Wynton Kelly was a jazz pianist. His appearances on record date from 1948 to 1970 and include more than a dozen albums under his own name and more than 120 as a sideman.
Discography
editAs leader/co-leader
edit| Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-07, 1951-08 |
Piano Interpretations | Blue Note | 1951 | Trio, with Oscar Pettiford and Franklin Skeete (bass; separately), Lee Abrams (drums, congas) |
| 1958-01 | Piano | Riverside | 1958 | Quartet, with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
| 1959-02, 1959-03 |
Kelly Blue | Riverside | 1959 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); some tracks are sextet, with Nat Adderley (cornet), Bobby Jaspar (flute), Benny Golson (tenor sax) added |
| 1959-08 | Kelly Great | Vee Jay | 1959 | Quintet, with Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
| 1960-04 | Kelly at Midnight | Vee-Jay | 1960 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) |
| 1961-07 | Wynton Kelly! | Vee-Jay | 1961 | Trio, with Paul Chambers and Sam Jones (bass; separately), Jimmy Cobb (drums) |
| 1959-08, 1960-04, 1961-07 |
Someday My Prince Will Come | Vee-Jay | 1961 | Trio, with Paul Chambers and Sam Jones (bass; separately), Jimmy Cobb (drums); one track is quintet, as on Kelly Great - released in 1977 |
| 1963-05, 1963-11 |
Comin' in the Back Door | Verve | 1963 | With orchestra conducted by Claus Ogerman on most tracks, and Kenny Burrell (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) |
| 1964-03 | It's All Right! | Verve | 1964 | Quintet on most tracks, with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Candido Camero (conga); The Tommy Rey Caribe Steel Band added on one track |
| 1965-02 | Undiluted | Verve | 1965 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); quintet on one track, with Ray Stevenson (flute), unknown (percussion) added |
| 1965-06, 1965-07, 1965-08 |
Blues on Purpose | Xanadu | 1983[1] | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert |
| 1965-06, 1965-09 |
Smokin' at the Half Note | Verve | 1965 | Quartet, co-led with Wes Montgomery (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert |
| 1965-09, 1965-11 |
Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings | Resonance | 2023 | Quartet, co-led with Wes Montgomery (guitar), Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Larry Ridley (bass; separately), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert[2] |
| 1966-09 | Full View | Milestone | 1967 | Trio, with Ron McClure (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) |
| 1967-11 | Interpretations | Vee-Jay | 1977 | Quartet, with Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Cecil McBee (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert |
| 1968 | In Concert | Vee-Jay | 1977[3] | Quartet, with George Coleman (tenor sax), Ron McClure (bass) Jimmy Cobb (drums); in concert |
| 1968-08 | Last Trio Session | Delmark | 1988 | Trio, with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) |
As sideman
editAlbums
edit| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Pepper Adams and Jimmy Knepper | The Pepper-Knepper Quintet | MetroJazz |
| 1958 | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | Things Are Getting Better | Riverside |
| 1959 | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago | Mercury |
| 1959 | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | Cannonball Takes Charge | Riverside |
| 1961 | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | African Waltz | Riverside |
| 1961 | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | Plus | Riverside |
| 1959 | Nat Adderley | Much Brass | Riverside |
| 1960 | Nat Adderley | That's Right! | Riverside |
| 1961 | Nat Adderley | Naturally! | Jazzland |
| 1964 | Lorez Alexandria | Alexandria the Great | Impulse! |
| 1964 | Lorez Alexandria | More of the Great Lorez Alexandria | Impulse! |
| 1970 | Gene Ammons | Night Lights | Prestige |
| 1960 | Walter Benton | Out of This World | Jazzland |
| 1957 | Art Blakey | Theory of Art | RCA |
| 1960 | Bob Brookmeyer | Jazz Is a Kick | Mercury |
| 1961 | Joy Bryan | Make the Man Love Me | Contemporary |
| 1957 | Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce | Modern Jazz Perspective | Columbia |
| 1958 | Donald Byrd | Off to the Races | Blue Note |
| 1958 | Betty Carter | Out There | Peacock |
| 1959 | Paul Chambers | Go | Vee-Jay |
| 1960 | Paul Chambers | 1st Bassman | Vee-Jay |
| 1960 | James Clay and David "Fathead" Newman | The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! | Riverside |
