Wardell Gray

Wardell Gray (1921-1955) was one of the foremost jazz tenor saxophone players of his generation.

Selected discography

There is no space here for a full discography; this is simply a list of some of the CDs featuring Wardell that should be available from any good dealer, cross-indexed to the text above. A few possible sources are the UCI Bookstore (California), the Jazz Store (New Jersey) and Mole Jazz (London, England).

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• LaserLight 15 766 (Earl Fatha Hines and his Orchestra)
• Black Lion BLCD 760106 (Wardell Gray: One for Prez)
• Spotlite SPJ-(CD) 109-2 (Charlie Parker: the Dial Masters) (double album)
• Spotlite SPJ-(CD) 130 (Dexter Gordon on Dial: The Complete Sessions)
• Giants of Jazz CD 53064 (Wardell Gray: The Chase)
• Giants of Jazz CD 53097 (An Unforgettable Session)
• Savoy SV-0164, SV-0165 and SV-0166 (Jazz West Coast Live/Hollywood Jazz Live Volumes 1, 2 and 3)
• Fresh Sound FSR-CD 156 (Sonny Criss: California Boppin' 1947)
• Dragon DRCD 183 (Hasselgard and Goodman at Click, 1948)
• Blue Note CDP 7243 8 33373 2 3 (Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron: the complete Blue Note and Capitol recordings) (double album)
• Cool and Blue C&B-CD 116 (Wardell Gray: Light Gray 1948-50)
• Swingtime ST CD1 (Wardell Gray: Easy Swing)
• Capitol 7243 8 32086 2 3 (Benny Goodman: Undercurrent Blues)
• Hep CD36 (Benny Goodman: Benny's Bop 1948-49)
• Jazz Archives 90.510-2 (Benny Goodman)
• Moon MCD 076-2 (Wardell Gray: How High the Moon)
• Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-050-2 (Wardell Gray Memorial Album Volume 1)
• Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-051-2 (Wardell Gray Memorial Album Volume 2)
• Fresh Sound FSR-CD 157 (Wardell Gray Quintet Live at the Haig 1952)