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Wardell Gray (Oklahoma City, 13 febbraio 1921 – Las Vegas, 25 maggio 1955) fu un tenorsassofonista statunitense attivo nei periodi swing e bebop della storia del jazz. Gray possedeva uno stile ed un suono molto personali, ed era molto rispettato dai musicisti jazz e dalla critica.
Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods. Biography. Early years. The youngest of four children, Gray was born in Oklahoma City. He spent his early childhood years in Oklahoma before he and his family moved to Detroit, Michigan [1] in 1929.
Wardell Gray: The Many Faces of the Thin Man. This website is dedicated to the music and legacy of one of the great tenor saxophonists in jazz, Wardell Gray, known as the thin man.
9 dic 2015 · Wardell Gray. Biography. Articles. News. Wardell Gray was one of the truly great, yet by now almost obscure, bebop tenor saxophonists. With a smooth mellow and consistent tone, he created a tenor style that veered from swing to bebop, a style that was elegant, sure-footed, mature and distinctive.
Carl Wardell Gray was born on February 13, 1921 in Oklahoma City, the youngest of four children, to Eugene, from Georgia, and Carrie Gray (nee Maddison), from Alabama. His early childhood years were spent in Oklahoma, but the family moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1929 as part of the great black migration to the urban centers of the northern ...
I have not heard this recording, which may be lost. Malcolm Walker, in his Wardell Gray Discography (page 40), wrote “Cadence, April 1994, page 13 includes the news that Wardell Gray and Teddy Edwards were in the Lewis Oles Big Band which was Dick Bock’s first recording session. No other details.”
7 dic 2015 · But why, of the many gifted jazz musicians who shone but never achieved lasting fame, should we especially remember Wardell Gray? This question was first raised and partially answered by cinematographer and professor Abraham Ravett in his 1994 documentary Wardell Gray: The Forgotten Tenor.
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