Red Callender

American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew (1916-1992)

Born: 6 March 1916
Haynesville
Died: 8 March 1992
Saugus
Country: United States
Record labels: RCA
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Red Callender was a jazz musician who played double bass and tuba. Red Callender was born on 6 March 1916 in Haynesville and died on 8 March 1992 in Saugus. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: RCA. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “Swingin' Suite” (1956) to “The Lowest” (1958).

George Sylvester "Red" Callender (March 6, 1916 – March 8, 1992) was an American string bass and tuba player. He is perhaps best known as a jazz musician, but worked with an array of pop, rock and vocal acts as a member of The Wrecking Crew, a group of first-call session musicians in Los Angeles. Callender also co-wrote the 1959 top-10 hit "Primrose Lane".

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Swingin' Suite 1956 · Modern Records The Lowest 1958 · MetroJazz

Also plays on

Albums where Red Callender is credited as a sideman

1946	Piano — Errol Garner	double bass
1951	Gone With Garner — Errol Garner	double bass
1954	Barrelhouse, Boogie and the Blues — Ella Mae Morse with Big Dave and His Orchestra	double bass
1955	Songs By Kay Starr — Kay Starr	double bass
1956	Lady Sings the Blues — Billie Holiday	double bass
1956	Collates — Illinois Jacquet	double bass
1957	Bing With a Beat — Bing Crosby with Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz Band	bass
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	tuba
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	tuba
1960	Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley — Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	tuba
1960	Once More With Feeling — Billy Eckstine	bass
1963	The Lonely Hours — Sarah Vaughan	double bass, tuba, bass
1965	Mingus at Monterey — Charles Mingus	tuba
1974	Meets The Master Saxes - Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet — Nat Cole	double bass
1975	The Tatum Group Masterpieces — Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Red Callender & Bill Douglass	double bass
1987	Just a Mood — Red Norvo	double bass
1990	Nat King Cole Collectors Series — Nat King Cole	bass
1991	Sound Pieces — Oliver Nelson	tuba
1992	Sassy Sings and Swings — Sarah Vaughan	bass
1992	The Artistry of Pepper — Art Pepper	tuba
1994	Dexter Gordon on Dial - The Complete Sessions — Dexter Gordon	double bass
1994	Honor Thy Fatha — Earl “Fatha” Hines	bass
2000	Blue Lester — Lester Young	double bass, bass
2001	Easy Does It — Lester Young	double bass
2001	Jazz at the Philharmonic — Nat King Cole & Les Paul	double bass
2003	Sarah Vaughan Sings the Standards — Sarah Vaughan	tuba
2004	RTL JAZZ: La Collection — Sarah Vaughan	tuba
2005	I Have but Two Horns — Maynard Ferguson	bass, double bass
2006	The Album — Art Tatum & Ben Webster	double bass
2006	The Tatum Group Masterpieces — Art Tatum	double bass

Historic 78 rpm records

JUNIOR JAZZ AT THE AUDITORIUM LES ROBINSON · IRVING ASHBY · Eyton · JIMMY BUNN · Jackie Mills ·… archive.org ↗
Jazz at the Philharmonic Caesar · Jack McVea · Les Paul · Palmer · Williams · "Shorty Nadine"… archive.org ↗
the great lee pt. 1; the great lee pt. 2 dodo marmosa · chuck thompson · wardell gray · red callender archive.org ↗
IF I HAD YOU FLORA WASHINGTON · Eddie Beal Trio · Eddie Beal · Red Callender ·… archive.org ↗
WHAT WILL I TELL MY HEART FLORA WASHINGTON · Eddie Beal Trio · Eddie Beal · Red Callender ·… archive.org ↗
BIRD'S NEST CHARLIE PARKER QUARTET · Charlie Parker · Errol Harner · Red… archive.org ↗
PLEASE LET ME FORGET BOB ANTHONY · RED CALLENDER TRIO · Callender archive.org ↗
TWENTY A WEEK RED CALLENDER TRIO · Warren archive.org ↗