Les Spann (23 May 1932 - 24 Jan 1989)

Male Person - United States

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Gemini 1961

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Tommy Flanagan Quartet flute, guitar

Recordings by (9)

  1. Smile 6:10 (1961)
  2. Con Alma 3:33 (1961)
  3. Q's Dues Blues 6:11 (1961)
  4. It Might as Well Be Spring 4:41 (1961)
  5. Stockholm Sweetnin' 5:31 (1961)
  6. Blues for Gemini 4:51 (1961)
  7. Afterthought 5:04 (1961)
  8. There Is No Greater Love 4:46 (1961)
  9. 'Round Midnight 5:32 (2000)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Little Biscuit 3:06 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  2. Take It Slow, Joe 4:22 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  3. Cocoanut Sweet 4:27 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  4. Push De Button 3:43 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  5. Pretty to Walk With 2:53 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  6. Napoleon 4:23 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  7. For Every Fish 3:47 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  8. Pity De Sunset 4:11 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  9. Savanna 4:15 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  10. Hooray For De Yankee Dollar 3:32 Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1957) guitar
  11. They Say It's Wonderful 3:24 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  12. Time After Time 4:35 Ben Webster (1959) guitar
  13. Cherokee (Indian Love Song) 3:11 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  14. Squeeze Me 4:37 Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges (1959) flute, guitar
  15. Stompy Jones 6:39 Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges (1959) flute, guitar
  16. Going Up 4:51 Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges (1959) flute, guitar
  17. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise 2:47 Abbey Lincoln (1959) guitar
  18. There Is No Greater Love 3:26 Dizzy Gillespie (1959) guitar
  19. Everybody's Blues 4:15 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  20. Woody 'n' You 6:23 Dizzy Gillespie (1959) guitar
  21. Lonely House 3:41 Abbey Lincoln (1959) guitar
  22. St. Louis Blues 5:56 Dizzy Gillespie (1959) guitar
  23. Budd Johnson 9:03 Ben Webster (1959) guitar
  24. I Never Has Seen Snow 3:10 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  25. Chant Of The Weed 3:13 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  26. Moonglow 6:24 Dizzy Gillespie (1959) guitar
  27. Air Mail Special 2:35 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  28. My Heart Belongs to Daddy 6:02 Dizzy Gillespie (1959) guitar
  29. De-Dar 4:39 Ben Webster (1959) guitar
  30. The Birth of a Band 2:57 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  31. Moanin' 3:07 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  32. Brother, Where Are You? 3:11 Abbey Lincoln (1959) flute
  33. Eesom 5:03 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  34. In a Mellow Tone 20:16 Ben Webster (1959) guitar
  35. Lost in the Stars 4:12 Abbey Lincoln (1959) guitar
  36. Come Sunday 5:14 Abbey Lincoln (1959) guitar
  37. Caravan 3:30 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  38. Lester Leaps In 3:35 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  39. Ghana 4:37 Quincy Jones (1959) guitar
  40. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away) 7:17 Dizzy Gillespie (1959) guitar
  41. Young Bean 6:02 Ben Webster (1959) guitar
  42. Thursday’s Child 3:32 Abbey Lincoln (1959) guitar
  43. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) 6:59 Dizzy Gillespie (1959) guitar
  44. That’s Right! 8:56 Nat Adderley (1960) guitar
  45. E.S.P. 3:47 Nat Adderley (1960) guitar
  46. Come Over Here ?:?? Katie Bell Nubin & Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra (1960) guitar
  47. Loveless Love 7:10 Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges (1960) guitar
  48. I Shall Not Be Moved ?:?? Katie Bell Nubin & Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra (1960) guitar
  49. Tadd 4:17 Nat Adderley (1960) guitar
  50. Basin Street Blues 8:03 Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges (1960) guitar

Credited as (2)

  1. Les Spann
  2. Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Les Spann, Al Hall & Jo Jones

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93001693
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sr07h5
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no93001693
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13516060X
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13899957f
  6. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209712

Wikipedia

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

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/256090

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000249721

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/29719425

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1577989