Herb Ellis

guitar

Guitarist of the bop and swing scene. Nothing but the Blues (Verve, 1958), his second album under his own name, brings together Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz and Ray Brown, with Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie on the Paris tracks.

Styles

• Hard bop
• Cool (Birth of the Cool)

Landmark tracks

• Papa's Blues (1957)
• Soft Winds (1957)
• Blues for Janet (1957)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 25, 2025: Oscar Peterson, le “maharajah” du piano, deuxième partie (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

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