Al Grey

[sidewinder]

Peter A posted the list on previous page:

"The Al Grey albums on Argo are also great fun (often with Billy Mitchell, Bobby Hutcherson and Dave Burns):

LPS 653: The Last Of The Big Plungers (1959)

LPS 677: The Thinking Man's Trombone (1961)

LPS 689: The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet (1961)

LPS 700: Snap Your Fingers (1962)

LPS 711: Night Song (1962)

LPS 718: Having A Ball (1963)

LPS 731: Boss Bone (1964)"

The only time I ever saw Al Grey live was as part of a Dizzy Gillespie 'Reunion' big band for a 1-day fest. The 'bone' lineup also included Jimmy Clevelend, Slide Hampton I think and Melba Liston (sadly not playing) was guest of honour. Trumpets included John Faddis, Bobby Bryant and Art Farmer. The saxes included Jimmy Heath. I remember Grey doing at least one vocal spot and he was prominently featured on solo trombone.

[JohnS]

[i didn't know he was in Dizzy's band. Interesting versatility. I'll mark that one down for later acquisition.

Talk about Dizzy...

Definitely my favourite example of Grey.