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Willie Dennis (né William DeBerardinis, January 10, 1926, Philadelphia – July 8, 1965, New York City) was an American jazz trombonist〔Carr, Fairweather, Priestley. (The Rough Guide to Jazz ) (2004) pp. ''209'' - ISBN 1-84353-256-5〕〔Berendt, Joachim Ernst (The New Jazz Book, A History and Guide ) (1962), pp. ''314''〕〔Porter, Lewis. (John Coltrane, His Life and Music ) (2000) pp. ''59'' - ISBN 0-472-08643-X〕〔Bogdanov, Woodstra, Erlewine. (''All Music Guide to Jazz, The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music'' ) (2002) pp. ''877'' - ISBN 0-87930-717-X〕 known as a big band musician but who was also an influential bebop soloist.〔("Evolution of the Jazz Trombone", Part Three: Bebop ), by David M. Wilken〕 He died in an automobile accident in New York in 1965.〔Jack, Gordon (Fifties Jazz Talk, An Oral Retrospective ) (2004) pp. ''85'' - ISBN 0-8108-4997-6〕 == Career == After working with Elliot Lawrence,〔Elliot Lawrence at (Allmusic )〕 Claude Thornhill,〔Claude Thornhill at (Allmusic )〕 and Sam Donahue,〔Sam Donahue at (Allmusc )〕 Dennis also performed with Charles Mingus,〔(Charles Mingus )〕 appearing on two of Mingus's more successful albums in 1959, ''Blues & Roots''〔(Blues and Roots ) 2008 record label Rhino CD Import release〕 and ''Mingus Ah Um.''〔Album titled" (Mingus Ah Um ) 1999 record label Sony Records CD release〕 In 1953, Dennis recorded ''Four Trombones''〔(The Four Trombones, The Debut Recordings ) 1991 record label Prestige CD release〕 (released in 1957) for Mingus's Debut Records. The other three trombones were J. J. Johnson,〔(J. J. Johnson )〕 Kai Winding〔Kai Winding at (All About Jazz )〕 and Bennie Green.〔Bennie Green at (All About Jazz )〕 The fullest recorded example of Dennis's solo work, however, is on a little-known 1956 Savoy disc by English pianist Ronnie Ball〔Ronnie Ball at (Allmusic )〕 (like Dennis, a student of Tristano〔Lennie Tristano at (All About Jazz )〕), ''All About Ronnie'',〔Album titled: (All About Ronnie ) 1994 record label Savoy Jazz CD release〕 in the company of Ted Brown,〔Ted Brown at (All About Jazz )〕 Wendell Marshall〔Wendell Marshall at (Allmusic )〕 and Kenny Clarke.〔Kenny Clarke at (Allmusic )〕 In the late 1950s Dennis returned to his big band roots, joining Buddy Rich〔(Buddy Rich )〕 in 1959 after stints with Benny Goodman,〔(Benny Goodman )〕 (with whom he travelled to the Soviet Union in 1962) and Woody Herman.〔Woody Herman at (Solid! )〕 In the 1960s, Dennis also performed often with Gerry Mulligan.〔(Gerry Mulligan )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willie Dennis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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