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Irving Ashby
Birth nameIrving Conrad Ashby
Born(1920-12-29)December 29, 1920
Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died(1987-04-22)April 22, 1987
Perris, California
GenresJazz, swing
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar

Irving Conrad Ashby (December 29, 1920 – April 22, 1987) was an African-American jazz guitarist.[1]

Ashby was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and started playing guitar when he was nine. His career started in 1940 when he became a member of Lionel Hampton's band, and he played on Hampton's hit "Flying Home". In 1947, he took over for Oscar Moore in the Nat King Cole Trio.[2][3]

He then briefly replaced Charlie Smith, a drummer, in the Oscar Peterson Trio,[4] producing a line-up (piano, guitar, bass) similar to the Cole Trio's; the substitution of a guitarist for a drummer continued until 1958. After leaving the Peterson Trio, Ashby concentrated on session work, which included recording with Norman Granz, Sheb Wooley, LaVern Baker, Howard Roberts, B.B. King, Louis Jordan, and Pat Boone. In addition to guitar, Ashby played the upright bass. Ashby died in April 1987 in Perris, California, at the age of 66.[1]

Discography

  • Memoirs (Accent, 1977)

As sideman

With Nat King Cole

  • 1947 Volume 3 (Classics, 2000)
  • 1947–1949 (Classics, 2000)
  • 1949 (Classics, 2001)
  • 1949–1950 (Classics, 2003)[2]
  • The Instrumental Classics (Capitol, 1992)

With others

References

  1. ^ a b Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 258. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
  3. ^ Eugene, Chadbourne. "Irving Ashby". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who’s Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
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