Gene Quill
Biography
Daniel Eugene Quill (December 15, 1927 – December 8, 1988) was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill. Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry Mulligan, and Claude Thornhill. He played on the last recording of Billie Holiday in 1959. In 1988, Quill died at the age of 60 in his hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Out Of The Cool
1961
Lady In Satin
1958
Legrand Jazz
1958
Jingle Bell Jazz
1962
The Impulse Years
1974
Swingin' New Big Band
1966
Billie Holiday On Verve 1946-1959
1985
Lady Day
1984
Bags' Groove
1979
Lady
1966
Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band On Tour
1962
Into The Hot
1962
The Rites Of Diablo
1958
Top Percussion
1958
A Swinging Introduction To Jimmy Knepper
1957
Credited work
900 releases · 128 albums · active 1953–2026
- Performance · 1,216
- Other credits · 74
Studios: Webster Hall · Village Vanguard · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · The Chez, Hollywood
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billie Holiday
- Gerry Mulligan
- Quincy Jones
- Phil Woods
- Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band
- Joe Newman
- Michel Legrand