Herb Ellis

E386990
human jazz guitarist musician

Herb Ellis was an American jazz guitarist renowned for his work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and collaborations with leading jazz vocalists and instrumentalists in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Herb Ellis canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940 ⓘ
associatedAct Barney Kessel ⓘ
Charlie Byrd ⓘ
The Great Guitars ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, United States
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease ⓘ
surface form: Alzheimer’s disease
collaboratedWith Ben Webster ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Harry “Sweets” Edison ⓘ
Jo Jones ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Ray Brown ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-08-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-03-28 ⓘ
education Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute ⓘ
surface form: North Texas State Teachers College (attended)
familyName Ellis ⓘ
fullName Mitchell Herbert Ellis ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
givenName Mitchell ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
memberOf Oscar Peterson Trio ⓘ
Soft Winds ⓘ
notableFor accompaniment of major jazz vocalists ⓘ
studio and session work in Los Angeles ⓘ
work with the Oscar Peterson Trio in the 1950s ⓘ
notableWork Ellis in Wonderland ⓘ
Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre ⓘ
Nothing But the Blues ⓘ
member of the Oscar Peterson Trio ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Farmersville, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Farmersville, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Concord Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
spouse Patricia Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ
stageName Herb Ellis self-link ⓘ
style blues-influenced jazz guitar ⓘ

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Ella and Louis → personnel → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Ella and Louis Again → featuredMusician → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Oscar Peterson → collaboratedWith → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Joe Pass → associatedAct → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Charlie Christian → influenced → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Ellis → hasNotableBearer → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Herb → usedBy → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Oscar Peterson Trio → hasMember → Herb Ellis ⓘ
Herb Ellis → stageName → Herb Ellis self-link ⓘ