December 24. 2017

Photo above of Wardell Gray with the Earl Hines Orchestra by courtesy of Alchetron.
2017年12月23日に12月例会が開催されました。
今回の特集は『Wardell Gray Memorial』
解説 寺本泰規氏(同好会世話人)
例会で聞かせて頂いた音源と録音データを添付致します。
Here is Earl Hines And His Orchestra with Wardell Gray play “Fatha’s idea”.
Willie Cook, Billy Douglas, Fats Palmer, Arthur Walker (tp) Bennie Green, Dickie Harris, Cliff Smalls, Pappy Smith (tb) Scoops Carey (cl,as) Lloyd Smith (as) Wardell Gray, Kermit Scott (ts) John Williams (bar) Bill Thompson (vib) Earl Hines (p) Rene Hall (g) Gene Thomas (b) or Lucille Dixon (b) David “Chick” Booth (d) Betty Roche, June Richmond (vcl)
AFRS recording session, Hollywood, CA, October 23 or 30, 1944
Here is Earl Hines And His Orchestra with Wardell Gray play “Let’s get started.
Arthur Walker, Vernon Smith, Willie Cook, Palmer Davis, Billy Douglas (tp) Bennie Harris, Joe McLewis, Cliff Small, Druie Bess (tb) Scoops Carey, Lloyd Smith (as) Wardell Gray, Kermit Scott (ts) John Williams (bar) Bill Thompson (vib) Earl Hines (p,vcl,dir) Gene Thomas (b) Chick Booth (d) Dolores Parker (vcl)
Los Angeles, c. June 1946

Photo by Pinterest Wardell Gray and Fats Navarro (with Allen Eager in background) from the Tadd Dameron
Here is Wardell Gray Quartet play “The man I love”.
Wardell Gray (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Red Callender (b) Harold “Doc” West (d)
Hollywood, CA, November 23, 1946
Here is Charlie Parker’s New All Stars with Wardell Gray play “Stupendous”.
Howard McGhee (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Wardell Gray (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Don Lamond (d)
Hollywood, CA, February 26, 1947
Here is Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra with Wardell Gray play “Blues for sale”.
Billy Eckstine (vcl,tb) Ray Linn (tp) Gerald Valentine (tb) Sonny Criss (as) Wardell Gray (ts) Warren Bracken (p) unknown (g) Shifty Henry (b) Tim Kennedy (d)
Los Angeles, April 21, 1947

Photo of Art Pepper, Wardell Gray, Gene Norman and Shorty Rogers in the early ’50s
Here is Wardell Gray Quintet/Gene Norman’s Just Jazz Concert play “Blue Lou”.
Wardell Gray (ts) Erroll Garner (p) Irving Ashby (g) Red Callender (b) Jackie Mills (d)
Live “Civic Auditorium”, Pasadena, CA, April 29, 1947

Photo by Pinterest Wardell Gray and Fats Navarro (with Allen Eager in background) from the Tadd Dameron
Here is The Tadd Dameron Septet play “Jahbero”.
Fats Navarro (tp) Allen Eager, Wardell Gray (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Chino Pozo (bgo)
New York, September 13, 1948
Here is Benny Goodman And His Orchestra play “I’ll See You In My Dreams”.
Howard Reich, Doug Mettome, Al Stewart, Nick Travis (tp) Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, George Monte (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Mitch Goldberg, Angelo Cicalese (as) Wardell Gray, Eddie Wasserman (ts) Larry Molinelli (bar) Buddy Greco (p,vcl) Francis Beecher (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Sonny Igoe (d) Chico O’Farrill (arr) Terry Swope, The Clarinaders (vcl)
Broadcast, “Hotel Syracuse”, Syracuse, New York, December 2, 1948

Photo by Wardell Gray Photo Gallery(1948-1949)
Here is Benny Goodman And His Orchestra play “Undercurrent Blues”.
Howard Reich, Doug Mettome, Al Stewart, Nick Travis (tp) Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, George Monte (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Mitch Goldberg, Angelo Cicalese (as) Wardell Gray, Eddie Wasserman (ts) Larry Molinelli (bar) Buddy Greco (p,vcl) Francis Beecher (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Sonny Igoe (d) Chico O’Farrill (arr) Terry Swope, The Clarinaders (vcl)
Broadcast, “Hotel Syracuse”, Syracuse, New York, December 2, 1948
Here is Wardell Gray Quartet play “Easy living”.
Wardell Gray (ts) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d)
New York, November 11, 1949
Here is Count Basie & His Sextet play “One o’clock jump”.
Clark Terry (tp) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Wardell Gray (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Jimmy Lewis (b) Gus Johnson (d)
Universal short film, Hollywood, CA, April,29and 30late , 1950
Here is Count Basie And His Orchestra “Little pony”.
Lammar Wright, Al Porcino, Clark Terry, Bob Mitchell (tp) Booty Wood, Leon Comegys, Matthew Gee (tb) Marshal Royal, Reuben Phillips (as) Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Count Basie (p,celeste-1) Freddie Green (g) Jimmy Lewis (b) Gus Johnson (d) Buster Harding, Neal Hefti (arr)
New York, April 10, 1951
Here is Just Jazz All Stars: Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars “The Jeep is jumpin’ “.
Clark Terry (tp) Juan Tizol (v-tb John Graas (fhr) Willie Smith (as) Wardell Gray (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Billy Strayhorn (p,arr) Wendell Marshall (b) Louie Bellson (d,arr)
Los Angeles, February, 1952
Here is Louis Bellson Orchestra “For Europeans only”.
Harry “Sweets” Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn (tp) Hoyt Bohannon, Herbie Harper, Tommy Pederson (tb) Benny Carter, Willie Smith (as) Wardell Gray, Bumps Myers (ts) Bob Lawson (bar) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) John Simmons (b) Louie Bellson (d)
Los Angeles, September, 1953
Here is Wardell Gray Sextet “Blues in the closet”.
Gene Phipps (tp) Wardell Gray (ts) Tate Houston (bar) Norman Simmons (p) Victor Sproles (b) Vernell Fournier (d)
Chicago, Illinois, January 19, 1955