Suchergebnisse
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Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones (t), Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb), Barney Bigard (cl, ts), Otto Hardwicke (as), Johnny Hodges (as, ss), Harry Carney (bar, cl, as), Duke Ellington (p), Billy Taylor (sb), Sonny Greer (d), Ivie Anderson (vo). Ritz Carlton, Boston, July 26, 1939. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (Ellington) 1:01.
The Duke In Boston, 1939-1940 performed by Duke Ellington, 1899-1974, Harry Carney, 1910-1974, Johnny Hodges, 1906-1970, Sonny Greer, Otto 'Toby' Hardwick, Barney Bigard, 1906-1980, Tricky Sam Nanton, 1904-1946, Juan Tizol, 1900-1984, Lawrence Brown, 1907-1988, Cootie Williams, 1911-1985, Rex Stewart, 1907-1967 and Wallace Jones, 1906-1983 ...
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- Jazz Unlimited-JUCD 2022
Sonny Greer, 1943. William Alexander „Sonny“ Greer (* 13. Dezember 1895 in Long Branch, New Jersey; † 23. März 1982) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz - Schlagzeuger in der Band von Duke Ellington .
Greer featured in the 1958 black-and-white photograph by Art Kane known as "A Great Day in Harlem". He was part of a tribute to Ellington in 1974, which achieved great success throughout the United States. Greer died of a heart attack on March 23, 1982, at Lenox Hill, Manhattan, and is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.
24. Apr. 2018 · An imposing artist, someone to be seen and heard, Sonny Greer lived up to the description given to him by Jo Jones: he was indeed "Mr. Empire State Building." It’s been awhile since we’ve put up something new by Whitney Balliett, the highly regarded writer whose essays about Jazz featured regularly in The New Yorker magazine for many years.
Er wurde so zum ersten Mitglied des DEO; nach ihm kam Arthur Whetsol in die Band und der Schlagzeuger Sonny Greer, dem Ellington näher stand als irgendeinem anderen Musiker seines Orchesters.
