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American jazz trumpeter
Musical artist
Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in
Los Angeles ,
California – March 16, 1983 in
New York City ) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist
Marshal Royal , with whom he appears on the classic
Ray Charles big band recording
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959).
Career
He began in
Los Angeles as a member of
Les Hite 's Orchestra in 1937. In the following 20 years he would work with
Lionel Hampton ,
Woody Herman ,
Count Basie ,
Duke Ellington ,
Wardell Gray ,
Stan Kenton and recording as a member of the
Charles Mingus Octet, with
Teo Macero ,
John Lewis and
Kenny Clarke , among others, in 1953.
[1] He led ten albums, most of them recorded in
Paris . In 1957 he became a staff musician for the
American Broadcasting Company . He went on to play in
The Tonight Show Band and can be heard on the
Miles Davis albums
Miles Ahead (1957),
Porgy and Bess (1958), and
Sketches of Spain (1960).
Death
A resident of
Teaneck, New Jersey , Royal died of cancer at age 61 at
Mount Sinai Hospital on March 16, 1983.
[2]
Discography
References
^
Charles Mingus Catalog at Jazzdiscog
^ Staff.
"Ernie Royal, Trumpeter, 61; Played in Many Jazz Bands" ,
The New York Times , March 18, 1983. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Ernie Royal, a trumpet player who was featured in a number of major jazz bands and who also played in the pit bands for several Broadway musicals, died of cancer Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospital. Mr. Royal, who was 61 years old, lived in Teaneck, N.J."
External links
Studio albums
Harlem Jazz, 1930
Ellingtonia, Vol. One
Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
The Blanton–Webster Band
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Smoke Rings
Liberian Suite
Great Times!
Masterpieces by Ellington
Ellington Uptown
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington '55
Dance to the Duke!
Ellington Showcase
Historically Speaking
Duke Ellington Presents...
The Complete Porgy and Bess
A Drum Is a Woman
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
Such Sweet Thunder
Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Ellington Indigos
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene
Happy Reunion
Jazz Party
Anatomy of a Murder
Festival Session
Blues in Orbit
The Nutcracker Suite
Piano in the Background
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Unknown Session
Piano in the Foreground
Paris Blues
Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Midnight in Paris
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
Afro-Bossa
The Symphonic Ellington
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions New York 1963
My People
Ellington '65
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Ellington '66
Concert in the Virgin Islands
The Popular Duke Ellington
Far East Suite
The Jaywalker
Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Second Sacred Concert
Studio Sessions New York, 1968
Latin American Suite
The Pianist
New Orleans Suite
Orchestral Works
The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
The Intimacy of the Blues
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
The Intimate Ellington
The Ellington Suites
This One's for Blanton!
Up in Duke's Workshop
Duke's Big 4
Mood Ellington
Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
Orchestra members Related
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