| 1957 | Jimmy Cleveland | Cleveland Style | EmArcy |
| 1959 | John Coltrane | Giant Steps | Atlantic |
| 1959 | John Coltrane | Coltrane Jazz | Atlantic |
| 1959 | Sonny Criss | At the Crossroads | Peacock |
| 1959 | Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | Columbia |
| 1960 | Miles Davis and John Coltrane | Copenhagen 1960 | Royal Jazz |
| 1960 | Miles Davis and Sonny Stitt | Live in Stockholm 1960 | Dragon |
| 1961 | Miles Davis | Someday My Prince Will Come | Columbia |
| 1961 | Miles Davis | In Person, Vol. 1 – Friday Night at the Blackhawk | Columbia |
| 1961 | Miles Davis | In Person, Vol. 2 – Saturday Night at the Blackhawk | Columbia |
| 1961 | Miles Davis | Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall | Columbia |
| 1961 | Miles Davis | Live Miles: More Music from the Legendary Carnegie Hall Concert | Columbia |
| 1968 | Donna Drake | Donna Sings Dinah | Luxor |
| 1954 | Art Farmer | Early Art | New Jazz |
| 1959 | Curtis Fuller | The Curtis Fuller Jazztet | Savoy |
| 1952 | Dizzy Gillespie | Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions | Savoy |
| 1954 | Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy and Strings | Norgran |
| 1957 | Dizzy Gillespie | Birks' Works | Verve |
| 1957 | Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy in Greece | Verve |
| 1957 | Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith | Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith | Verve |
| 1957 | Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie at Newport | Verve |
| 1957 | Benny Golson | Benny Golson's New York Scene | Contemporary |
| 1957 | Benny Golson | The Modern Touch | Riverside |
| 1962 | Benny Golson | Turning Point | Mercury |
| 1960 | Paul Gonsalves | Gettin' Together | Jazzland |
| 1970 | Dexter Gordon | The Jumpin' Blues | Prestige |
| 1960 | Bunky Green | My Babe | Exodus |
| 1960 | Grant Green | First Session | Blue Note |
| 1956 | Johnny Griffin | Introducing Johnny Griffin | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Johnny Griffin | A Blowin' Session | Blue Note |
| 1959 | Johnny Griffin | The Little Giant | Riverside |
| 1957 | Shafi Hadi | The Complete Debut Recordings [Charles Mingus] | Debut |
| 1964 | Eddie Harris | Cool Sax, Warm Heart | Columbia |
| 1959 | Jimmy Heath | The Thumper | Riverside |
| 1964 | Jimmy Heath | On the Trail | Riverside |
| 1959 | Bill Henderson | Bill Henderson Sings | Vee-Jay |
| 1968 | Joe Henderson | Four | Verve |
| 1968 | Joe Henderson | Straight, No Chaser | Verve |
| 1957 | Ernie Henry | Seven Standards and a Blues | Riverside |
| 1957 | Ernie Henry | Last Chorus | Riverside |
| 1956 | Billie Holiday | Lady Sings the Blues | Verve |
| 1961 | Helen Humes | Swingin' with Humes | Contemporary |
| 1961 | Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery | Bags Meets Wes! | Riverside |
| 1969 | Illinois Jacquet | The Blues; That's Me! | Prestige |
| 1962 | Eddie Jefferson | Letter from Home | Riverside |
| 1954 | J. J. Johnson | The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 | Blue Note |
| 1959 | Philly Joe Jones | Drums Around the World | Riverside |
| 1961 | Philly Joe Jones and Elvin Jones | Together! | Atlantic |
| 1961 | Sam Jones | The Chant | Riverside |
| 1962 | Sam Jones | Down Home | Riverside |
| 1969 | Clifford Jordan | In the World | Strata-East |
| 1960 | King Curtis | The New Scene of King Curtis | New Jazz |
| 1960 | King Curtis | Soul Meeting | Prestige |
| 1962 | Roland Kirk | Domino | Mercury |
| 1957 | Steve Lacy | Soprano Sax | Prestige |
| 1957 | Abbey Lincoln | That's Him! | Riverside |
| 1958 | Abbey Lincoln | It's Magic | Riverside |
| 1959 | Abbey Lincoln | Abbey Is Blue | Riverside |
| 1960 | Booker Little | Booker Little | Time |
| 1965 | Johnny Lytle | The Loop | Tuba |
| 1966 | Johnny Lytle | New and Groovy | Tuba |
| 1962 | Chuck Mangione | Recuerdo | Jazzland |
| 1957 | Charles Mingus | The Complete Debut Recordings | Debut |
| 1958 | Blue Mitchell | Big 6 | Riverside |
| 1959 | Blue Mitchell | Out of the Blue | Riverside |
| 1959 | Blue Mitchell | Blue Soul | Riverside |
| 1960 | Blue Mitchell | Blue's Moods | Riverside |
| 1962 | Blue Mitchell | A Sure Thing | Riverside |
| 1958 | Hank Mobley | Peckin' Time | Blue Note |
| 1960 | Hank Mobley | Soul Station | Blue Note |
| 1960 | Hank Mobley | Roll Call | Blue Note |
| 1961 | Hank Mobley | Workout | Blue Note |
| 1961 | Hank Mobley | Another Workout | Blue Note |
