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Born c. 1920, Oakland, California
Died c. 2014
American audio engineer, first for [l654] from around 1946 (eventually working under John Palladino), then hired by Lester Koenig for his jazz label [l33660] in 1956 until the early 1960s. Last known to living near Seattle, WA.

APPEARANCES +


Sonny Rollins
Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums
2023,
Bop/Hard Bop
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders
2022, LP, Album, RE, 180, Craft Recordings, Contemporary Records, ,
Bop
Ornette Coleman
Genesis Of Genius: The Contemporary Albums
2021, 18x File 192kHz, 24-bit, ,
Bop/Free Jazz
Jesse Fuller / Josh White
Four Classic Albums
2019, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Roots, ,
Country Blues
Art Pepper
Meets The Rhythm Section
2018, CD, Comp, Jazz Images
Shelly Manne
Seven Classic Albums
2013, 4xCD, Album, Comp, Enh, RM, Real Gone Jazz
Hampton Hawes
Three Classic Albums Plus: All Night Session Vol. 1 & 2 & 3 / Hampton Hawes Trio
2013, ,
Hard Bop/Swing
Sonny Rollins
The Very Best Of Sonny Rollins
2012
Art Pepper
Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section + Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper
2012
Art Pepper
A Taste Of Pepper
2010, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Not Now Music, ,
Bop
The Poll Winners
The Poll Winners + The Poll Winners Ride Again
2009, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz
Various
Blistering Licks: Red-Hot Riffs From The Giants Of Jazz
2006, CD, Comp, Concord Jazz
Shelly Manne
The Best Of Shelly Manne
2004, CD, ,
Cool Jazz
Don Ewell Quartet
Free 'N Easy!
2000, CD, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Sonny Rollins
The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside & Contemporary Recordings
2000, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop
Hampton Hawes
Bird Song
1999
Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne Vol. 2
1998
Clancy Hayes
Swingin' Minstrel
1995
Teddy Edwards Octet
Back To Avalon
1995, CD, ,
Bop
Sonny Rollins
Way Out West
1992, CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, 24 , Analogue Productions
The Famous Castle Jazz Band
The Famous Castle Jazz Band In Stereo
1992,
Shelly Manne & His Friends, André Previn & His Pals
My Fair Lady, West Side Story (2 LP's on 1 CD)
1991, CD, Comp, RM, Contemporary Records
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars
In The Solo Spotlight !
1990
Various
Bird Lives! Music Of Charlie Parker
1988, ,
Bop
Hampton Hawes
The Sermon
1987
Art Pepper Quintet
Smack Up
1986, LP, Album, RE, TP, Contemporary Records, Boplicity Records
Sonny Rollins
Contemporary Alternate Takes
1986, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
The Hampton Hawes Quartet*
All Night Session! 1-3
1986, 2x CD, ,
Cool Jazz
Art Pepper With Warne Marsh
Art Pepper With Warne Marsh
1986, CD, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Shelly Manne & His Men
Vol. 1: The West Coast Sound
1984
Barney Kessel
Some Like It Hot
1984, Vinyl, ,
Cool Jazz
Shelly Manne & His Men
At The Black Hawk Vol. 1
1980
Hampton Hawes
At The Piano
1978,
Ray Brown
Something For Lester
1978
Art Pepper
Stereo Laboratory Vol.22
1976, LP, Contemporary Records,
Art Pepper
Living Legend
1976, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
The Poll Winners
Straight Ahead
1976
Hampton Hawes Quartet
All Night Session, Vol. 3
1975
Art Pepper
...The Way It Was!
1972
The Bay City Jazz Band
Golden Days
1969, ,
Dixieland
Gail Kubik
Divertimenti I & II / Sonatina For Piano / Sonatina For Clarinet & Piano
1964, LP, Album, Contemporary Records, ,
Contemporary
Victor Feldman
Latinsville!
1964, CD, ,
Latin Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Vibratos Ltd.
Something Else
1964
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party At Contemporary
1963
Art Pepper
Intensity
1963
Jesse Fuller
San Francisco Bay Blues
1963
Teddy Edwards Quartet
Good Gravy!
1962
Art Pepper Quintet
Smack Up
1962
Phineas Newborn Jr.
