Russell Malone

Russell Malone (born November 8, 1963 in Albany , Georgia) is an American modern jazz guitarist .

Live and act

Malone, who comes from a religious family, gained his first experience of playing gospel in church and then played in rhythm and blues bands. He worked with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and from 1988 with Jimmy Smith , before he was part of Harry Connick's big band for several years from 1990 . In 1992 he played his debut album "Russell Malone", on which Milt Hinton accompanied him. In 1994 he presented his quartet in Europe and Asia. He starred in the feature film Kansas City (1996). In the next few years he mainly worked in the groups of Diana Krall and Benny Green . In 2001 he toured with the trio of Monty Alexander and Ray Brown , the next year with Benny Green. He also worked on recordings by Roy Hargrove , Gary Bartz , Stephen Scott, Etta James and Don Braden and appeared in the Golden Striker Trio with Ron Carter and Mulgrew Miller and from 2008 to 2009 in a duo with Bill Frisell . Since 2015 he has been working more and more in his own groups, with whom he presented albums such as Love Looks Good on You ; He has also worked on recordings by musicians such as Cyrus Chestnut , Diana Krall, Denzal Sinclaire , Roger Kellaway , Stefano Di Battista , Jimmy Cobb , Steve Turre , Sonny Rollins , Stanley Jordan , Akua Dixon , Ron Carter, Vincent Herring and Eric Wyatt . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 136 recording sessions between 1990 and 2019, according to Tom Lord .

Sweet Georgia Brown (1998, with Kenny Barron , Ron Carter, and Lewis Nash )
Heartstrings (2001, with Kenny Barron, Christian McBride, and Jeff Tain Watts )
Benny Green & Russell Malone: Bluebird (Telarc, 2003)
Jazz at the Bistro (2003, with Benny Green)
Live at Jazz Standard , Vols. 1 & 2 ( Maxjazz , 2006/07), with Martin Bejerano , Tassili Bond
Triple Play (Maxjazz, 2010), with David Wong , Montez Coleman
Love Looks Good on You (High Note, 2015), with Rick Germanson, Gerald Cannon , Willie Jones, III
All About Melody (HighNote, 2016), with Rick Germanson, Luke Sellick, Willie Jones, III
Time for the Dancers (High Note, 2017), with Rick Germanson , Luke Sellick , Willie Jones, III

Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Malone, Russell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American modern jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 8, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Albany , Georgia , USA