Ernie Shepard
Ernie "Shep" Shepard , actually Ernest Shepard junior, (born July 19, 1916 in Beaumont (Texas) , † November 23, 1965 in Hamburg ) was an American jazz bassist.
Shepard played with Gene Ammons in the 1940s, with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in 1945 , with the Lem Davis Sextet, Eddie Heywood , Phil Moore , Stan Getz and Billy Eckstine . In 1949 he played with Slim Gaillard in New York . Then he was in a Rhythm & Blues quartet in Chicago and played in Shelly Manne's club in Los Angeles .
In 1962 he came to Europe with Duke Ellington's orchestra . He had to end that for health reasons and moved to Germany in 1964, where he worked for television and radio.
He has recorded with Phil Moore, Lem Davis, Bing Crosby , Frank Sinatra , the Andrews Sisters , Sonny Stitt , Gene Ammons, Eddie Heywood, Duke Ellington and his soloists Johnny Hodges and Paul Gonsalves and with Charlie Parker. Tom Lord recorded 81 recording sessions from 1944 to 1964 (bass, vocals).
Lexical entry
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
- Ernie Shepard at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shepard, Ernie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shepard, Shep; Shepard, Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beaumont (Texas) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1965 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |