George Wallington
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George Wallington was an American jazz pianist and composer. Born in Sicily, his career as a pianist began in the early 1940s, when he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and contributed to
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The Lionel Hampton Orchestra on tour in Europe, including Wallington (far left) at the piano
Jazz for the Carriage Trade
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Jazz for the Carriage Trade is a 1956 album recorded by George Wallington's quintet with Donald Byrd on trumpet and Phil Woods on alto saxophone and released by Prestige Records the same year. The pia
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…Wallington substituted McLean for Phil Woods and Chambers for Teddy Kotick and took his reformed quintet to the famous Van Gelder Studio to record Jazz for the Carriage Trade in January 1956. 1957 was the last year Wallington led a recording date before his semi-retirement in 1960. During several sessions that year, he was…
Jazz for the Carriage Trade