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Jack Nimitz

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Jack Nimitz (January 11, 1930 – June 10, 2009) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. [1]

70 relations: Alto saxophone, Anita O'Day, Artistry in Bossa Nova, Benny Carter, Bill Berry (trumpeter), Bill Perkins (saxophonist), Bob Astor, Both Feet on the Ground, Bud Shank, Bud Shank & the Sax Section, Bullitt (soundtrack), Can't Hide Love (album), Carmen McRae, Clare Fischer, Diane Schuur, Extension (Clare Fischer album), Feelin' Kinda Blues, Frank Strazzeri, Free Again (Gene Ammons album), Fresh Sound, Gene Ammons, Gerald Wilson, Gil Fuller, Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Hair (Stan Kenton album), Herbie Mann, Jazz, Jessica (Gerald Wilson album), Johnny Bothwell, Johnny Hartman, June Christy, Kenny Burrell, Kenton / Wagner, Kenton in Hi-Fi, L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole album), Lalo Schifrin, Les McCann, Les McCann Sings, Lighthouse Café, Live from Los Angeles, Lomelin, Manne–That's Gershwin!, Mannix (album), Moment of Truth (Gerald Wilson album), Music from Mission: Impossible, My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast, Nat King Cole, Oliver Nelson, On Stage (Gerald Wilson album), Peggy Lee, ..., Please Let Me Wonder, Portraits (Gerald Wilson album), Road Show (album), Session musician, Shelly Manne, Sloop John B, Stan Kenton, Standards in Silhouette, State Street Sweet, Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson album), Sultry Serenade, Supersax, Territory band, The Beach Boys, The Four Freshmen, The Golden Sword (album), Theme for Monterey, Willis Conover, Woody Herman, You Better Believe It!. Expand index (20 more) »

Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.

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Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day (born Anita Belle Colton; October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006) was an American jazz singer widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer".

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Artistry in Bossa Nova

Artistry in Bossa Nova is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra performing old and new compositions arranged in a bossa nova style recorded and released by Capitol Records in 1963.

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Bill Berry (trumpeter)

William Richard Berry (September 14, 1930 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz trumpeter best known for playing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the early 1960s and for leading his own big band.

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Bill Perkins (saxophonist)

William Reese Perkins (–) was a cool jazz saxophonist and flutist popular on the West Coast jazz scene, known primarily as a tenor saxophonist.

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Bob Astor

Bob Astor (born Robert E. Dade, October 5, 1915, New Orleans) was an American jazz and dance bandleader and songwriter, principally active in the 1940s.

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Both Feet on the Ground

Both Feet on the Ground is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1973 and released on the Fantasy Records label.

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Bud Shank

Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist.

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Bud Shank & the Sax Section

Bud Shank & the Sax Section is an album by saxophonist Bud Shank recorded in late 1966 for the Pacific Jazz label.

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Bullitt (soundtrack)

Bullitt is a soundtrack album to the motion picture Bullitt, by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1968 and released on the Warner Bros. label.

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Can't Hide Love (album)

Can't Hide Love is a 1976 album by Carmen McRae, this was her third and last album to be released on Blue Note Records.

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Carmen McRae

Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1922 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer.

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Clare Fischer

Douglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Diane Schuur

Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed "Deedles", is an American jazz singer and pianist.

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Extension (Clare Fischer album)

Extension is the third album by composer/arranger/keyboardist Clare Fischer, and his first for big band, recorded and released in 1963 on the Pacific Jazz label, reissued on CD (together with the 1967 LP, Songs for Rainy Day Lovers) in 2002 as America the Beautiful, and, under its original name, in 2012.

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Feelin' Kinda Blues

Feelin' Kinda Blues is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1965 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

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Frank Strazzeri

Frank Strazzeri (April 24, 1930 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz pianist.

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Free Again (Gene Ammons album)

Free Again is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label.

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Fresh Sound

Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a jazz record label established in Barcelona, Spain, by Jordi Pujol.

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Gene Ammons

Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Gerald Wilson

Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014)Don Heckman,, Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2014.

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Gil Fuller

Walter Gilbert "Gil" Fuller (April 14, 1920, Los Angeles, California – May 26, 1994, San Diego, California) was an American jazz arranger.

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Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie

Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Gil Fuller featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Pacific Jazz label.

