Les Spann
Biography
Leslie Spann Jr. (May 23, 1932 – January 24, 1989) was an American jazz guitarist and flautist. As a sideman he recorded with Nat Adderley, Benny Bailey, Bill Coleman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Curtis Fuller, Red Garland, Benny Goodman, Sam Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Charles Mingus, Duke Pearson, Jerome Richardson, Charlie Shavers, Sonny Stitt, Billy Taylor, Randy Weston, and Ben Webster. As a leader he recorded only once, the album Gemini in 1961.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Abbey Is Blue
1960
Side By Side
1960
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
1960
The Smooth One
1979
History Of Jazz
1978
Blues Summit
1973
Lock, The Fox
1966
Mondo Cane #2
1964
Ben Webster And Associates
1959
Back To Back (Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues)
1959
The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All
1959
Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
1959
Uhuru Afrika (Freedom Africa)
1961
Credited work
747 releases · 103 albums · active 1957–2026
- Performance · 1,187
- Other credits · 65
Studios: Plaza Sound Studios · Nola Recording Studios · Columbia Recording Studios · Newport Jazz Festival
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Duke Ellington
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Quincy Jones
- Johnny Hodges
- Ben Webster
- The Quincy Jones Big Band
- Randy Weston