Vivien Garry

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Vivien Garry (front) with Teddy Kaye (left) and Arv Garrison at a gig at Club Dixon's , New York City, circa May 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb
Vivien Garry Trio 1947. Photo: Gottlieb

Vivien Garry (actually Mildred Vivien Christy , * around 1920; † December 1, 2008 ) was an American jazz musician ( vocals , double bass , composition ) of bebop . Garry was the only bass player to appear in the 52nd Street jazz clubs .

Garry performed his own jazz combos in New York nightclubs in the mid-1940s ; she had a trio with pianist Teddy Kaye and her husband, guitarist Arvin Garrison , who managed the group, as well as a quintet with Ginger Smock (violin), Edna Williams (trumpet), Wini Beatty (piano) and Dody Jeshke (drums) . From 1944 on, recordings were also made for the local labels Premier, Guild, Black & White and for V-Disc “Where You At” and “Baby I'm Gone”, two novelty songs in the style of Slim & Slam . From 1947 she also recorded for RCA , Signature and Exclusive Records . She recorded her song "I'm in the Mood for Love" (AFRS Jubilee) in 1946 with Benny Carter , Sonny White , Thomas Moultree (bass) and Percy Brice (drums).

The 1948 released album Girls in Jazz contained titles by Garry, Mary Lou Williams , Beryl Booker and the International Sweethearts of Rhythm . In the field of jazz she was involved in 18 recording sessions between 1946 and 1952. She wrote several jazz tracks such as "Please Don't Sidekick Me Baby" (1937), "Baby I'm Gone", "Operation Mop" and "A Woman's Place Is in the Groove".

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard S. Sears: V-discs: a History and Discography . Greenwood Press, 1980, p. 334
  2. ↑ a b Elizabeth Dodd Brinkofski: New York City Jazz . Charleston, South Carolina. Arcadia, 2013, p. 99
  3. ↑ The Jazzfinder, Volume 1 , ed. by Orin Blackstone. O. Blackstone, 1948
  4. ^ Billboard, February 28, 1948
  5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 9, 2017)
  6. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3, 1938
personal data
SURNAME Garry, Vivien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1920
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 2008