Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee (* 25. November 1925 in Houston , Texas ; † 18th July 1979 in New York City ) was an American jazz - trombone . He played with Duke Ellington's orchestra from 1959 to 1963 .
Live and act
Matthew Gee first played the trumpet, then the tenor saxophone and finally the trombone during his musical training, which he found under the impression of Trummy Young . He played with Erskine Hawkins (1943), with Dizzy Gillespie (1946), Joe Morris (1947-48) and (1949) again with Gillespie. In 1950 he was a member of the band of Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt , in 1951 he worked with Coleman Hawkins , 1952 with Count Basie and from the end of 1952 with Illinois Jacquet , with whom he toured Europe in October 1954. In 1954 Gee played in a sextet formation with Lou Donaldson . Gee then worked with Sarah Vaughan in 1956, and again with Gillespie a year later. In 1956 he created an album under his own name for Riverside Records .
In 1959 he became a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, where he was involved in the recording of the definitive album Blues In Orbit . The connection with Ellington lasted until 1963. In the 1960s he was still involved in big band projects by Sonny Stitt and Johnny Griffin . After that, Matthew Gee fell into oblivion, although he still performed in jazz clubs.
Discography (selection)
- Jazz By Gee (Riverside / OJC, 1956) with Kenny Dorham , Ernie Henry , Frank Foster , Cecil Payne , Joe Knight , Joe Simmons , Wilbur Ware , Art Taylor
- Gene Ammons: The Gene Ammons Story: The 78 Era (Prestige, 1950-55)
- Count Basie: April In Paris (Verve, 1956), Basie in London (Verve, 1956)
- Lou Donaldson: Quartet / Quintet / Sextet ( Blue Note Records , 1952–54)
- Duke Ellington: Blues In Orbit (Columbia, 1958-59), Duke 56/62, Vol. 3
- Dizzy Gillespie: 1949-1950 (Classics)
- Coleman Hawkins: Body And Soul Revisited (GRP, 1951-58)
- Johnny Griffin: The Big Soul Band (OJC, 1960)
- Erskine Hawkins: 1946-1947 (Classics)
- Illinois Jacquet : Flying Home: The Best Of The Verve Years (Verve, 1951-58); The SoulExplosion (OJC, 1969)
- Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt And The Top Brass (Atlantic, 1962)
literature
- Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
annotation
- ↑ Gee was not involved in any significant recordings of Ellington after Blues In Orbit
- ↑ On his album "Jazz By Gee" Morton and Cook note in their review that Gee is supposed to be one of the best bop-influenced trombonists, but as the leader of his own formation he is rather a disappointment . quoted according to Morton & Cook, 2001, p. 560
- ↑ Gee worked on the sextet recordings The Stroller , Caracas and Moe's Bluff on August 21, 1954
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gee, Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1979 |
| Place of death | New York City |