Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Technology and Military Doctrine
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936-09-07
- Active to
- 1959-02-03
2008 universal fire victimdeath by plane crashpoppop rockrockrock and roll
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,465
- Total plays
- 8,981
Tags
bassjazzcleversmoothgammarec
Holley was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He attended the prestigious Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Holley played violin and tuba when young. He started playing bass while serving in the Navy, playing in the Ships Company A Band at Camp Robert Smalls, which was led by Leonard Bowden and included Clark Terry, and several other musicians recruited from civilian dance bands.In the latter half of the 1940s, he played with Dexter Gordon <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Major+Hol
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Maplewood
- Occupation
- composer
- Employer
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- swing
- Instrument
- bass
- Record label
- Black & Blue
Show 2 more facts
- date of death
- 1990-10-25
- date of birth
- 1924-07-10
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 9 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0