Al Grey
Biography
Al Grey (June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was an American jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique and wrote an instructional book in 1987 called Plunger Techniques.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Genius + Soul = Jazz
1961
The Genius Of Ray Charles
1959
The Atomic Mr. Basie
1958
Live At The Sands (Before Frank)
1998
I Heard That!!
1976
Gula Matari
1970
Broadway Basie's...Way
1966
At Newport
1957
Let Me Clear My Throat
1996
Digital Duke
1987
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974
1985
Count Basie Jam (Montreux '77)
1977
Lullabies Of Birdland
1956
The Fabulous Baker Boys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1989
Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic '72
1974
Arthur Prysock / Count Basie
1966
This Time By Basie - Hits Of The 50's & 60's!
1963
Sinatra - Basie: An Historic Musical First
1962
Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan
1961
Kansas City Suite - The Music Of Benny Carter
1960
Chairman Of The Board
1959
Count Basie Swings / Tony Bennett Sings
1959
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982
History Of Jazz
1978
Credited work
1,992 releases · 317 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 2,473
- Other credits · 72
- Production · 4
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Montreux Jazz Festival · Newport Jazz Festival · Clinton Recording Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Count Basie
- Count Basie And His Orchestra
- Lionel Hampton
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Sarah Vaughan
- Count Basie & His Orchestra
- Quincy Jones