Sonny Dallas
Sonny Dallas , even Frank Dallas (* 27. October 1931 in Rankin , Pennsylvania as Francis Dominic Joseph Rankin ; † 22. July 2007 in Long Iceland , New York ) was an American jazz - bassist and music teacher.
Sonny Dallas already had professional appearances as a singer at the age of eight; after studying bass with Herman Clements, he was bassist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. In the early 1950s he played in the orchestras of Charlie Spivak , Ray Eberle , Claude Thornhill and Les Elgart before moving to New York in 1956. There he worked with Sal Salvador , Bobby Scott , Chet Baker , Buck Clayton , Lee Konitz / Warne Marsh , Phil Woods / Gene Quill , Zoot Sims / Al Cohn , Elvin Jones , Mary Lou Williams , Bill Evans , George Wallington , Jackie Paris and Lennie Tristano . In the late 1960s, he moved to Long Island, earned a Master of Arts degree in music education, and went on to work at Suffolk County Community College and Dowling College.
Discographic notes
- Lee Konitz: Motion (Verve, 1961)
- Nat Pierce: The Ballad of Jazz Street ( Hep Records , 1961)
- Lennie Tristano: Continuity (Jazz Records, 1958-64)
- Lennie Tristano: Note to Note (Jazz Records, 1964/65)
- Phil Woods: Warm Woods (Lonehill Jazz, 1957)
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- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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| SURNAME | Dallas, Sonny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dallas, Frank; Dallas, Francis Dominic Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rankin , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 2007 |
| Place of death | Long Island , New York |