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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mitchell Herbert Ellis |
| Born | August 4, 1921 |
| Origin | Farmersville, Texas, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Mainstream jazz Bebop Swing Cool jazz West Coast jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Professional guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1940s–1990s |
| Label(s) | Norgran Records |
| Associated acts | Charlie Byrd Johnny Frigo |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Herb Ellis ES-165 | |
Mitchell Herbert (Herb) Ellis (born August 4, 1921) is an American jazz guitarist. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Farmersville is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Mainstream jazz is a genre of Jazz music that was first used in reference to the playing styles of musicians like Buck Clayton among others performers who once heralded Bebop or bop is a form of Jazz characterized by fast Tempos and Improvisation based on Harmonic structure rather than Melody Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United Cool jazz is a Jazz style that emerged in the late 1940s in New York City. West Coast jazz is a form of Jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco at about the same time as Hard bop jazz was developing A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Charlie Lee Byrd ( September 16, 1925 – November 30, 1999) was a famous American Jazz and Classical guitarist born in Johnny Frigo ( December 27, 1916 – July 4, 2007) was an American Jazz Violinist and Bassist. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres
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Biography
Growing up on the outskirts of Dallas, Texas, Ellis first heard the electric guitar performed by George Barnes on a radio program. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder George Barnes may refer to George Nicoll Barnes (1859&ndash1940 &mdash Scottish politician Leader of the UK Labour Party George Barnes (actor This experience is said to have inspired him to take up the guitar. He became proficient on the instrument by the time he entered North Texas State University as a music major. Ellis majored in music, but because they did not have a guitar program he studied the string bass. The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Unfortunately and due to lack of funds his college days were short lived. In 1941 Herb dropped out of college and toured for 6 months with a band from the University of Kansas. The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City
In 1943 joined Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra and it was with Gray's band that he got his first recognition in the jazz magazines. Glen Gray Knoblauch, better known as Glen Gray, ( June 7, 1900 &ndash August 23, 1963, Plymouth Massachusetts) was a The Casa Loma Orchestra was an American swing band active from 1927 to 1963 After Gray's band, Ellis joined the Jimmy Dorsey band where he played some of his first recorded solos. James "Jimmy" Dorsey ( February 29, 1904 &ndash June 12, 1957) was a prominent American Jazz Clarinetist Ellis remained with Dorsey through 1947, traveling and recording extensively, and playing in dance halls and movie palaces. Then came a turnabout that would change Ellis's career forever. Then, as pianist Lou Carter told journalist Robert Dupuis in a 1996 interview, "The Dorsey band had a six-week hole in the schedule. The three of us had played together some with the big band. John Frigo, who had already left the band, knew the owner of the Peter Stuyvesant Hotel in Buffalo. Johnny Frigo ( December 27, 1916 – July 4, 2007) was an American Jazz Violinist and Bassist. We went in there and stayed six months. And that's how the group the Soft Winds were born. "
The Soft Winds
The Soft Winds was fashioned after the Nat King Cole Trio. Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17 1919 &ndash February 15 1965 known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician They stayed together until 1952. Herb Ellis then joined the Oscar Peterson Trio (replacing Barney Kessel), forming what Scott Yanow would later on refer to as "one of the most memorable of all the piano, guitar, and bass trios in Jazz history". Barney Kessel ( October 17, 1923 &ndash May 6, 2004) was an American Jazz Guitarist born in Muskogee Oklahoma Scott Yanow (born 4 October 1954 in New York) is an American Jazz commentator
With The Oscar Peterson Trio
Ellis became prominent after performing with the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1953 to 1958 along with pianist Peterson and bassist Ray Brown. Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, OOnt ( 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007) was a Canadian Raymond Matthews Brown ( October 13 1926 &ndash July 2 2002) was an American Jazz Double bassist. He was a somewhat controversial member of the trio, because he was the only white person in the group in a time when racism was still very much widespread.
In addition to their great live and recorded work as the Oscar Peterson Trio, this unit served as the virtual "house rhythm section" for Norman Granz's Verve Records, supporting the likes of tenormen Ben Webster and Stan Getz, as well as trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, and Sweets Edison and other jazz stalwarts. Norman Granz ( Los Angeles, USA, August 6, 1918 - Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2001) was an American Verve Records is an American Jazz Record label now owned by the Universal Music Group. Benjamin Francis Webster ( March 27 1909 &ndash September 20 1973) aka " The Brute " or " Frog," was an Stanley Gayetzky ( February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California) usually known by John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Roy David Eldridge ( January 30, 1911 &ndash February 26, 1989) nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American Harry "Sweets" Edison ( October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was born in Columbus Ohio. With drummer Buddy Rich, they were also the backing band for popular "comeback" albums by the duet of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Bernard "Buddy" Rich ( September 30 1917 &ndash April 2 1987) was an American jazz drummer and Bandleader Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter
The trio were also the mainstays of Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts as they swept the jazz world, almost constantly touring the United States and Europe. Jazz at the Philharmonic or JATP (1944 - 1983 was the title of a series of Concerts and Recordings produced by Norman Granz (1918 - 2001 Ellis left the Peterson Trio in November 1958, to be replaced not by a guitarist, but by drummer Ed Thigpen. Edmund Leonard (Ed Thigpen (born December 28, 1930) is an American jazz drummer born in Chicago Illinois, perhaps best-known for The years of 1959 through 1960 found Ellis touring with Ella Fitzgerald. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential
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| Title | Release date | Artist | Label |
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| I Love John Frigo...He Swings | 1957-12-12 |
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Mercury Records |
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I Love John FrigoHe Swings was the debut album of Jazz Violinist Johnny Frigo for Mercury Records, though the album was more or Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Johnny Frigo ( December 27, 1916 – July 4, 2007) was an American Jazz Violinist and Bassist. Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries ofDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic