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Cecil Gant

Real Name:
Cecil Gant
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b. 1915 in Nashville, Tennessee
d. 1951 in Nashville, Tennessee
Blues Pianist Cecil Gant recorded his first single in 1944, I Wonder / Cecil Boogie. He went on to release numerous sides on labels such as King, Imperial, Dot and Swing Time/Down Beat before dying of pneumonia at age 35.
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Discography

Releases:
Killer Diller Boogie (LP)   Magpie Records (2) 1979
Wake Up, Cecil, Wake Up / Boogie Blues (Shellac, 10", Single)   4 Star Records  
Appears On:
Greatest Hits (LP, Mono) I Wonder ABC Paramount 1962
Aretha Arrives (Album) (4 versions) I Wonder Atlantic 1967
Aretha Franklin (LP, Ltd, Comp) I Wonder Supraphon, Atlantic 1969
Smokin' (LP, Album) I Wonder A&M Records 1972
Confessin' The Blues (Album) (3 versions) I Wonder Atlantic 1976
Partners In Time (LP, Album) Rock Little Baby Blind Pig Records 1988
The Capitol Years (2xLP, Album) I Wonder (With Marie A... Bug 1989
When I'm Alone I Cry (CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, Mono) I Wonder, I Wonder Motown 1994
Roots Of Rhythm Of Blues 1939-1945 (2xCD, Comp) I Wonder Frémeaux & Associés 1996
California Blues 1940 - 1948 (2xCD, Comp) Special Delivery Frémeaux & Associés 1999
Piano Jazz ( The History/L'Histoire) (10xCD, Comp + Box) Cecil Boogie Le Chant Du Monde 2003
Put Another Chair At The Table / I Wish (Shellac, 10", Single) Put Another Chair At T... Decca (2)  
Tracks Appear On:
Straighten Up And Fly Right (LP, Comp) I Wonder New World Records 1977
Boogie Woogie Piano Chicago - New York 1924-1945 (2xCD) Cecil Boogie Frémeaux & Associés 1995
Roots Of Rhythm Of Blues 1939-1945 (2xCD, Comp) I Wonder Frémeaux & Associés 1996
California Blues 1940 - 1948 (2xCD, Comp) Special Delivery Frémeaux & Associés 1999
Le Blues 1925 / 1952 (3xCD, Comp, Dig) Rock Little Baby Body & Soul 2002
50 Sublimes Chanteurs De Jazz (1940-1953) (2xCD) I Wonder Body & Soul 2003
Piano Jazz ( The History/L'Histoire) (10xCD, Comp + Box) Cecil Boogie Le Chant Du Monde 2003
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz - Part 2 (1941 - 1953) (10xCD, Comp) I Wonder (1944-06) Le Chant Du Monde 2004
Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970 (2x12") Nashville Jumps Lost Highway 2004
Rhythm 'N' Blues - Boogie Woogie Goodies (4xCD, Comp) Shotgun Boogie (1951) Membran Music Ltd. 2005
Rhythm 'N' Blues Nasty (4xCD, Comp, Mono, Boo) We're Gonna Rock Documents, Membran Music Ltd. 2005
Boogie Woogie Piano Vol. 2 New York - Chicago - Los Angeles - New Orleans 1938-1954 (2xCD, Comp) New Cecil Boogie, Sync... Frémeaux & Associés 2007
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