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Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods.
Wardell Gray (1921-1955) fue un saxofonista tenor estadounidense de jazz, vinculado estilísticamente al bebop. Tocó en bandas lideradas por Earl Hines y Tadd Dameron, entre otros y grabó con Charlie Parker y Count Basie. [1] Biografía. Wardell Gray nació en Oklahoma City, el más pequeño de cuatro niños
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. Although his death was untimely and his career just a scant 12 years (1943-1955), he was a major contributor to one of the great periods of jazz creativity that ...
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 ...
9 de dic. de 2015 · 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. His premature death under mysterious circumstances in 1955, robbed the jazz ...
Wardell Gray (1921-1955) fue un saxofonista tenor estadounidense de jazz, vinculado estilísticamente al bebop.
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.”
