Milton Jackson,nicknamed "Bags",was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with hard bop and post-bop players.
Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies,he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio,film,and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew.
Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist,known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the group that would later develop into the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Mitchell Herbert Ellis was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s,he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson.
Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist,brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath,with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis,Dizzy Gillespie,Charlie Parker,Wes Montgomery,Thelonious Monk and Lee Konitz.
At the Opera House is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald. The album presents a recording of the 1957 Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts. This series of live jazz concerts was devised by Fitzgerald's manager Norman Granz;they ran from 1944 to 1983. Featured on this occasion,in 1957,are Fitzgerald and the leading jazz players of the day in an onstage jam session. The first half of the 1990 CD edition includes a performance that was recorded on September 29,1957,at the Chicago Opera House,whilst the second half highlights the concert recorded on October 7,1957,at the Shrine Auditorium,in Los Angeles. The original LP obviously included only the mono tracks (#10-18).
Ella in Rome:The Birthday Concert is a live album by Ella Fitzgerald,with a jazz trio led by Lou Levy,and also featuring the Oscar Peterson trio. Recorded in 1958,it was released thirty years later.
Conrad Henry Kirnon known professionally as Connie Kay,was an American jazz and R&B drummer,who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Ella and Louis is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong,accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet,released in October 1956. Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s for the Decca label,this was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for Verve Records,later followed by 1957's Ella and Louis Again and 1959's Porgy and Bess.
Discography for jazz double-bassist and cellist Ray Brown.
With Respect to Nat is a 1965 studio album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson,recorded in tribute to Nat King Cole,who had died earlier that year. Peterson sings on all tracks except "Easy Listening Blues".
Carl Perkins was an American jazz pianist.
Soulville is a 1957 album by swing tenor saxophonist Ben Webster,recording a session from October 15,1957,which Webster played with the Oscar Peterson Trio.
Eugene "Gene" Gammage is an American jazz drummer.
Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw is a 1958 live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio. Although said to be recorded in Europe,the music comes from a Chicago concert at the Civic Opera House. Five additional selections are from an appearance in Los Angeles.
Peter Beets is a Dutch jazz pianist. He has shared the stage with Chick Corea,Wynton Marsalis,Dee Dee Bridgewater,George Coleman,Johnny Griffin,Chris Potter,Kurt Rosenwinkel and John Clayton. He recorded with Jeff Hamilton and Curtis Fuller and in 2001 he released his New York Trio,which was the start of his international career.
Something Warm is a live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio,recorded at the London House jazz club in Chicago. The sessions were in 1961,but the album was initially released as Verve V/V6-8681 in 1967.
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1958 studio album by Stan Getz,accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Trio.
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House is a 1957 live album by Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson. They were accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio and Connie Kay on drums. Two different versions of the same material,one recorded in Chicago and one recorded in Los Angeles by the same musicians,were released by Verve under the same title. One recording was mono and the other was stereo.
The Teddy Wilson Trio &Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Bob Brookmeyer at Newport is a live album by Teddy Wilson's Trio and Gerry Mulligan's Quartet recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 and released on the Verve label.
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