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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Diskografie
21 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 22 (Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley, CA / March 29, 1992)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Concord Jazz am 29.03.1992
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Duologue (Lee Wiley & Ellis Larkins)
Jazz - Erschienen bei 1201 MUSIC am 31.12.1984
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Ellis Larkins, At the Piano
Jazz - Erschienen bei Vintage 2016 am 25.04.2016
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Holiday 4 Pianos
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Artwork Media, Inc. am 17.07.2012
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A Smooth One (1977) (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Disques Black & Blue am 21.07.1977
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Blue and Sentimental
Pop - Erschienen bei Master Classics am 11.01.2013
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Manhattan At Midnight
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei GRP am 01.01.1956
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Pousse-Cafe
Barbara Lea, Ellis Larkins, Marshall Barer
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Audiophile am 18.12.2013
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Ella & Ellis
Ella Fitzgerald, Ellis Larkins
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 30.06.2011
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Manhattan at Midnight and More
Jazz - Erschienen bei Ascension Records am 28.05.2022
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Two By Two - The Rodgers & Hart Songbook
Jazz - Erschienen bei Past Classics Jazz am 23.07.2008
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Blue And Sentimental
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.01.2000
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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 - Erschienen bei JB Production CH am 26.03.2016
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Manhattan At Midnight
Pop - Erschienen bei Leverage am 01.01.2000
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2 x 2 Play Rodgers & Hart
Pop - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 18.02.2011
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Blues In The Night
Blues - Erschienen bei SINETONE AMR am 21.07.2010
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