Sonny Payne – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Sonny Payne was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Sonny Payne was born on 4 May 1926 in New York City and died on 29 January 1979 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz.

Sonny Payne (May 4, 1926 – January 29, 1979) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with Count Basie and Harry James.

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Albums where Sonny Payne is credited as a sideman

1958	The Atomic Mr. Basie — Count Basie Orchestra + Neal Hefti Arrangements	drums (drum set)
1958	Basie Plays Hefti — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1959	Welcome to the Club — Nat King Cole	drums (drum set)
1959	Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings — Basie / Bennett	drums (drum set)
1959	No Count Sarah — Sarah Vaughan	drums (drum set), membranophone
1959	Sings Ballads of the Sad Cafe — Chris Connor	drums (drum set)
1960	I Gotta Right to Swing — Sammy Davis Jr.	membranophone
1961	Genius + Soul = Jazz — Ray Charles	drums (drum set)
1961	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke — Duke Ellington and Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1961	I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face — Tony Bennett, Al Tornello	drums (drum set)
1961	Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan — Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan	drums (drum set)
1963	Ella and Basie! — Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1964	It Might as Well Be Swing — Frank Sinatra, Count Basie And His Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1965	A Man and His Music — Frank Sinatra	drums (drum set)
1965	Big Band Scene '65 — Count Basie & Maynard Ferguson	drums (drum set)
1965	Sammy Davis & Count Basie: Our Shining Hour — Sammy Davis Jr. & Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1972	Count Basie + Voices — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1976	A Soft Summernight: Music for a Soft Summernight — Buddy Tate feat. Milt Buckner	drums (drum set)
1977	Texas Tenors — Illinois Jacquet & Buddy Tate	drums (drum set)
1989	Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra — Tony Bennett with The Count Basie Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1989	One O'Clock Jump — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1989	Basie Boogie — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1989	Flip, Flop & Fly — Big Joe Turner with Count Basie & His Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1990	Tony Bennett in Concert With Count Basie — Tony Bennett	drums (drum set)
1990	Masterpieces of Sarah Vaughan — Sarah Vaughan	drums (drum set)
1991	Basie One More Time — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
1993	Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings — Count Basie & Joe Williams	drums (drum set)
2003	Chairman of the Board — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
—	Li'l Ol' Groovemaker — Count Basie	drums (drum set)
—	Spring Broadcasts 1953 — Bud Powell	drums (drum set)

Historic 78 rpm records

That Old Black Magic Tiny Grimes Quintet · Arlen · Mercer · Tiny Grimes · John Hardee ·… · 1947 archive.org ↗
Profoundly Blue Tiny Grimes Quintet · Tiny Grimes · John Hardee · George Kelly ·… · 1947 archive.org ↗