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Oscar Pettiford (30 Sep 1922 - 08 Sep 1960)

Male Person - United States

Releases (19)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet 1953
  2. The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Album 1972
  3. Discoveries 1987
  4. First Bass 1995
  5. The Chronological Classics: Oscar Pettiford 1951-1954 2005
  6. Complete Big Band Studio Recordings 2005
  7. The Chronological Classics: Oscar Pettiford 1954-1955 2007
  8. The Classic Albums 1953-1960 2015

Album

  1. Sextet Nov 1954
  2. Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet 1954
  3. Basically Duke 1955
  4. Blue Brothers 1973
  5. Vienna Blues: The Complete Session 1988
  6. Montmartre Blues 1989
  7. Another One 14 Mar 2000
  8. The Manhattan Jazz Septette 2006
  9. Nonet & Octet 2007
  10. Baden-Baden 1959 Karlsruhe 1958 2020

Single

  1. Swinging ’Till the Girls Come Home / Bei mir bist du schoen 1951

Relationships (11)

Member Of

  1. Oscar Pettiford Orchestra original, eponymous, double bass
  2. The Oscar Pettiford Quartet original, eponymous
  3. Kenny Dorham Quintet double bass
  4. Oscar Pettiford and His Birdland Band
  5. The Nat Pierce Orchestra double bass
  6. Sam Most Sextette double bass
  7. Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars double bass
  8. Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra double bass
  9. Miles Davis Quartet
  10. Frank Wess Quintet double bass
  11. Bud Powell Trio double bass

Recordings by (168)

  1. Swinging ’Till the Girls Come Home ?:?? (1951) 1951-04-28, mx. M 4025-2
  2. Bei mir bist du schoen ?:?? (1951) 1951-04-28, mx. M 4028-1
  3. Stockholm Sweetnin' 4:17 (1953)
  4. Low and Behold 3:32 (1953)
  5. The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair 4:48 (1953)
  6. Tamalpais Love Song 3:58 (1953)
  7. Jack, the Fieldstalker 4:37 (1953)
  8. Burt's Pad 9:45 (Nov 1954)
  9. Marcel the Furrier 6:00 (Nov 1954)
  10. East Lag 2:34 (Nov 1954)
  11. Stardust 5:09 (Nov 1954)
  12. Rhumblues 4:28 (Nov 1954)
  13. Ondine 3:09 (Nov 1954)
  14. Sextette 2:56 (1954)
  15. Golden Touch 2:33 (1954)
  16. Cable Car 2:20 (1954)
  17. Trictrotism 2:42 (1954)
  18. Edge of Love 2:24 (1954)
  19. Oscar Rides Again 2:33 (1954)
  20. Jack the Bear ?:?? (1955)
  21. Tamalpais ?:?? (1955)
  22. Swing Until the Girls Come Home ?:?? (1955)
  23. Mood Indigo ?:?? (1955)
  24. Chuckles ?:?? (1955)
  25. Time on My Hands ?:?? (1955)
  26. Chichasaw 2:51 (1972)
  27. Chasin' the Bass 2:29 (1972)
  28. Bopscotch 3:13 (1972)
  29. The Most! 2:52 (1972)
  30. My Little Cello 3:41 (1973)
  31. Back in Paradise 4:32 (1973)
  32. Willow Weep for Me 3:02 (1973)
  33. Montmartre Blues 6:48 (1973)
  34. Straight Ahead 4:41 (1973)
  35. Two Little Pearls 5:47 (1973)
  36. Blue Brothers 3:58 (1973)
  37. Laverne Walk 5:16 (1973)
  38. Cello Again 2:39 (1986)
  39. Ah-Dee-Dong Blues (Oriental Cello Blues) 2:32 (1986)
  40. Sonny Boy 2:52 (1986)
  41. I'm Beginning to See the Light 2:50 (1986)
  42. Cello Again - Take 1 2:36 (1987)
  43. Ah-Dee-Dong - Take 1 2:33 (1987)
  44. Sonny Boy - Take 1 2:06 (1987)
  45. I'm Beginning to See the Light - Take 1 3:08 (1987)
  46. Why Not 3:52 (1987)
  47. You're Covered 1:46 (1987)
  48. Taking a Chance on Love 5:00 (1987)
  49. No Knox Blues 4:58 (1987)
  50. What Is It 5:31 (1987)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Rose Room ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Mar 1944)
  2. Mop Mop ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Mar 1944)
  3. Blues ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Apr 1944)
  4. Esquire Bounce ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Apr 1944)
  5. Tea for Two ?:?? Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Apr 1944)
  6. Basin Street Blues ?:?? Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session (Jul 1944)
  7. Back O’ Town Blues ?:?? Esquire All Stars featuring Louis Armstrong (Feb 1945)

