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
21 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 22 (Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA / March 29, 1992)
Jazz - Pubblicato da Concord Jazz il 29 mar 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Duologue (Lee Wiley & Ellis Larkins)
Jazz - Pubblicato da 1201 MUSIC il 31 dic 1984
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Ellis Larkins, At the Piano
Jazz - Pubblicato da Vintage 2016 il 25 apr 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Holiday 4 Pianos
Jazz contemporaneo - Pubblicato da Artwork Media, Inc. il 17 lug 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Smooth One (1977) (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)
Jazz - Pubblicato da Disques Black & Blue il 21 lug 1977
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blue and Sentimental
Pop - Pubblicato da Master Classics il 11 gen 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Manhattan At Midnight
Musica vocale (sacra e profana) - Pubblicato da GRP il 1 gen 1956
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pousse-Cafe
Barbara Lea, Ellis Larkins, Marshall Barer
Vocal jazz - Pubblicato da Audiophile il 18 dic 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Ella & Ellis
Ella Fitzgerald, Ellis Larkins
Vocal jazz - Pubblicato da CoolNote il 30 giu 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Manhattan at Midnight and More
Jazz - Pubblicato da Ascension Records il 28 mag 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Two By Two - The Rodgers & Hart Songbook
Jazz - Pubblicato da Past Classics Jazz il 23 lug 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blue And Sentimental
Jazz - Pubblicato da CoolNote il 1 gen 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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 - Pubblicato da JB Production CH il 26 mar 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Manhattan At Midnight
Pop - Pubblicato da Leverage il 1 gen 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2 x 2 Play Rodgers & Hart
Pop - Pubblicato da Sinetone AMR il 18 feb 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blues In The Night
Blues - Pubblicato da Sinetone AMR il 21 lug 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo