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Bill Perkins (22 Jul 1924 - 09 Aug 2003)

Male Person - United States jazz saxophonist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (5)

Official

Album

  1. Bossa Nova With Strings Attached 1963
  2. Quietly There 1991
  3. Our Man Woody 1991 (as Bill Perkins Big Band)
  4. Perk Plays Prez 1996
  5. On Stage: The Bill Perkins Octet 05 May 1998

Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. The Five tenor saxophone
  2. The Big Band of Shorty Rogers
  3. Doc Severinsen & His Big Band
  4. Kim Richmond / Clay Jenkins Ensemble
  5. Vic Lewis West Coast All Stars
  6. Bill Perkins Octet
  7. Bill Holman and His Orchestra
  8. The Bill Holman Band

Recordings by (59)

  1. Meditation 2:36 (1963)
  2. Tres Palabras 3:13 (1963)
  3. Little Bird 3:00 (1963)
  4. Amor Em Paz 4:06 (1963)
  5. Obscurity 2:43 (1963)
  6. Joao 2:41 (1963)
  7. Samba De Orfeu 2:35 (1963)
  8. Baia 3:33 (1963)
  9. Little Boat 2:43 (1963)
  10. Pensativa 3:47 (1963)
  11. Out of This World 3:03 (1963)
  12. Summer Festival 2:16 (1963)
  13. Quietly There 4:20 (1991)
  14. Emily 5:22 (1991)
  15. Groover Wailin' 5:30 (1991)
  16. A Time for Love 5:19 (1991)
  17. Sure as You're Born 3:46 (1991)
  18. Just a Child 5:32 (1991)
  19. Keester Parade 3:51 (1991)
  20. The Shining Sea 2:28 (1991)
  21. Something Different 6:28 (1991)
  22. The Shadow of Your Smile 4:51 (1991)
  23. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 3:09 (1991)
  24. I've Got the World on a String 5:47 (1991)
  25. Tenderly 4:04 (1991)
  26. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 6:30 (1991)
  27. Special 5:15 (1991)
  28. My Funny Valentine 5:42 (1991)
  29. Blue Lou 4:41 (1991)
  30. I've Got a Lot of Living to Do 4:54 (1991)
  31. Sweet Lorraine 6:04 (1991)
  32. Blues for Woody 6:00 (1991)
  33. 2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West ?:?? (1991)
  34. Lotus Blossom 5:09 (1993)
  35. Shoe Shine Boy 4:55 (1996)
  36. Easy Living 5:11 (1996)
  37. Pound Cake 4:24 (1996)
  38. Lester Leaps In 5:17 (1996)
  39. Song of the Islands 4:02 (1996)
  40. Shorty George 3:49 (1996)
  41. I Must Have That Man / Fooling Myself 7:54 (1996)
  42. Taxi War Dance 4:58 (1996)
  43. Blue and Sentimental 5:09 (1996)
  44. Oh, Lady Be Good/'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans/You Can Depend on Me 6:18 (1996)
  45. Dickie's Dream 5:12 (1996)
  46. Easy Does It 5:05 (1996)
  47. I Left My Baby 1:25 (1996)
  48. Little Bird / Little Boat 5:36 (03 Jun 1997)
  49. Baía 3:34 (03 Jun 1997)
  50. One Hundred Years From Today 4:52 (05 May 1998)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Soon 4:13 Lennie Niehaus (1957)
  2. Little Girl Blues 4:10 Lennie Niehaus (1957)