Instruments

  1. I Love My Man ?:?? Billie Holiday with The All‐Star Jam Band (Aug 1944)
  2. The Man I Love ?:?? Coleman Hawkins’ Swing Four (Oct 1945) double bass
  3. Worried Life Blues 2:53 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra (1945) double bass
  4. Salted Peanuts 3:00 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (1945) double bass
  5. Empty Bed Blues – Part I 2:33 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra (1945) double bass
  6. Be-Bop 3:09 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (1945) double bass
  7. Flyin’ on a V‐Disc (Part Two) ?:?? Lionel Hampton and the V‐Disc All Stars (Aug 1946) double bass
  8. Flyin’ on a V‐Disc (Part One) ?:?? Lionel Hampton and the V‐Disc All Stars (Aug 1946) double bass
  9. Empty Bed Blues, Part 2 2:34 Oscar Pettiford & His All Stars Featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Don Byas (1946) double bass
  10. I Can’t Get Started 3:04 Dizzy Gillespie (1946) double bass
  11. Something for You 2:31 Oscar Pettiford Orchestra (1946) double bass
  12. Good Bait 2:58 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (1946) double bass
  13. Rockabye River 3:02 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1947) double bass
  14. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1 4:50 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) double bass
  15. Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise 4:28 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) double bass
  16. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3 3:45 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) double bass
  17. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4 3:04 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) double bass
  18. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5 5:08 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) double bass
  19. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2 3:26 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) double bass
  20. Sono 4:34 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra feat. Harry Carney & Billy Strayhorn (1950) double bass
  21. How Could It Happen to a Dream ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  22. June's Jumpin' ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  23. Violet Blue ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  24. Let the Zoomers Drool ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  25. Searsy's Blues ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  26. A Little Taste ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  27. Who Struck John? ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  28. Frustration 3:32 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra feat. Harry Carney & Billy Strayhorn (1950) double bass
  29. Charlotte Russe ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1950) bass
  30. If I Had You 4:00 Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, Ike Quebec, Roger Ram Ramirez, Tiny Grimes, Oscar Pettiford, J.C. Heard (1951) double bass
  31. Dear Old Stockholm 4:12 Miles Davis (1952) double bass
  32. Yesterdays 3:45 Miles Davis (1952) bass
  33. Donna 3:13 Miles Davis (1952) double bass
  34. Woody ’n’ You 3:24 Miles Davis (1952) bass
  35. How Deep Is the Ocean 4:39 Miles Davis (1952) double bass
  36. The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair 4:48 Oscar Pettiford (1953) cello
  37. Tamalpais Love Song 3:58 Oscar Pettiford (1953) double bass
  38. Stockholm Sweetnin' 4:17 Oscar Pettiford (1953) cello
  39. Low and Behold 3:32 Oscar Pettiford (1953) cello
  40. Blue Moon 3:09 Wynton Kelly (1953) double bass
  41. Born to Be Blue 3:27 Wynton Kelly (1953) double bass
  42. Jack, the Fieldstalker 4:37 Oscar Pettiford (1953) cello
  43. East Lag 2:34 Oscar Pettiford (Nov 1954) bass, double bass

Credited as (60)