| 1962 | Wes Montgomery | Full House | Riverside |
| 1965 | Wes Montgomery | Other Sessions at the Half Note 1965 | All Blues |
| 1965 | Wes Montgomery | Willow Weep for Me | Verve |
| 1957 | Lee Morgan | Lee Morgan Vol.3 | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Lee Morgan, Al Grey, Billy Mitchell | Dizzy Atmosphere | Specialty |
| 1960 | Lee Morgan | Here's Lee Morgan | Vee-Jay |
| 1961 | Mark Murphy | Rah | Riverside |
| 1960 | David Newman | Straight Ahead | Atlantic |
| 1968 | Cecil Payne | Zodiac | Strata-East |
| 1960 | Art Pepper | Gettin' Together | Contemporary |
| 1957 | Paul Quinichette and Charlie Rouse | The Chase Is On | Bethlehem |
| 1957 | Sonny Red | Two Altos | Savoy |
| 1959 | Sonny Red | Out of the Blue | Blue Note |
| 1959 | Dizzy Reece | Star Bright | Blue Note |
| 1956 | Sonny Rollins | Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Sonny Rollins | Newk's Time | Blue Note |
| 1957 | A. K. Salim | Pretty for the People | Savoy |
| 1959 | Wayne Shorter | Introducing Wayne Shorter | Vee-Jay |
| 1961 | Don Sleet | All Members | Jazzland |
| 1959–60 | Frank Strozier | Fantastic Frank Strozier | Vee-Jay |
| 1960 | Art Taylor | A.T.'s Delight | Blue Note |
| 1957 | Clark Terry | Serenade to a Bus Seat | Riverside |
| 1960–61 | Teri Thornton | Devil May Care | Riverside |
| 1967 | Phil Upchurch | Feeling Blue | Milestone |
| 1957 | Various | Jazz Is Busting out all Over! | Savoy |
| 1957 | Various | Sittin' In | Verve |
| 1970 | Various | Super Black Blues, Vol. 2 | Flying Dutchman |
| 1955 | Dinah Washington | For Those in Love | EmArcy |
| 1955 | Dinah Washington | Dinah! | EmArcy |
| 1958 | Dinah Washington | Newport '58 | EmArcy |
| 1962 | Dinah Washington | Back to the Blues | Roulette |
| 1960 | Nat Wright | The Biggest Voice in Jazz | Warwick |
| 1952 | Lester Young | The President Lester Young, Vol. 3 | Ambrosia |
| 1952 | Lester Young | The President Lester Young, Vol. 4 | Ambrosia |
Singles
edit| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Hal Singer | "A Plug for Cliff" / "Cornbread" | Savoy |
| 1948 | Hal Singer | "Swanee River" | Savoy |
| 1949 | Billy Stewart | "Porgy" / "Day In, Day Out" | Savoy |
| 1949 | Babs Gonzales | "Prelude to a Nightmare" | Capitol |
| 1949 | Eddie Vinson | "Person to Person" | King |
| 1949 | Eddie Vinson | "Wineola" / "Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red" | King |
| 1949 | Eddie Vinson | "Featherbed Mama" | King |
| 1949 | Eddie Vinson | "Ashes on My Pillow" / "No Good Woman Blues" | King |
| 1949 | Eddie Vinson | "I'm Gonna Wind Your Clock" / "I'm Weak but Willing" | King |
| 1950 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | "I'm Gonna Eat You with a Spoon" / "If the Motif Is Right" | Birdland |
| 1950 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | "Little Rock" / "The Lock" | Birdland |
| 1951 | Dinah Washington | "Just One More Chance" / "Baby Did You Hear" | Mercury |
| 1951 | Dinah Washington | "Be Fair to Me" / "Saturday Night" | Mercury |
| 1951 | Dinah Washington | "If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving" / "I'm a Fool to Want You" | Mercury |
| 1951 | Dinah Washington | "Just One More Chance" / "Baby Did You Hear" | Mercury |
| 1952 | Dinah Washington | "Wheel of Fortune" / "Tell Me Why" | Mercury |
| 1952 | Dinah Washington | "New Blow-Top Blues" / "Trouble in Mind" | Mercury |
| 1952 | Dinah Washington | "Mad About the Boy" / "I Can't Face the Music" | Mercury |
| 1952 | Dinah Washington | "Stormy Weather" | Mercury |
| 1952 | Dinah Washington | "Pillow Blues" / "Double Dealing Daddy" | Mercury |
| 1954 | Dinah Washington | "No, No, No, You Can't Love Two" / "Big Long Slidin' Thing" | Mercury |
| 1955 | Dinah Washington | "That's All I Want from You" / "You Stay on My Mind" | Mercury |
References
edit- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002) All Music Guide to Jazz. p. 704. Backbeat Books.
- ^ Nicholson, Stuart (December 2023 – January 2024). "Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly: Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings". Jazzwise. No. 291. p. 48.
- ^ Dryden, Ken "Wynton Kelly: In Concert: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Wynton Kelly Discography Project". jazzdisco.org Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- ^ "Wynton Kelly: A Discography with Cover Photos".
- ^ Pepper, Art; Pepper, Laurie (2013) Straight Life. Canongate.
- ^ "Savoy Records Catalog: 78 rpm 500/600 series". jazzdisco.org Retrieved December 29, 2013.