Ellis Larkins
Famous for his subtle chord voicings and ability to accompany singers, Ellis Larkins has been in great demand throughout his long career. His parents were musicians (his mother played piano while his father was a violinist) and Larkins was hailed as a prodigy early on, appearing with an orchestra when he was 11. After graduating from the Peabody Conservatory and Juilliard, Larkins was part of Edmond Hall's group in the mid-'40s; recorded with Mildred Bailey, Coleman Hawkins, and Dicky Wells; and then worked regularly at the Village Vanguard and the Blue Angel in New York over a 20-year period. His duet records with Ella Fitzgerald and Ruby Braff in the 1950s are masterpieces in subtlety, and he was also a busy studio player. During the 1960s, Larkins worked with singers Joe Williams, Jane Harvey, Georgia Gibbs, and even Eartha Kitt and Harry Belafonte; since then, Larkins has continued playing in New York clubs with a wide variety of singers. He recorded as a leader for Storyville and Decca in the 1950s, for Halcyon and Black & Blue in the 1970s, had additional duets with Braff for Chiaroscuro, and was featured on a couple of dates for Concord, including a 1992 recital at Maybeck Recital Hall.
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Discografia
17 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 22 (Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA / March 29, 1992)
Jazz - Lançado por Concord Jazz em 29 de mar. de 1992
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Duologue (Lee Wiley & Ellis Larkins)
Jazz - Lançado por 1201 MUSIC em 31 de dez. de 1984
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Blue And Sentimental
Jazz - Lançado por GRP em 1 de jan. de 2000
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Two By Two
Jazz - Lançado por Vanguard Records em 14 de out. de 1955
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Duets
Jazz - Lançado por Vanguard Records em 22 de fev. de 2000
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Duets
Jazz - Lançado por Vanguard Records em 26 de out. de 1999
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Holiday 4 Pianos
Contemporary Jazz - Lançado por Artwork Media, Inc. em 17 de jul. de 2012
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A Smooth One (1977) (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)
Jazz - Lançado por Disques Black & Blue em 21 de jul. de 1977
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Blue and Sentimental
Pop - Lançado por Master Classics em 11 de jan. de 2013
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Manhattan At Midnight
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por GRP em 1 de jan. de 1956
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Two By Two
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 28 de out. de 1994
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Ella & Ellis
Ella Fitzgerald, Ellis Larkins
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 30 de jun. de 2011
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Manhattan at Midnight and More
Jazz - Lançado por Ascension Records em 28 de mai. de 2022
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Two By Two - The Rodgers & Hart Songbook
Jazz - Lançado por Past Classics Jazz em 23 de jul. de 2008
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Blue And Sentimental
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 1 de jan. de 2000
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Blue and Sentimental Medley: Am I Blue / Interlude # / Blue Prelude / Loose Ends / Blue and Sentimental / Ode to Marie / Blue Moon / Interlude / Time / Blue Again / Four Bar Intro with Tag / A Blues Serenade
Jazz - Lançado por JB Production CH em 26 de mar. de 2016
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Manhattan At Midnight
Pop - Lançado por Leverage em 1 de jan. de 2000
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