Instruments

  1. Fluted Columns 4:16 The Bud Shank Quintet (1955) saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  2. Bye Bye Baby 4:10 Tal Farlow (1955) tenor saxophone
  3. On the Alamo 4:10 Tal Farlow (1955) tenor saxophone
  4. Royal Garden Blues 3:54 The Bud Shank Quintet (1955) saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  5. Will You Still Be Mine 4:03 Tal Farlow (1955) tenor saxophone
  6. Lorinesque 4:17 Tal Farlow (1955) tenor saxophone
  7. Out of Nowhere 5:30 Tal Farlow (1955) tenor saxophone
  8. Walkin' 5:29 Tal Farlow (1955) tenor saxophone
  9. Happy Feeling 3:58 Barney Kessel (1955) tenor saxophone
  10. Moonlight Becomes You 4:27 Tal Farlow (1955) tenor saxophone
  11. (Back Home Again in) Indiana 3:13 Barney Kessel (1955) tenor saxophone
  12. Contemporary Blues 4:09 Barney Kessel (1955) tenor saxophone
  13. Paradise 3:03 The Bud Shank Quintet (1955) saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  14. I Hear Music 3:34 The Bud Shank Quintet (1955) saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  15. A Sinner Kisses an Angel 3:16 The Bud Shank Quintet (1955) saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  16. It Had to Be You 3:13 The Bud Shank Quintet (1955) saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  17. Interlude 3:04 Stan Kenton (1956) saxophone
  18. Minor Riff 3:02 Stan Kenton (1956) saxophone
  19. Artistry in Boogie 2:37 Stan Kenton (1956) saxophone
  20. Collaboration 2:37 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1956) saxophone
  21. Solid de Sylva 4:32 Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (1956) woodwind, flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  22. Just Friends 5:09 Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (1956) woodwind, flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  23. All of Me 4:33 Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (1956) woodwind, flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  24. Limehouse Blues 3:18 Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (1956) woodwind, flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  25. Sweet and Lovely 5:02 Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca (1956) woodwind, flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  26. Unison Riff 3:09 Stan Kenton (1956) saxophone
  27. Southern Scandal 3:04 Stan Kenton (1956) saxophone
  28. 2º East 3º West 6:08 John Lewis/Bill Perkins (1957) tenor saxophone
  29. Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know) 3:24 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  30. Almost Like Being in Love 9:27 John Lewis/Bill Perkins (1957) tenor saxophone
  31. The Oom Is Blues 5:09 Quincy Jones (1957) tenor saxophone
  32. Easy Living 4:15 John Lewis/Bill Perkins (1957) tenor saxophone
  33. He Ain't Got Rhythm 3:37 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  34. Blues in the Night ?:?? Max Roach and Stan Levey with Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse Allstars (1957) tenor saxophone
  35. Medley: What’s New / We’ll Be Together Again / Time on My Hands / You Go to My Head / Laura 6:19 Quincy Jones (1957) tenor saxophone
  36. Royal Garden Blues ?:?? Max Roach and Stan Levey with Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse Allstars (1957) tenor saxophone
  37. Old Devil Moon 2:55 Anita O’Day (1957) tenor saxophone
  38. Bye Bye Blues ?:?? Max Roach and Stan Levey with Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse Allstars (1957) tenor saxophone
  39. P & L 3:15 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  40. I See Your Face Before Me 3:34 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  41. Four Eleven West 7:15 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  42. Soon 4:13 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  43. Kiss Me and Kill Me 3:41 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  44. Little Girl Blues 4:10 Lennie Niehaus (1957) woodwind
  45. Love Me or Leave Me 8:19 John Lewis/Bill Perkins (1957) tenor saxophone
  46. Bright Moon 5:20 Quincy Jones (1957) tenor saxophone
  47. Facts About Max ?:?? Max Roach and Stan Levey with Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse Allstars (1957) tenor saxophone
  48. Milano Blues ?:?? Max Roach and Stan Levey with Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse Allstars (1957) tenor saxophone

Credited as (34)

  1. Bill Perkins
  2. Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca
  3. John Lewis/Bill Perkins
  4. Cohn, Perkins, Kamuca
  5. Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, Jack Montrose
  6. Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca
  7. Bill Perkins Big Band
  8. Bill Perkins Quintet Featuring Victor Feldman
  9. Bill Perkins Quintet, Victor Feldman
  10. Bill Perkins, Jack Montrose
  11. John Lewis and Bill Perkins
  12. Al Cohn, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca
  13. Bud Shank & Bill Perkins
  14. Bill Perkins with Pepper Adams
  15. Bill Perkins, Pepper Adams
  16. Madeleine Dring, Lennie Niehaus, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Leigh Kaplan
  17. Leigh Kaplan, Shelly Manne, Bill Perkins, Bud Shank
  18. Russ Freeman, Bill Perkins, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Bob Enevoldsen, Buddy Clark & Dave Bailey
  19. Bill Perkins, Art Pepper & Richie Kamuca
  20. John Lewis feat. Bill Perkins
  21. Bud Shank feat. Bill Perkins
  22. Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra Featuring Bill Perkins
  23. Bill Perkins and John Lewis
  24. Bill Perkins & John Lewis
  25. John Lewis - Bill Perkins
  26. Art Pepper & Bill Perkins
  27. Bud Shank - Bill Perkins
  28. Bud Shank Sextet Featuring Bill Perkins & Conte Candoli
  29. Bill Perkins With The Metropole Orchestra Conducted By Rob Pronk
  30. Bud Shank, Shorty Rogers & Bill Perkins
  31. Bill Perkins With Pepper Adams
  32. Al Cohn, Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca
  33. Stan Kenton featuring Pepper Adams, Mel Lewis, Lennie Niehaus, Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins
  34. Bill Perkins ft. Richie Kamuca

Works (2)

Composed

  1. Little Girl Blues
  2. Solid Desylva

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13448259X
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207836
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13898372f
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80097125
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80097125

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/328543

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Perkins_(saxophonist)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/265387

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000090103

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/19866523

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862366