Herb Ellis – Biografia, discografia e strumenti

Biografia

Herb Ellis è stato un musicista jazz (chitarra). Nato il 4 agosto 1921 a Farmersville, morto il 28 marzo 2010 a Los Angeles. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz e jazz manouche. Etichette: Verve Records e Concord Records. La discografia qui comprende 35 album, da «Nothing but the Blues» (1957) a «Guitar Heatwave: Herb Ellis’s Jazz Fusion» (2023).

Mitchell Herbert Ellis (Farmersville, 4 agosto 1921 – Los Angeles, 28 marzo 2010) è stato un chitarrista statunitense, tra i più importanti chitarristi jazz degli anni cinquanta. Ellis raggiunse la massima notorietà grazie alla sua militanza nel trio di Oscar Peterson, dove rimpiazzò Barney Kessel negli anni 1953-1958, Il critico Scott Yanow lo descrive come "un eccellente chitarrista bebop con una sfumatura country".

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Discografia

Album in studio e dal vivo

Nothing but the Blues 1957 · Verve Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre 1959 · UMG Thank You, Charlie Christian 1960 · Verve Man With the Guitar 1965 · Dot Records Hello Herbie 1970 · MPS Soft Shoe 1974 · Concord Jazz After You've Gone 1975 · Live · Concord Jazz In Session With Herb Ellis 1975 Rhythm Willie 1975 · Concord Jazz A Pair to Draw To 1976 · Concord Jazz Herb 1978 · CBS/Sony Soft & Mellow 1978 · Concord Jazz Windflower 1978 · Concord Jazz Herb Ellis at Montreux 1979 · Live · Concord Jazz Herb Mix 1981 · Concord Jazz Softly, but With That Feeling 1981 · Verve When You're Smiling 1984 Two for the Road 1985 · Pablo Doggin' Around (live at the Loa) 1988 · Live · Concord Jazz Roll Call 1991 · Justice Records Texas Swings 1992 · Justice Records Together! 1995 · KOCH Jazz Down-Home 1996 · Justice Records Herb Ellis Meets T.C. Pfeiler 1997 · Tonewheel Records An Evening With Herb Ellis 1998 · Live · Jazz Focus Burnin' 1998 · Acoustic Music Records Conversations In Swing Guitar 1999 · Stony Plain Records Jazz/Concord 2002 · Concord Jazz Arrival 2003 · Live · Concord Jazz Seven, Come Eleven 2003 · Concord Jazz Ellis in Wonderland 2006 · Verve The Midnight Roll 2009 · Wounded Bird Records Three Guitars in Bossa Nova Time 2009 · Wounded Bird Records Guitar Heatwave: Herb Ellis’s Jazz Fusion 2023

Interplay

Suona anche in

Album in cui Herb Ellis compare come sideman

1953	King of the Tenors — Ben Webster	guitar
1954	Recital by Oscar Peterson — Oscar Peterson	guitar
1955	Oscar Peterson Plays Jimmy McHugh — Oscar Peterson	guitar
1955	Diz and Getz — Diz and Getz	guitar
1955	Roy & Diz — Dizzy Gillespie • Roy Eldridge	guitar
1955	Pres and Sweets — Lester Young & Harry “Sweets” Edison	guitar
1956	Ella and Louis — Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	guitar
1956	Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie — Oscar Peterson	guitar
1956	Krupa and Rich — Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich	guitar
1957	Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson — Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson	guitar
1957	Ella and Louis Again — Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	guitar
1957	Ella and Louis Again, Volume Two — Ella and Louis	guitar
1957	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	guitar
1957	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Volume 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	guitar
1957	For Musicians Only — Stan Getz / Dizzy Gillespie / Sonny Stitt	guitar
1957	Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio — Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio	guitar
1957	The Genius of Coleman Hawkins — Coleman Hawkins	guitar
1957	Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at The Opera House — Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson	guitar
1957	Bass Hit! — Ray Brown	guitar
1957	Swing's the Thing — Illinois Jacquet	guitar
1957	The Flip Phillips Quintet — Flip Phillips	guitar
1957	Blossom Dearie — Blossom Dearie	guitar
1958	Only the Blues — Sonny Stitt	guitar
1958	Give Him the Ooh-La-La — Blossom Dearie	guitar
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book — Ella Fitzgerald	guitar
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Volume 1 — Ella Fitzgerald	guitar
1959	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Song Book, Vol. 2 — Ella Fitzgerald	guitar
1959	Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster — Ben Webster encounters Coleman Hawkins	guitar
1960	Coleman Hawkins and Confrères — Coleman Hawkins	guitar
1961	Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! — Ella Fitzgerald	guitar

Standard scritti da Herb Ellis

Titolo	Tonalità	Forma	Groove
Detour Ahead	Do maggiore	AABA · 34	ballad

Dischi storici a 78 giri

ROSETTA Charlie Shavers · Trummie Young · Don Byas · Ernie Caceres · Bill… archive.org ↗
MISS MARTINGALE V-DISC All Stars · Hot Lips Page · Billy Buttefield & Bobby Hackett… · 1945 archive.org ↗
Jive at Six Ben Webster and his Orchestra · Webster · Ben Webster · Benny Carter… · 1953 archive.org ↗
That's All Ben Webster and his Orchestra · Brandt · Haymes · Ben Webster ·… · 1953 archive.org ↗
JIVE AT SIX BEN WEBSTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA · Ben Webster · Benny Carter · Harry… · 1953 archive.org ↗
THAT'S ALL BEN WEBSTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA · Ben Webster · Benny Carter · Harry… · 1953 archive.org ↗
JIVE AT SIX BEN WEBSTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA · Ben Webster · Benny Carter · Harry… · 1953 archive.org ↗
Echoes of Harlem The Roy Eldridge Quintet · Roy Eldridge · Oscar Peterson · Ray Brown… · 1954 archive.org ↗

Domande frequenti

Che strumento suonava Herb Ellis?

Herb Ellis è noto per chitarra.

Quando e dove è nato Herb Ellis?

Herb Ellis è nato 4 agosto 1921 a Farmersville.

Quali sono gli album più noti di Herb Ellis?

Nel nostro archivio ci sono, tra gli altri, Nothing but the Blues (1957), Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959), Thank You, Charlie Christian (1960), Man With the Guitar (1965) e Hello Herbie (1970).

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