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Ken Kersey (03 Apr 1916 - 01 Apr 1983)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Charlie Shavers’ Sextet piano

Recordings by (4)

  1. Boogie Woogie Cocktail 2:53 (1994)
  2. Sweet Lorraine 2:57 (2003)
  3. Sweet Lorraine 2:28 (2006)
  4. Sweet Loraine 2:54 (13 Nov 2009)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Port of Harlem Blues 4:33 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) piano
  2. Mighty Blues 4:35 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) piano
  3. Frankie’s Jump 2:49 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) piano
  4. Tab’s Blues 2:55 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) piano
  5. Jitters 3:02 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) piano
  6. Rocking the Blues 4:25 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) tenor saxophone
  7. Daybreak Blues 2:41 Frankie Newton Quintet (1939) piano
  8. Jam Fever 3:09 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1939) piano
  9. Vamp 2:53 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1940) piano
  10. Parallel Fifths 3:16 Frankie Newton and His Café Society Orchestra (1940) piano
  11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 3:22 The Benny Goodman Sextet (Dec 1944) piano
  12. Four or Five Times ?:?? Trummy Young and the Guys From V‐Discs (Nov 1945) piano
  13. I Want a Little Girl 5:30 Henry Wells, Trummy Young and the Guys From V‐Discs (Dec 1945) piano
  14. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You? 2:19 Billie Holiday (1954) piano
  15. Travelin’ Light 3:28 Billie Holiday (1954) piano
  16. After You've Gone ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  17. Exactly Like You ?:?? Bud Freeman (1955) piano
  18. Cheribiribin ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  19. And the Angels Sing ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  20. Stars Fell on Alabama ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  21. Salt Peanuts ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  22. Gilly ?:?? Benny Goodman (1955) piano
  23. European Blues ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  24. Moten Swing 6:12 Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  25. Shoe Shine Boy 2:30 Ruby Braff (1955) piano
  26. Down by the Riverside ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  27. You're the Cream in My Coffee ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  28. Beale Street Blues ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  29. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  30. At Sundown ?:?? Bud Freeman (1955) piano
  31. Desert Dawn 3:37 Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  32. There's a Small Hotel 2:40 Ruby Braff (1955) piano
  33. Sheik of Araby ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  34. Echoes of Harlem ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  35. Dark Eyes 4:22 Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  36. Flaky 3:12 Ruby Braff (1955) piano
  37. Young Man With a Horn ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  38. When It's Sleepy Time Down South ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) piano
  39. Newport-News ?:?? Bud Freeman (1955) piano
  40. Let's Do It ?:?? Bud Freeman (1955) piano
  41. Hustlin' and Bustlin' 3:45 Ruby Braff (1955) piano
  42. Fine and Mellow 7:13 Ruby Braff (1955) piano
  43. J.J. Special ?:?? Jonah Jones Sextet (1955) piano
  44. What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You?) 4:55 Ruby Braff (1955) piano
  45. But Not for Me ?:?? Bud Freeman (1955) piano
  46. Don't You Miss Your Baby 6:30 Buck Clayton (1971) piano
  47. All The Cats Join In 7:14 Buck Clayton (1971) piano
  48. Long Gone Blues 3:03 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (1972) piano
  49. Breakfast Feud (composite) 2:18 The Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian (1973) piano
  50. Kerouac (first excerpt) 2:01 The Monroe's Jam Sessions (1976) piano

Credited as (25)

  1. Joe Guy, Kenny Kersey, Charlie Christian, Nick Fenton & Kenny Clarke
  2. Ken Kersey
  3. Pete Brown's All Star Quintet feat Ken Kersey
  4. Kenny Kersey
  5. Joe Guy, Ken Kersey, Charlie Christian, Nick Fenton & Kenny Clarke
  6. Buck Clayton, Charlie Parker, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Kenny Kersey, Irving Ashby, Bill Hadnott & Buddy Rich
  7. Buck Clayton, Ray Linn, Willie Smith, Corky Corcoran, Coleman Hawkins, Babe Russin, Lester Young, Kenny Kersey, Irving Ashby, Bill Hadnott & Buddy Rich
  8. Buck Clayton, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young, Kenny Kersey, Curley Russell & J.C. Heard
  9. Buck Clayton, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Kenny Kersey, Curley Russell & J.C. Heard
  10. Coleman Hawkins with Kenny Kersey, Al McKibbon & J.C. Heard
  11. Buck Clayton with Kenny Kersey, Al McKibbon & J.C. Heard
  12. Kenny Kersey, Al McKibbon & J.C. Heard
  13. Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson, Allen Eager, Illinois Jacquet, Kenny Kersey, John Collins, Chubby Jackson & J.C. Heard
  14. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Lester Young, Kenny Kersey, John Collins, Rodney Richardson & J.C. Heard
  15. Illinois Jacquet with Kenny Kersey, John Collins, Rodney Richardson & J.C. Heard
  16. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville & Buddy Rich
  17. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Flip Phillips, Kenny Kersey, Benny Fonville & Buddy Rich
  18. Buck Clayton, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young, Ken Kersey, Al McKibbon, J.C. Heard
  19. Buck Clayton, Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Ken Kersey, Benny Fonville, Buddy Rich
  20. Danny Barker, Eubie Blake, Dan Burley, Pops Foster, Tyree Glenn, Sonny Greer, Conrad Janis, Ken Kersey, Freddy Moore, Oran "Lips" Page, Walter Page, Burney Peacock, Paul Quinichette, Tom Sharpsteen, R. C. H. Smith, Ralph Sutton & Bob Wilber
  21. Danny Barker, Dan Burley, Tyree Glenn, Sonny Greer, Ken Kersey, Oran "Lips" Page, Walter Page, Burney Peacock & Paul Quinichette
  22. Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Georgie Auld, Buck Clayton, Ken Kersey, Tiny Grimes, J.C. Heard
  23. Billie Holiday, Illinois Jacquet, Trummy Young, Howard McGhee, Ken Kersey, Barney Kessel, Jack Mills, Charlie Drayton
  24. Billie Holiday, Joe Guy, Georgie Auld, Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young, Ken Kersey, Lloyd “Tiny” Grimes, Al McKibbon, J.C. Heard
  25. Lester Young feat. Al McKibbon, J.C. Heard, Ken Kersey, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet & Buck Clayton

Works (1)

Composed

  1. K.K. Boogie

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13925288j
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134425316
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93022743
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no93022743
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6w8098z

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/312922

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000658453

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/64193886

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738971