  1. Oscar Pettiford
  2. Charlie Christian, Jerry Jerome, Frankie Hines & Oscar Pettiford
  3. Thelonious Monk & Oscar Pettiford
  4. Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Heywood & Oscar Pettiford
  5. Oscar Pettiford & Vinnie Burke
  6. Oscar Pettiford Quintet
  7. Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, Ike Quebec, Roger Ram Ramirez, Tiny Grimes, Oscar Pettiford, J.C. Heard
  8. Julius Watkins, Charlie Rouse, Gildo Mahones, Ron Jefferson, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers
  9. Oscar Pettiford Quartet
  10. Oscar Pettiford with The Harry Lookofsky Strings
  11. Sahib Shihab, Benny Golson, Phil Woods, Bill Evans, Oscar Pettiford & Art Taylor
  12. Wynonie Harris With Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea, Oscar Pettiford
  13. Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Thad Jones, Billy Mitchell, Oscar Pettiford, Shadow Wilson
  14. Kenny Burrell, Thad Jones, Oscar Pettiford
  15. Don Byas, Oscar Pettiford & Kenny Clarke
  16. Dusko Goykovich, Lucky Thompson, Hans Hammerschmid, Oscar Pettiford & Hartwig Bartz
  17. Duke Ellington, Oscar Pettiford And Sonny Greer
  18. Ada Moore, John LaPorta, Wally Cirillo, Tal Farlow, Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson
  19. Oscar Pettiford's Quintet
  20. Howard McGhee, J.J. Johnson, Oscar Pettiford, Clifton Best, Rudy Williams, Charlie Rice
  21. D. Ellington, O. Pettiford
  22. Oscar Pettiford / Red Mitchell
  23. Oscar Pettiford & Attila Zoller
  24. Kenny Clarke, Red Garland, Kai Winding, Oscar Pettiford, Lee Konitz, Phineas Newborn, Jr. & J.J. Johnson
  25. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden & Roy Eldridge
  26. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge & Red Norvo
  27. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Louis Armstrong
  28. Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett & Art Tatum
  29. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden & Louis Armstrong
  30. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Billie Holiday
  31. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Billie Holiday
  32. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton & Red Norvo
  33. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins & Roy Eldridge
  34. Oscar Pettiford, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, Al Casey, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Roy Eldridge & Lionel Hampton
  35. Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Zoot Sims, Oscar Pettiford & Al Cohn
  36. Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford
  37. Emmett Berry, Cozy Cole, Clyde Hart, Budd Johnson, Oscar Pettiford, Walter Thomas, Ben Webster
  38. Lucky Thompson, Oscar Pettiford
  39. Duke Ellington with Oscar Pettiford
  40. Oscar Pettiford & Harry Babasin
  41. Oscar Pettiford & Jan Johansson
  42. Lucky Thompson & Oscar Pettiford
  43. Marilyn Moore & Jackie Paris with the Leonard Feather & Dick Hyman All Stars featuring Coleman Hawkins, Osie Johnson, Tony Scott, Art Farmer, Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Edison and others
  44. Leonard Feather · Dick Hyman All Stars featuring Coleman Hawkins, Osie Johnson, Tony Scott, Art Farmer, Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Edison and others, sung by Marilyn Moore and Jackie Paris
  45. Esquire All-Stars feat. Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford & Sid Catlett
  46. Esquire All-Stars feat. Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford & Sid Catlett
  47. Esquire All-Stars feat. Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford & Sid Catlett
  48. Esquire All-Stars feat. Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett & Red Norvo
  49. Esquire All-Stars feat. Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford & Sid Catlett
  50. Esquire All-Stars feat. Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett & Billie Holiday
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Works (17)

Composed

  1. Bohemia After Dark (1955)
  2. Now See How You Are
  3. Tricotism
  4. The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair
  5. Something for You
  6. Chance It
  7. Max Making Wax
  8. Jack the Fieldstalker
  9. Blues in the Closet
  10. OP Meets LT
  11. Oscalypso
  12. Laverne Walk
  13. Two Little Pearls
  14. This Time the Drum's on Me
  15. Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home
  16. Low and Behold
  17. Tamalpais Love Song

Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/133111644
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104881
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85098446
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13898427w
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85098446
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6df7c1p
  7. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/oscar-pettiford

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Oscar+Pettiford

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pettiford

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/255767

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000896298

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0678652/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/24788159

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497183