In the collection
5 records
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 1
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, 1980
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 8
Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Bud Powell, Clark Terry, 1980
Europa Jazz
Duke Ellington, Harry James, Herb Pomeroy, Jon Hendricks, 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 34
Erskine Hawkins / Charlie Barnet / Bud Freeman, 1981
Los Grandes Del Jazz 22
Bill Coleman / Dizzy Gillespie / Sarah Vaughan / Red Allen, 1981
Played with
Duke Ellington
3 records together
Harry Carney
3 records together
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
2 records together
Johnny Hodges
2 records together
Russell Procope
2 records together
Jimmy Hamilton
2 records together
Jimmy Woode
2 records together
Sam Woodyard
2 records together
Paul Gonsalves
2 records together
Britt Woodman
2 records together
John Sanders
2 records together
Quentin Jackson
2 records together
About
American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, vocalist, composer and bandleader; born December 14, 1920, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, died February 21, 2015, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
He worked with both and . He was a major influence on Miles Davis and worked with luminaries such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. He was also an innovator, with the ability to use circular breathing for extended solos and alternating between both horns, with one in each hand, playing ambidextrously. Awarded a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2010.