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Musical artist
Major "Mule" Holley Jr. (July 10, 1924 – October 25, 1990)[1] [2] [3] jazz upright bassist .[4] [5]
Early life and education
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Holley was born in Detroit , Michigan , United States.[3] Cass Technical High School in Detroit.[1] [3]
Career
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He started playing bass while serving in the Navy ,[3] [6] [7] Dexter Gordon , Charlie Parker , and Ella Fitzgerald ;[3] Oscar Peterson recorded duets, and he also played with Peterson and Charlie Smith as a trio.[3]
In the mid-1950s, he moved to England and worked at the BBC .[3] Woody Herman in 1958 and with Al Cohn /Zoot Sims between 1959 and 1960.[3] Duke Ellington in 1964 and with the Kenny Burrell Trio, Coleman Hawkins , Lee Konitz , Roy Eldridge , Michel Legrand , Milt Buckner , Jay McShann and Quincy Jones in the 1960s and 1970s.[3] Berklee College of Music .[3]
Holley was known for singing along with his arco (bowed) bass solos, a technique Slam Stewart also used.[3]
Death
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Holley died of a heart attack in Maplewood, New Jersey , at the age of 66.[5]
Discography
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As leader
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Two Big Mice with Slam Stewart (Black and Blue, 1977)
Shut Yo' Mouth!
Major Step with Joe Van Enkhuizen (Timeless 1992)
Excuse Me Ludwig (Black and Blue, 1997)
Mighty Like a Rose with Rose Murphy (Black & Blue, 1998)
As sideman
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With Peter Appleyard
Barbados Heat (Concord Jazz, 1990)
Barbados Cool (Concord Jazz, 1991)
With Kenny Burrell
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Light and Lovely (Black and Blue, 1979)
Midnight Slows Vol. 10 (Black and Blue, 1979)
With Coleman Hawkins
With Jo Jones
With Quincy Jones
With B.B. King
With Roland Kirk
With Buddy Tate
The Texas Twister (Master Jazz 1975)
Just Jazz (Uptown, 1984)
Just Friends
With Clark Terry
Tread Ye Lightly (Cameo, 1964)
Having Fun (Delos, 1990)
With Joe Williams
Having the Blues Under European Sky (Denon, 1985)
With others
Totti Bergh , Major Blues (Gemini, 1991)
Milt Buckner , Block Chords Parade (Black & Blue, 1974)
Jaki Byard , Family Man
Johnny Guarnieri , Johnny Guarnieri Originals (1979)
Bob James , Sign of the Times (1981)
Rufus Jones , Five on Eight
Dave McKenna , Dave McKenna Quartet with Zoot Sims (Chiaroscuro , 1974)
Jay McShann , Some Blues Chiaroscuro , 1993)
Flip Phillips , The Claw (Chiaroscuro , 1986)
Richie Pratt , Olathe (Artists Recording Collective , 2007)
Hilton Ruiz , Crosscurrents (Stash, 1985)
Shirley Scott , The Soul Is Willing
Shirley Scott, Drag 'em Out
Frank Sinatra , L.A. Is My Lady
Stanley Turrentine , Never Let Me Go
Dicky Wells , Bones for the King
Dicky Wells, Trombone Four-in-Hand
Gerry Wiggins , Wig Is Here (Black & Blue, 1974)
Phil Woods , Directly from the Half Note (Philology, 1966)
References
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^ "Major Holley" . data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 11 October 2022 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Colin Larkin , ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Guinness Publishing . p. 213. ISBN 0-85112-580-8
^ Scott Yanow , Major Holley at Allmusic . Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ a b "Jazz Bassist Major Holley Dies" . Associated Press . October 26, 1990. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
^ "Willie Smith of Lunceford Crew Is among others Starred Here." Chicago Defender 15 May 1943: p. 19.
^ Floyd, Samuel A. “An Oral History: The Great Lakes Experience,” in The Black Experience in Music 11.1: (Spring 1983): pp. 41-61.
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Discography
Studio albums
Harlem Jazz, 1930
Ellingtonia, Vol. One
Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
The Blanton–Webster Band
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Smoke Rings
Liberian Suite
Great Times!
Masterpieces by Ellington
Ellington Uptown
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington '55
Dance to the Duke!
Ellington Showcase
Historically Speaking
Duke Ellington Presents...
The Complete Porgy and Bess
A Drum Is a Woman
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
Such Sweet Thunder
Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Ellington Indigos
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene
Happy Reunion
Jazz Party
Anatomy of a Murder
Festival Session
Blues in Orbit
The Nutcracker Suite
Piano in the Background
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Unknown Session
Piano in the Foreground
Paris Blues
Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Midnight in Paris
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
Afro-Bossa
The Symphonic Ellington
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions New York 1963
My People
Ellington '65
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Ellington '66
Concert in the Virgin Islands
The Popular Duke Ellington
Far East Suite
The Jaywalker
Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Second Sacred Concert
Studio Sessions New York, 1968
Latin American Suite
The Pianist
New Orleans Suite
Orchestral Works
The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
The Intimacy of the Blues
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
The Intimate Ellington
The Ellington Suites
This One's for Blanton!
Up in Duke's Workshop
Duke's Big 4
Mood Ellington
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by Billy Strayhorn
by Juan Tizol
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