history / edit

Artist

Shortcut Code: [a287994]
Data Quality Rating: Correct
24 submissions pending
Add to List

Shopping

Search for this:
 eBay .uk
 Amazon .uk .de
X 51 For Sale

Jump To

Major Holley

Real Name:
Major Holley Jr.
Profile:
b. July 10, 1924 - Detroit, Michigan
d. October 25, 1990 - Maplewood, New Jersey

American jazz bassist.
Variations:
edit genres sort

Discography

Appears On:
Legrand Jazz (LP)   Columbia 1958
Good Old Broadway (LP)   Fontana 1962
Today And Now (LP, gat)   Impulse! 1962
Desafinado: Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba (4 versions)   Impulse! ... 1963
For Someone I Love (LP)   Riverside Records 1963
Midnight Blue (Album) (5 versions)   Blue Note 1963
Quincy Jones Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini (Album) (2 versions)   Mercury ... 1964
Jazz Porträt: Oscar Peterson (LP)   AMIGA 1966
Here Comes The Whistleman (LP)   Atlantic 1967
Gula Matari (Album) (3 versions)   A&M Records 1970
Big Band Bags (2xLP)   Festival Records 1974
Desafinado Coleman Hawkins Plays Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba (LP, RE)   Impulse! 1978
Sign Of The Times (4 versions) Sign Of The Times CBS ... 1981
Bluesin' Around (LP, Album)   CBS 1983
The Best Of Blue Note (2xLP, Album, Comp) Chitlins Con Carne Blue Note 1985
Denon Jazz Sampler Volume 1 (CD, Smplr) My Own Best Friend Denon 1986
A Sample Of Blue Notes (LP, Comp, Smplr) Midnight Blue EMI Records 1987
Strike Up The Band (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1987
Jazz 'Round Midnight - Piano (CD) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Verve Records 1990
Essentiel Jazz - Jazz Piano (CD, Comp) Misty Columbia 1991
Anything Goes: The Cole Porter Songbook - Instrumentals (CD) Love For Sale Verve Records 1992
Ballads (CD, Comp) God Bless The Child Blue Note 1993
The Roots Of Acid Jazz (Comp) (2 versions) Go Li'l Liza Impulse! ... 1996
Blue Pacific Funk - Wailin' On The West Coast (CD, Comp) Done It Again Blue Note 1998
Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today? (CD, Comp) Trouble Label M 2001
Quincy Jones Talkin' Verve (CD, Comp) Baby Elephant Walk Verve Records 2001
The Essential Collection 24 Smooth Jazz Classics (2xCD, Comp)   Metro Doubles 2002
Blue Note Perfect Takes (CD + DVD) Midnight Blue Blue Note 2004
Rose Murphy - The Chee-Chee Girl (CD, Comp, Mono) Busy Line, A Little Bi... Living Era 2005
The Grass Is Greener (LP)   Atlantic 2005
Bossa Nova (CD, Comp, RM) Desafinado Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Cole Porter Songbook (CD, Comp, RM) Love For Sale Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Cool Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) Angel Eyes Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Saxophone Ballads (CD, Comp, RM) Awful Lonely Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Swinging The Big Band (CD, Comp, RM) Baby Elephant Walk Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The Greatest Jazz Hits (CD, Comp, RM) Pink Panther Theme Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (4xCD, Comp) Samba Para Bean Impulse! 2006
Presenting Kenny Graham (CD, RM)   Vocalion 2008
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 95 (LP)   Curcio  
Kenny Burrell & The Tenor-Sax Giants (6xLP, Comp + Box)   Prestige  
Light And Lovely (LP, Album)   Black And Blue  
Tracks Appear On:
Jazz Porträt: Oscar Peterson (LP) Little White Lies AMIGA 1966
The Jazz Singers (5xCD, Comp + Box) Close Your Eyes (Shut ... Smithsonian Collection, Smithsonian Collection, Sony Music Special Products 1998
edit

YouTube Videos