Wardell Gray
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
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- And the big bands
- Easy swing
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1921-02-13
- Active to
- 1955-05-25
bebopjazzswing
Discography
- Stoned / Matter and Mind1948
- Easy Living / Twisted1949
- Light Gray / The Toup1949
- A Sinner Kissed an Angel / Grayhound1950
- Blue Gray / Treadin’ With Treadwell1950
- South Side / Sweet Lorraine1950
- Farmer’s Market / Lover Man1952
- So Long Broadway / Nobody’s Heart1954
- The Chase and The Steeplechase2005
- Way Out Wardell2014
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- 18,921
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- 104,314
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Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American swing and bebop jazz tenor saxophonist. Wardell Gray was born in Oklahoma City, the youngest of four children. His early childhood years were spent in Oklahoma, before moving with his family to Detroit, Michigan in 1929. In early 1935, Gray began attending Northeastern High School, and then transferred to Cass Technical High School, which is noted for having Donald Byrd, Lucky Thompson and Al McKibbon as alumni. <a href="https://ww
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gray
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Savoy Records
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- date of birth
- 1921-02-13
- date of death
- 1955-05-25
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
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