Harold Ousley

Harold Ousley (* 29. January 1929 in Chicago , Illinois ; † 13. August 2015 ) was an American jazz - tenor saxophonist and flutist .

Live and act

Ousley began his career in the late 1940s; In the 1950s he worked as an accompanist on recordings by Billie Holiday , King Kolax and Dinah Washington ( Sings Bessie Smith , 1957/58). He also played in Gene Ammons ' band during this time , then worked with Frankie Dunlop , Jack McDuff ( Silken Soul , 1966) and George Benson in the 1960s . In 1961 he recorded his first album under his own name for Bethlehem Records , on which u. a. Julian Priester , Charles Davis and the drummer Walter Perkins took part.

In the 1970s he played in the bands of Lionel Hampton , Sy Oliver and Count Basie and continued to record some albums with his own formations, including a. for Muse Records . Then he appeared again in 2000 on the Chicago Delmark label with the hard bop album Grit-Grittin 'Feelin , which u. a. Includes a cover version of the Goffin King song "Go Away, Little Girl". In the field of jazz, he was involved in 33 recording sessions between 1952 and 2000.

Discographic notes

• Tenor Sax ( Bethlehem Records , 1961)
• The Kid ( Cobblestone Records , 1972), with Neal Creque , Bob Rose, Jay Leonhart , Jim Young, Danny Barrajanos, Ralph Dorsey
• Sweet Double Happiness ( Muse Records , 1972) dto.
• The People's Groove (Muse Records, 1972)
• Grit-Grittin 'Feelin' ( Delmark , 2000), with Art Hoyle , Jodie Christian , John Whitfield, Robert Shy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jazz Musician Harold Ousley Passes Away
2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 15, 2015)

swell

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .

Web links

• Ousley in the All Music Guide
• Harold Ousley at Discogs (English)