Babs Gonzales
A limited but enthusiastic singer, Babs Gonzales did what he could to popularize bop. He had brief stints with Charlie Barnet and Lionel Hampton, and then led his own group (Three Bips & a Bop) during 1946-1949. They recorded 24 numbers during 1947-1949, including the earliest version of "Oop-Pop-A-Da" and such songs as "Weird Lullaby," "A Lesson in Bopology," "Professor Bop," and "Prelude to a Nightmare"; among his sidemen on these dates were Tadd Dameron, Tony Scott, Roy Haynes, James Moody, J.J. Johnson, Julius Watkins, Sonny Rollins (making his recording debut), Art Pepper, Wynton Kelly, and even Don Redman. However, once the bop "fad" ended, Gonzales became more of a cult figure. He worked with James Moody (1951-1953), recorded with Jimmy Smith and Johnny Griffin, ran his own label (Expubidence), and wrote two autobiographies that were more colorful than accurate.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Babs Gonzales: Weird Lullaby
Jazz - Released by Blue Velvet on 1 Jan 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Weird Lullaby
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live at Small's Paradise (Live)
Jazz - Released by Dauntless Records on 28 Jul 1963
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Bebop Story
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Radiophone Archives on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Complete Jazz Series 1947 - 1949
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 17 Oct 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Voilà (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Maniacs on 1 Jan 1958
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tales of Manhattan: The Cool Philosophy of Babs Gonzales + Live at Small's Paradise (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Maniacs on 1 Jan 1959
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Broadway 4 A M
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Dazzling Dames on 1 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Babs Gonzales: Sunday Afternoon with Babs Gonzales at Small's Paradise
Jazz - Released by Blue Velvet on 1 Jan 1963
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Bebop Story
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Milestones of Jazz Legends - Male Jazz Singers, Vol. 10 (1959-1960)
Jazz - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 18 Mar 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tales of Manhattan - The Cool Philosophy of Babs Gonzales
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Broadway 4 a M
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Very Best Of - Babs Gonzales
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz & Bebop Singer - The Best Of Babs Gonzales
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Weird Lullaby
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Manhattan Fable
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo