Wally Richardson

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Wallace "Wally" Richardson (born June 4, 1930 in Harlem , New York City ) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician ( guitar ).

Live and act

Richardon worked in the New York R&B scene from the early 1950s with Andrew Tibbs (who made the first recordings for Savoy ), as well as with Big John Greer , Leroy Kirkland , Varetta Dillard , Pete Brown , King Curtis , LaVern Baker , Sil Austin and Big Joe Turner . In 1959 he released the rock 'n' roll single Rock A Doodle Reveille / It's Paris (Carlton 500), recorded with songwriter and organist Leroy Clover , as Le Roy and Wally . In the following decade he worked a. a. on recordings by Bobby Donaldson , Al Sears , Arthur Prysock , Shirley Scott , Buddy Tate , Charlie Singleton , Johnny "Hammond" Smith , Bill Doggett , Sam "The Man" Taylor , Honi Gordon , Etta Jones , Illinois Jacquet , Ray Bryant , Freddie McCoy , Andy Bey , Solomon Burke , James Brown , Erroll Garner , Herbie Mann , Donald Byrd , Lee Morgan , Willis Jackson , Dizzy Gillespie , Bobby Hutcherson , Duke Pearson and Richard "Groove" Holmes with.

In 1968 Richardson had the opportunity to record for Prestige Records under his own name; on the album Soul Guru , which also contained an instrumental cover version of The Mamas & The Papas hit Monday Monday and the single Senor Boogaloo , Zane Zacharoff (bass clarinet), Ernie Hayes (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Richard Davis ( Bass), Orville Mason (electric bass), Bobby Donaldson (drums) and Montego Joe (percussion). In the 1970s and 80s he could still be heard on recordings by Percy Mayfield , Sonny Stitt , Neal Creque , Joe Lee Wilson , Alberta Hunter and Panama Francis ' Savoy Sultans . In the field of jazz and R&B, he was involved in 106 recording sessions from 1951 to 1987. As a studio musician , Richardson also worked with Paul Simon ("Quality") and Hal Mooney .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le Roy And Wally at Discogs (English); the other participating musicians were Carl Lynch (guitar), Al Lucas (bass) and Bobby Donaldson (drums).
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : Jazz Discography online, accessed April 4, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Richardson, Wally
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richardson, Wallace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and rhythm and blues musician (guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH June 4th 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlem , New York City