology
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* ''It'' (1927 film), a film starring Clara Bow
* '' It! The Terror from Beyond Space'', a 1958 science fiction film
* ''It!'' (1967 ...
'' (''
Peanuts
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'' television special, 1969)
*''
A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack'' (
Columbia Masterworks
Columbia Masterworks was a record label started in 1924 by Columbia Records. In 1980, it was separated from the Columbia label and renamed CBS Masterworks. In 1990, it was revived as Sony Classical after its sale to the Sony Corporation.
History ...
, 1970)
* ''
A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (Kritzerland, 2017)
With
Johnny Hartman
John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer who specialized in ballads. He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner. Hartman is best remembered for his ...
* ''
Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman'' (ABC, 1966)
* ''
I Love Everybody
''I Love Everybody'' is the fifth album by Lyle Lovett, released in 1994. The album consists of songs written by Lovett prior to the recording of his first album, '' Lyle Lovett'' (1986).
On the 8th track, "Record Lady," Lyle refers to colleg ...
'' (ABC, 1967)
With
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first p ...
*''
Coleman Hawkins and Confrères'' (Verve, 1958)
With
Illinois Jacquet
Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on " Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.
Although he was a pioneer of ...
*''
Swing's the Thing'' (Clef, 1956)
With
Peggy Lee
* ''
Mink Jazz
''Mink Jazz'' is a 1963 studio album by Peggy Lee, arranged by Benny Carter and Max Bennett.
Track listing
# " It's a Big Wide Wonderful World" (John Rox) – 1:37
# " Whisper Not" (Leonard Feather, Benny Golson) – 2:17
# "My Silent Lo ...
'' (Capitol Records, 1963)
* ''
Guitars a là Lee'' (Capitol Records, 1966)
With
Randy Newman
* ''
Randy Newman'' (Reprise, 1968)
With
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards ...
*''
Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie'' (Verve, 1956)
*''
Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival'' (Verve, 1956)
*''Pastel Moods'' (Verve, 1956)
*''
The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport'' (Verve, 1957)
*''
Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw'' (Verve, 1957)
*''
On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio'' (Verve, 1958)
*''
Hello Herbie
''Hello Herbie'' is an album by pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, joined by guitarist Herb Ellis.
Track listing
# "Naptown Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:20
# "Exactly Like You (song), Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:50
...
'' (MPS, 1969)
*''
Live at the Blue Note'' (Telarc, 1990)
With
Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips (born Esther Mae Jones; December 23, 1935 – August 7, 1984) was an American singer, best known for her R&B vocals.Santelli, Robert (2001). ''The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia''. Penguin Books. p. 376. . She ...
*''
Confessin' the Blues'' (Atlantic, 1976)
With
Lou Rawls
*''Lou Rawls Live!'' (Capitol, 1966)
With
Bud Shank
Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and thro ...
*''
Bud Shank Plays Music from Today's Movies'' (
World Pacific
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, 1967)
*''
Magical Mystery
''Magical Mystery'' is an album by the saxophonist Bud Shank recorded in 1967 for the World Pacific label. '' (World Pacific, 1967)
With
Gábor Szabó
Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music.
Early years
Szabó was born in Budapest, Hungary. He began playing guitar at the age ...
*''
Wind, Sky and Diamonds'' (Impulse!, 1967)
With
Sonny Stitt
*''
Only the Blues'' (Verve, 1958)
With
Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
*''
Soulville'' (Verve, 1957)
With
Lester Young
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.
Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most ...
*''
Pres and Sweets
''Pres and Sweets'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lester Young and trumpeter Harry Edison recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Norgran label.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 backi ...
(Norgran, 1955)
*''
Laughin' to Keep from Cryin''' (Verve, 1958)
References
External links
Herb Ellis on the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame websiteBiography at Classic Jazz Guitar.Keith Thursby, "Herb Ellis dies at 88; jazz guitarist" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 31, 2010.
''New York Times'', March 30, 2010.
''Daily Telegraph'', April 5, 2010.
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