Donald Bailey (drummer)
Donald "Duck" Bailey Orlando (* 26. March 1934 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ; † 15. October 2013 ) was an American jazz - drummer .
Bailey was self-taught and became known as the drummer of the organist Jimmy Smith , with whom he worked between 1955 and 1964 and recorded several albums for Blue Note . Until the mid-1970s he worked in Los Angeles, then five years (until 1982) in Japan, where he played with a trio with whom he recorded an album as a band leader; he also played the harmonica . In 1999 his album Voyage was released . After returning to the United States, he lived in Oakland.
Bailey had been a sought-after accompanist since the 1950s. He played recordings a. a. with George Braith , Harold Land , Sonny Rollins , Hampton Hawes , George Benson , Sarah Vaughan and Carmen McRae .
Web links
- Literature by and about Donald Bailey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Donald Bailey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Shaun Brady: Donald Bailey: Philly Soul (2009) in JazzTimes
- Discography at Allmusic
- Donald Bailey at Discogs (English)
- Obituary in JazzTimes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ethan Iverson : Obituary for Donald Bailey in Do the Math ( October 17, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 18, 2013)
- ^ Obituary for Donald Bailey at drummerworld.com. Retrieved October 19, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bailey, Donald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bailey, Donald Orlando (full name); Bailey, Duck Orlando (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15 October 2013 |