A World Of Piano !
1962, Vinyl, ,
Bop
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band*
This Kid's The Greatest!
1962
The Banjo Kings
Enjoy The Good Old Days With
1962
Barney Kessel
Let's Cook!
1962
Jimmy Woods
Awakening!!
1962
Gerry Wiggins*
Relax And Enjoy It!
1962
Joy Bryan
Make The Man Love Me
1962
Ernst Toch - André Previn And The American Art Quartet
Quintet For Piano And Strings, Op. 64
1962, Vinyl, ,
Modern
Helyne Stewart
Love Moods
1962, Vinyl Deep Groove, ,
Vocal
John Vincent*, American Art Quartet*, Lukas Foss
String Quartet No. 1 In G / Consort For Piano And Strings
1961, LP, Mono, Contemporary Records
Joe Gordon
Lookin' Good
1961
Firehouse Five Plus Two
Around The World!
1961
Jesse Fuller
The Lone Cat
1961, Vinyl, ,
Country Blues
Hampton Hawes
For Real!
1961
Teddy Edwards / Howard McGhee
Together Again!
1961
The Barney Kessel Quartet
Workin' Out
1961
André Previn Plays Songs By Harold Arlen
André Previn Plays Songs By Harold Arlen
1961
Helen Humes
Swingin' With Humes
1961
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band*
Kid Ory Favorites
1961
Don Ewell With Darnell Howard, Pops Foster & Minor Hall
Man Here Plays Fine Piano!
1961
The Bill Smith Quartet*
Folk Jazz
1961
Howard McGhee
Maggie's Back In Town!!
1961
Ernst Toch - The American Art Quartet / Roth String Quartet
String Quartet No. 10, Op. 28 / String Quartet No. 13, Op. 74
1961
André Previn And His Pals*
West Side Story
1960, LP, Album, Mono, Contemporary Records
André Previn And His Pals Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell*
West Side Story
1960
Pepe Romero
Flamenco Fenómeno!
1960, ,
Flamenco
Firehouse Five Plus Two
Dixieland Favorites
1960
Firehouse Five Plus Two
Crashes A Party!
1960, ,
Dixieland
Wally Rose
Ragtime Classics
1960
Helen Humes
Helen Humes
1960, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Vocal
Celedonio Romero And Celin Romero
Spanish Guitar Music
1960
André Previn's Trio*
Like Previn!
1960, Vinyl, ,
Bop
Teddy Edwards Quartet
Teddy's Ready!
1960, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
The Poll Winners
The Poll Winners Exploring The Scene
1960, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz
The Curtis Counce Group
Carl's Blues
1960, ,
Cool Jazz/Hard Bop
Ferruccio Busoni, Edward Steuermann*
Busoni: Toccata, Sonatinas Nos. 1 & 6, Six Elegies
1960
Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown
Poll Winners Three!
1960, Vinyl, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Art Pepper
Gettin' Together!
1960, Vinyl, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Shelly Manne & His Men
Swinging Sounds
1959, 7", Contemporary Records, Contemporary Records, Jolly Hi-Fi Records
The Famous Castle Jazz Band
The Famous Castle Jazz Band In Hi-Fi Vol. 1
1959, 7", EP, Good Time Jazz, Jolly Hi-Fi Records
Buddy Collette
Nice Day With Buddy Collette
1959, 7", EP, Contemporary Records, Jolly Hi-Fi Records
Gail Kubik, Jacob Maxin*
Sonata For Piano / Celebrations And Epilogue
1959
Giambattista Viotti*, The Baker String Quartet
Quartet In B Flat Major / Quartet In G Major
1959
Lennie Niehaus
Vol. 1, The Quintets
1959, CD, ,
Cool Jazz
Shelly Manne & His Friends, André Previn & Red Mitchell
Bells Are Ringing
1959
Barney Kessel
Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet's Opera Carmen
1959, Vinyl,
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders
1959, Vinyl DG Hollywood pressing, ,
Bop
Ornette Coleman
Tomorrow Is The Question!
1959, ,
Free Jazz
The Benny Carter Quartet
Swingin' The '20s
1959, ,
Swing/Cool Jazz
Victor Feldman, