Herb Gardner (musician)

Herb Gardner (* around 1935) is an American jazz musician ( trombone , composition) who works in the field of mainstream jazz and Dixieland jazz .

Live and act

Gardner worked as a musician from the late 1950s; first recordings were made in 1958 with the Herb Pomeroy Ensemble ( Lenox School of Jazz Concert ). In 1963 he moved to New York; there he played in the following years a. a. with Eddie Condon , Wild Bill Davison , Art Hodes , Kenny Davern and Dick Wellstood . He appeared in jazz clubs such as the Metropole, Jimmy Ryan’s and Eddie Condon’s. In the 1960s and 1970s he also played with jazz veterans Roy Eldridge , Gene Krupa , Red Allen , Bobby Hackett , Jimmy Rushing , Doc Cheatham , Max Kaminsky and Wingy Manone . He was also a co-leader of Vince Giordano ’s Nighthawks, with whom he appeared at President George Bush’s inauguration ceremonies and Bill Clinton's victory ceremony. In 1997 he led the big band Big Broadcasters at the opening concert of the New York City JVC Jazz Festival. For Al "Jazzbo" Collins and the Smith Street Society Jazz Band, Gardner wrote titles such as Jazzbeaux's Time of Night and theme songs for the radio. In the field of jazz he was involved in 57 recording sessions between 1959 and 2013, in addition to the aforementioned also with Marva Josie / Earl Hines , Jim Cullum , Spiegle Willcox , Billy Butterfield , Pee Wee Erwin , Stephanie Nakasian , Leon Redbone and his daughter, the singer Abbie Gardner . Gardner is also known as a long-time employee of Bill Crow , who contributes to his (jazz) musician anecdotes collection Crow Stories .

The Smith Street Society Jazz Band Featuring Ernie Carson: Take Me to the Land of Jazz (GHB, 1987)
Groundhog's Day (2000), with Joe Licari , Dick Voig , Bruce McNichols , Barbara Dreiwitz