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Wardell Gray (Oklahoma City 13 février 1921 - Las Vegas 25 mai 1955) est un saxophoniste américain de jazz.
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Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods.
25 mai 2021 · En tout cas, ce 25 mai 1955, Wardell Gray est mort à l'âge de trente-quatre ans. C'est un des saxophoniste les plus attachants de son époque qui disparaît, un sax ténor au swing implacable qui a digéré l’esthétique neuve du be-bop.
Wardell Gray: The Many Faces of the Thin Man. This website is dedicated to the music and legacy of one of the great tenor saxophonists in jazz, Wardell Gray, known as the thin man.
Biography of Wardell Gray. The Early Years. Carl Wardell Gray was born on February 13, 1921 in Oklahoma City, the youngest of four children, to Eugene, from Georgia, and Carrie Gray (nee Maddison), from Alabama.
9 déc. 2015 · Wardell Gray was one of the truly great, yet by now almost obscure, bebop tenor saxophonists. With a smooth mellow and consistent tone, he created a tenor style that veered from swing to bebop, a style that was elegant, sure-footed, mature and distinctive. His premature death under mysterious circumstances in 1955, robbed the jazz ...
7 déc. 2015 · A Valued Musician Who Died a Tragic Death. There is no question that, as Ravett suggests, Wardell Gray was a gifted musician who was an important figure in the jazz scene of the 1940s and 50s. His surviving cohorts remember him that way.
