Oscar Pettiford

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Aliases: The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
Oscar Pettiford His Cello and Orkette
Oscar Pettiford His Cello & Quartet
Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz All Stars
Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz Groups
Oscar Pettiford and His Orchestra
Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra
Born: September 30, 1922
Died: September 8, 1960
Country: United States
IPI: 00024167996 13 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Jazz double bassist, cello player and composer. Pettiford was a pioneer in bebop and the cello as a jazz instrument. He recorded extensively as both a sideman and a leader.
Member of: The Manhattan Jazz Septette
Esquire All Stars
The Birdlanders
The Ellingtonians
Related: Milt Page

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Be-Bop

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Released on Salted Peanuts (1945)

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Blues in the Closet

Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz All Stars

Released on Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz All Stars (1954)

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Tricotism

Oscar Pettiford

Released on Oscar Pettiford (1954)

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Laverne Walk REC

The Early Days - In Scandinavia With Oscar Pettiford

Released on The Early Days - In Scandinavia With Oscar Pettiford (1979)

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Interlude (Night in Tunisia)

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Originally by Dizzy Gillespie

Released on I Didn't Know About You (1945)

Salted Peanuts

Salted Peanuts

Originally by Auld-Hawkins-Webster Saxtet

Released on Salted Peanuts (1945)

Blues in the Closet

The Essen Jazz Festival All Stars

Originally by Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz All Stars

Released on The Essen Jazz Festival All Stars (1960)

Summertime

Jazz Legacy - Baden Baden Unreleased Radio Tapes - Sessions 1958-60

Originally by Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC

Released on Jazz Legacy - Baden Baden Unreleased Radio Tapes - Sessions 1958-60 (1987)