John Hardee
John Hardee's time in jazz's major leagues was brief but memorable. The thick-toned tenor (influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Chu Berry) toured with Don Albert (1937-1938), and graduated from college in 1941. After a period as a band director at a Texas school and a stint in the Army, Hardee played with Tiny Grimes in 1946 and recorded 18 titles as a leader (1946-1948), including eight for Blue Note that were reissued in a Mosaic set; other songs have been released by Savoy and Spotlite. Hardee also had recording dates with Russell Procope, Earl Bostic, Billy Kyle, Helen Humes, Billy Taylor, and Lucky Millinder. But in the early '50s, he returned to Dallas where he worked in the school system, just playing locally and rarely emerging during his last 30 years.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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A Little Blue (Antibes 1975) (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)
Jazz - Released by Disques Black & Blue on 1 Jan 1999
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Complete Jazz Series 1946 - 1948
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 16 Feb 2009
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Just at the Turn of the Tide
Jazz - Released by turn of the tide on 27 Apr 2023
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Nightingale
Jazz - Released by oldies and hits for future on 3 May 2019
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The Lp Library
Jazz - Released by old library records on 16 Jan 2016
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Bad Man's Blues
Rock - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2021
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1946-1948 (HD Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 9 Apr 2019
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