Herb Ellis
An excellent bop-based guitarist with a slight country twang to his sound, Herb Ellis became famous playing with the Oscar Peterson Trio during 1953-1958. Prior to that, he had attended North Texas State University and played with the Casa Loma Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey (1945-1947), and the sadly under-recorded trio Soft Winds. While with Peterson, Ellis was on some Jazz at the Philharmonic tours and had a few opportunities to lead his own dates for Verve, including his personal favorite, Nothing But the Blues (1957). After leaving Peterson, Ellis toured a bit with Ella Fitzgerald; became a studio musician on the West Coast; made sessions with the Dukes of Dixieland, Stuff Smith, and Charlie Byrd; and in the 1970s became much more active in the jazz world. He can be heard on the first three releases issued by the Concord label, interacting with Joe Pass on the initial two, and he toured with the Great Guitars (along with Byrd and Barney Kessel) through much of the 1970s into the '80s. After a long series of Concord albums, Ellis cut a couple of excellent sessions in the 1990s for Justice, as well as 1999's Burnin' on Acoustic Music. After battling Alzheimer's disease, Herb Ellis died at the age of 88 at his home in Los Angeles on March 28, 2010.
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Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 7/02/2022
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Herb Ellis Meets Stan Getz, Roy Eldridge, Art Pepper & Jimmy Giuffre
Jazz - Released by Lone Hill Jazz on 7/04/2009
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Nothing But The Blues
Jazz - Released by Efor, S.L on 27/02/2011
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Thank You, Charlie Christian (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 31/07/2011
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Guitars In Bossa Nova Time! (Remastered)
Herb Ellis, Laurindo Almeida, Johnny Gray
Bossa Nova - Released by RevOla on 4/11/2022
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Les Grands Guitaristes De Jazz: Herb Ellis, Vol. 1
Jazz - Released by Mpm on 9/06/2020
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Herb Ellis Meets Stan Getz, Roy Eldridge, Art Pepper & Jimmy Giuffre
Jazz - Released by Starlight Jazz on 7/04/2009
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Jazz Guitar - Ultimate Collection, Vol. 3
Herb Ellis, Jimmy Giuffre, Mundell Lowe
Jazz - Released by Documents 2 on 13/12/2014
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Jazz Guitar Essentials '55-'59
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 1/06/2011
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Nothing but the Blues
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 11/06/2020
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The Jazz Masters - Herb Ellis
Jazz - Released by Master Series on 3/02/2015
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A Prairie Windstorm
Jazz - Released by prairie windstorm on 7/02/2023
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Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Herb Ellis
Jazz - Released by White Christmas on 30/11/2023
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Softly... But with That Feeling (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Released by The Jazz Corner on 15/07/2015
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The Midnight Roll. Complete Sessions (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Musts on 27/09/2016
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Just at the Turn of the Tide
Jazz - Released by turn of the tide on 2/05/2023
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