In the collection
7 records
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Benny Goodman, 1950
At Newport
Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday, 1958
Two Of A Mind
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan, 1962
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday, 1972
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 23
Joe Venuti - Lou Stein - Marco Ratti - Gil Cuppini - Joe Venuti Quartet, 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 35
Thelonious Monk, Phil Woods, Jimmy Cleveland, Max Roach, 1981
The Jimmy Blanton Era 1939-1941
Duke Ellington, 1990
Played with
Edward Heyman
6 records together
Duke Ellington
3 records together
Mitchell Parish
3 records together
Frank Eyton
3 records together
Robert Sour
3 records together
Billie Holiday
2 records together
Benny Goodman
2 records together
Wendell Marshall
2 records together
Joe Benjamin
2 records together
Dorothy Fields
2 records together
Jerome Kern
2 records together
E.Y. Harburg
2 records together
About
American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, born October 10, 1908 in New York City, New York, USA, died on May 15, 1989 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. Know for composing the music for traditional pop standards including “Body and Soul,” “Out of Nowhere,” “I Cover the Waterfront,” and “Coquette.”
Husband of actress, consumer advocate, and spokesperson , Father of singer/songwriters and actresses and .
For the British vocalist of the 40s, see Johnny Green.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He charted twelve times with his orchestra and songs he wrote or co-wrote have charted 40 times, the last two--”Body and Soul” by Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse in 2011 and “Forget About the Blame” by Trans-Siberian Orchestra in 2015. “Body and Soul” (co-written with Edward Heyman, Robert Sour & Frank Eyton) has charted 13 times itself--7 times by different artists in 1930 alone.