Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
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Jimmy Rushing, 1946 (photo : William P. Gottlieb)
| Naissance |
Oklahoma City |
|---|---|
| Décès |
(à 68 ans) New York |
| Activité principale | Chanteur |
| Genre musical | jazz, blues |
Jimmy Rushing (James Andrew Rushing), est un chanteur de blues et de jazz américain, né à Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) le et mort à New York le .
Il doit son surnom de « Mr. Five by Five » (cinq pieds de haut sur cinq pieds de large) à sa forte corpulence.
Biographie
Après avoir joué 13 ans dans l'orchestre de Count Basie[1], il entame une carrière solo tout en continuant à faire des sessions, en particulier avec Duke Ellington[2].
Discographie
- 1955: Jimmy Rushing Sings the Blues
- 1955: Listen to the Blues
- 1956: Cat Meets Chick
- 1957: The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq.
- 1958: Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass
- 1958: If This Ain't the Blues
- 1960: Brubeck and Rushing - The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Jimmy Rushing
- 1960: Rushing Lullabies (avec Ray Bryant, Sir Charles Thompson, Buddy Tate, Skeeter Best, Gene Ramey et Jo Jones)
- 1960: Jimmy Rushing and the Smith Girls
- 1963: Five Feet of Soul (avec Al Cohn, Snooky Young et Zoot Sims)
- 1964: Two Shades of Blue
- 1967: Every Day I Have the Blues (avec Clark Terry, Dickie Wells, Buddy Tate)
- 1967: Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
- 1967: Who Was It Sang That Song? (avec Buck Clayton, Sir Charles Thompson)
- 1967: Blues and Things
- 1968: Livin' the Blues
- 1986: Sent for You Yesterday
- 1971: The You and Me That Used to Be
- 1971: Goin' to Chicago (avec Lawrence Brown, Vic Dickenson, Walter Page et Freddie Green)
Liens externes
Références
- ↑ « James Andrew Rushing | Encyclopedia.com », sur www.encyclopedia.com (consulté le )
- ↑ « JazzTimes », sur jazztimes.com (consulté le )
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