Английская Википедия:Bill Jennings (guitarist)
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Bill Jennings (September 12, 1919 – November 29, 1978) was an American jazz guitarist and composer.[1]
Career
Recording as both a leader and a sideman, Jennings has been called "the architect of soul jazz" and has influenced on jazz, soul, R&B, and blues guitar. B.B. King often mentioned Jennings as one of his biggest influences.[2] Jennings recorded with such artists as Willis "Gator" Jackson, Brother Jack McDuff, Leo Parker, Bill Doggett, Louis Jordan, King Curtis, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald[3] and unique in his ability to play in many styles, including swing, bop, jump blues, R&B, and pop.[4] Jennings played on "Fever" by Little Willie John, which made the Billboard R&B chart in the US and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]
A left-handed player, Jennings played guitar upside down, with the high strings at the top, which gave him a different approach to phrasing and bending the strings.[6] Later in his career, he lost a finger on his fretting hand and began playing bass guitar.[7]
Death
Jennings died at Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis on November 29, 1978. He was a United States Navy veteran and a member of the Church of God.[8]
In 2023 the Killer Blues Headstone Project placed a headstone for Bill Jennings at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.[9]
Discography
As leader
- Mood Indigo (King, 1956)
- Billy in the Lion's Den (King, 1957)
- Enough Said! (Prestige, 1959)
- Glide On (Prestige, 1960)
As sideman
With Willis Jackson
- Please Mr. Jackson (Prestige, 1959)
- Cookin' Sherry (Prestige, 1960)
- Blue Gator (Prestige, 1960)
- Thunderbird (Prestige, 1962)
- Together Again! (Prestige, 1965)
- Together Again, Again (Prestige, 1967)
- Star Bag (Prestige, 1968)
- Swivelhips (Prestige, 1969)
- Gator's Groove (Prestige, 1969)
With Brother Jack McDuff
- Brother Jack (Prestige, 1960)
With others
- Roy Brown, Laughing but Crying (Route 66, 1977)
- Kenny Burrell, Guitar Soul (Status 1965)
- The Charms, Glory Spots (Motherwit, 1991)
- Wild Bill Davis, Flying High (Everest, 1959)
- Bill Doggett, Moondust (Odeon 1959)
- Shakey Jake Harris, Good Times (Bluesville, 1960)
- Little Willie John, Fever (Regency, 1956)
- Etta Jones, The Jones Girl...Etta...Sings, Sings, Sings (King, 1958)
- Betty Roche, [[Singin' & Swingin' (Betty Roché album)|Singin' & SwinginШаблон:']] (Prestige, 1961)
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1919 births
- 1978 deaths
- Musicians from Indiana
- 20th-century American guitarists
- American jazz guitarists
- American male guitarists
- Soul-jazz guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
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