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Don Thompson

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Aliases
The Don Thompson Quartet
Don Thompson's Banff Jazz All Stars
Real name
Donald Winston Thompson
Born
January 18, 1940
Country
Canada
Comments
Multi-instrumental jazz musician, including bass, piano, and vibes. Thompson has recorded as a leader, co-leader, featured soloist and sideman and is established as part of the Toronto jazz scene. He has won several Juno Awards, which is Canada's equivalent of the Grammy Awards in the United States.
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Covers by Don Thompson

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1984 Ella Fitzgerald - Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
i 1979 Richard Davis
i 1978 Blossom Dearie
i 2013 Blossom Dearie
i 1981 Brook Benton
i 1979 Katherine Perry
i 1989 Cilla Black
i September 2019 The Jud Conlon Chorus
i 1982 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
i 1978 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1992 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1991 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i August 2007 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i September 2019 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i   1997 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i   1989 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i 2013 Janet Leigh [dubbed by Jackie Ward]
i 2013 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
i 1981 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i September 2019 Miles Davis
i 1981 Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1991 Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1981 Toots Thielemans
1984 Tony Bennett, Robert Farnon and His Orchestra
i 1996 Memo Acevedo
  1985 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i   2013 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC,REL, Libby Holman PRF
i 1989 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
i   1984 Charlie Parker All Stars REC, Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys REL
i August 2007 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
i   September 2019 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  1985 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 2013 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
i 1981 John Handy
i   1989 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
1985 Mildred Bailey
i 1997 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i   1997 Tony Pastor and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by John McAfee REC, Orchestra [You'll Never Get Rich] BRD
i 1989 Maurice Jarre
i 1984 Paul Chambers
i 1989 Robert Maxwell
i   September 2019 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i 1984 John Scofield & John Abercrombie
i 2013 Kenny Wheeler Quintet
i August 2007 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i 1986 Danny Kaye and Mary Jane Walsh
i 1989 Ernest Gold conducting the Sinfonia of London Orchestra
i August 2007 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i 1992 Don Friedman Trio
i 1998 Kenny Wheeler
i   August 2007 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
i 1989 (unknown)
i 2002 (unknown)
i 1982 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
i July 2013 (unknown)
i August 2007 Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
i June 1, 1999 Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)
i   1992 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i 2002 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i July 2013 Tony Bennett
i 1981 Mischa Elman
i   1982 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1984 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gracie Barrie
i   July 2013 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i   2013 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i 1997 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
i July 2013 Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
i July 2013 (unknown)
i I Know Why Sonny Greenwich, Terry Clarke, Don Thompson, Ed Bickert 2000 Unverified
i 2000 Grace Moore
i 1986 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
i 1997 Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Don Rodney and The Lombardo Trio
i 2002 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1997 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1981 Dick Powell
i   2000 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   2013 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
1985 George Givot and Josephine Huston
i 1979 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i June 1, 1999 The Ambassadors [US2]
i   1982 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1985 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i   1981 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i   1981 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
  1985 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i   1984 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
i 1981 Tango-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Kurt Mühlhardt
i 1997 Lawrence Tibbett with Orchestra – Nathaniel Shilkret, Director, Billy Fields REL, David Daniels and Gloria Marlowe PRF
i 2013 Alfred Newman
i 1989 Maurice Jarre
i 1979 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i September 2019 Billie Holiday
i 1989 Francis Lai & His Orchestra