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Hair (Stan Kenton album)

Hair is an album by bandleader Stan Kenton featuring big band versions of tunes from the rock musical Hair recorded in 1969 for Capitol Records.

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Herbie Mann

Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jessica (Gerald Wilson album)

Jessica is an album by Gerald Wilson's Orchestra of the 80's recorded in 1982 and released on the Trend label.

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Johnny Bothwell

Johnny Bothwell (May 23, 1919, Gary, Indiana – September 12, 1995, Lakeland, Florida) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader.

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Johnny Hartman

John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer who specialized in ballads and earned critical acclaim, though he was never widely known.

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June Christy

June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals.

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Kenny Burrell

Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on the Blue Note label.

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Kenton / Wagner

Kenton / Wagner is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra performing jazz arrangements of Richard Wagner's compositions recorded 1964 and released by Capitol Records.

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Kenton in Hi-Fi

Kenton in Hi-Fi is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances of Kenton's signature compositions from the 1940s recorded in 1956 and released on the Capitol label.

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L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole album)

L-O-V-E is the final studio album by the American singer Nat King Cole.

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Lalo Schifrin

Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-born American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.

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Les McCann

Leslie Coleman McCann (born September 23, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

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Les McCann Sings

Les McCann Sings is an album by pianist and vocalist Les McCann recorded in 1961 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

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Lighthouse Café

The Lighthouse Café is a nightclub located at 30 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, California.

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Live from Los Angeles

Live from Los Angeles is an album by American jazz composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.

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Lomelin

For people with the surname, see Lomelin (surname). Lomelin is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra of the 80's recorded in 1981 and released on the Discovery label.

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Manne–That's Gershwin!

Manne–That's Gershwin! is an album by drummer Shelly Manne featuring music by George Gershwin, recorded in 1965 and released on the Capitol label.

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Mannix (album)

Mannix (subtitled Themes from the Original Score of the Paramount Television Show) is an album featuring music composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Paramount label.

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Moment of Truth (Gerald Wilson album)

Moment of Truth is an album that the Gerald Wilson Big Band recorded in 1962 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

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Music from Mission: Impossible

Music from Mission Impossible is an album featuring music composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1967 and released on the Dot label.

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My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast

My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast is an album by drummer Shelly Manne with Jack Sheldon and Irene Kral and musical direction by Johnny Williams, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

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Oliver Nelson

Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.

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On Stage (Gerald Wilson album)

On Stage is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1965 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

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Peggy Lee

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, in a career spanning six decades.

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Please Let Me Wonder

"Please Let Me Wonder" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for American rock band the Beach Boys.

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Portraits (Gerald Wilson album)

Portraits is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in late 1963 and early 1964 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

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Road Show (album)

Road Show is a live album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with vocalists June Christy and The Four Freshmen featuring a concert recorded at the Purdue University in 1959 and released on the Capitol label as a double album.

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Session musician

Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances.

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Shelly Manne

Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984), was an American jazz drummer.

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Sloop John B

"Sloop John B" is a traditional folk song from the Bahamas, also known as "The John B. Sails".

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Stan Kenton

Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist.

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Standards in Silhouette

Standards In Silhouette is an album recorded in September 1959 by Stan Kenton and his orchestra.

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State Street Sweet

State Street Sweet is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1994 and released on the MAMA label.

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Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson album)

Stolen Moments is the final studio album by American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Oliver Nelson, featuring performances recorded in 1975 for the East Wind label.

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Sultry Serenade

Sultry Serenade is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.

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Supersax

Supersax was a jazz group created in 1972 by saxophonist Med Flory and bassist Buddy Clark, in tribute to iconic bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker.

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Territory band

Territory bands were dance bands that crisscrossed specific regions of the United States from the 1920s through the 1960s.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Four Freshmen

The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal band quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires (Glenn Miller), The Pied Pipers (Tommy Dorsey), and The Mel-Tones (Mel Tormé, Artie Shaw), founded in the barbershop tradition.

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The Golden Sword (album)

The Golden Sword (subtitled Torero Impressions in Jazz) is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1966 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.

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Theme for Monterey

Theme for Monterey is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1997 and released on the MAMA label.

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Willis Conover

Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years.

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Woody Herman

Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader.

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You Better Believe It!

You Better Believe It! is perhaps the seminal album by Gerald Wilson.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nimitz

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