Beverly Peer

Beverly Peer (born October 7, 1912 in New York City , † January 16, 1997 ibid) was an American jazz musician ( double bass ).

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Inscription on Beverly Peers tombstone, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx

Peer grew up in Hamilton Heights, New York, and learned piano as a child before switching to bass as a teenager. He was a member of the Chick Webb Orchestra from 1937 to 1939 ; in the following decade he worked a. a. With Ella Fitzgerald , Lucky Millinder , Annisteen Allen , Panama Francis , Bull Moose Jackson , in the following years also with Lucky Thompson , Sabby Lewis , Harry Dial and Edgar Sampson as well as in duo and trio formations with Ellis Larkins and Jimmy Lyon he accompanied vocalists like Mildred Bailey , Bea Wain , Maxine Sullivan , Mabel Mercer , Lena Horne , Carol Burnett , Dorothy Loudon , Johnny Mathis , Barbra Streisand , Barbara Lea and Dick Vance . From the 1970s to 1990s he worked regularly with Bobby Short , to be heard on his albums for Atlantic and Telarc such as Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart (1975) or, most recently, Late Night at the Cafe Carlyle in 1991 . In 1973 he performed with the Chick Webb Orchestra ( Ghost Band ) at the Newport Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall ; In 1986 he made a cameo in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters . Peer participated in 136 recording sessions from 1936 to 1991.

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SURNAME	Peer, Beverly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 7, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	January 16, 1997
Place of death	New York City