1985 Johnny Williams, His Orchestra and Chorus
i June 1, 1999 Scott Joplin
i   1989 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
i   2013 Henry Mancini REC,REL,BRD
i   2002 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1986 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1992 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
  1985 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i 1991 Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle
i 2013 Nat "King" Cole with the Music of Nelson Riddle
i 2000 The Jazz Messengers
i 2002 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 2000 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
i 1981 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1992 Don Friedman, Harvie Swartz, Lewis Nash
i 1997 David Rose and His Orchestra
i 2013 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1986 Horace Silver Quintet
i 1984 Sonny Rollins
i 1989 George Duning conducting The Columbia Pictures Orchestra
i 1978 (unknown)
i 1984 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
i 2013 Charlie Parker Sextet
i   August 2007 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i 1989 Nino Rota
i   1991 Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
i 1981 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1989 Jeanette MacDonald
i   1989 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra REC, Ray Bolger, Tamara Geva and George Church PRF
i December 22, 2014 Boston Pops Orchestra
i   2013 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i 1981 Miles Davis Quintet
i   1981 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i 1986 Chick Corea
i 1981 Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar with Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor
i   July 2013 Jackie & Roy REC, Jerri Winters - With Orchestra conducted by Don Costa REL
i   1992 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i June 1, 1999 Prince's Band
i 2013 Lee Konitz
i 1981 Charley Straight and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i 1981 The Dave Brubeck Quartet
i 1984 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1984 Herbie Hancock
i 2013 Billie Holiday
i July 2013 Nat "King" Cole
i June 1, 1999 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i June 1, 1999 Scott Joplin
i   2013 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra REC,REL, Judy Garland BRD
i 1989 Nino Rota
i July 2013 Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Dick Jones
i 1989 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
i 1984 Johnny Mandel
i 2013 Tom Bryce
i 2013 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
1985 Al Bowlly
i   1981 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i June 1, 1999 Original Dixieland Jass Band
i   2013 Bill Evans with Freddie Hubbard and Zoot Sims REC, Bill Evans with Symphony Orchestra REL
i September 2019 Ornette Coleman
i June 1, 1999 W. Arlington
i 1997 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra BRD, Henry Mancini
i July 2013 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1978 Broadway Syncopators
i 1979 Michael Dees
i 1978 Elsie Carlisle
1985 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
i 1978 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
i 2002 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1998 Azimuth
i 1986 Frank Sinatra
i 2000 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
i 2002 Jane Powell and Vic Damone
i 1981 Bing Crosby
i   September 2019 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   2002 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa & Libby Holman PRF
i 1979 The Pine Ridge Boys
i 1978 Al Jolson
i   1986 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
i   1986 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Beautiful Friendship The Don Thompson Quartet 1984 Concord Jazz
A Little Simple Magic Don Thompson & Pat LaBarbera ‎ July 2013 Five Stars Records
At the Garden Party Ed Bickert / Don Thompson 1978 Sackville
Celebration Don Thompson's Banff Jazz All Stars 1998 Jazz Focus
Circles Don Thompson 1981 Intercan
Dance to the Lady Don Thompson, Ed Bickert 1981 Sackville
Days Gone By Don Thompson 1982 Atlas Record [JP]
Days Gone By Sonny Greenwich, Terry Clarke, Don Thompson, Ed Bickert 2000 Sackville
George Shearing at Home George Shearing & Don Thompson 2013 Jazzknight
Hot Dog Don Thompson June 1, 1999 Arkay Records
Live at the Cafe Carlyle George Shearing with Don Thompson 1984 Concord Jazz
Maria Postell Maria Postell with Dave McKenna & Don Thompson 1985 (self-released)
Music from the Movies - Don Thompson Plays Music Hollywood Themes on the San Sylmar Wurlitzer Don Thompson 1989 Arkay Records
One Take - Volume Three Don Thompson and Reg Schwager August 2007 Alma [CA]
Opus d'Amour Don Friedman & Don Thompson 1992 Sackville
Reg Schwager & Don Thompson Live at Mezzetta Reg Schwager / Don Thompson 2002 Sackville
Thou Swell The Jim Galloway Quartet featuring Jay McShann, Don Thompson, Terry Clarke 1981 Sackville
Three for the Road Rob McConnell / Ed Bickert / Don Thompson 1997 Concord Jazz
Tranquility Neil Swainson & Don Thompson 2013 Cornerstone
Walking on Air Jim Galloway, Dick Wellstood, Don Thompson, Don Vickery 1979 Bitter Sweet Jazz
Winter Mist The Don Thompson Quartet 1991 The Jazz Alliance
Witchcraft John Abercrombie, Don Thompson 1986 Justin Time
Yesterdays John Abercrombie, Don Thompson September 2019 Cornerstone

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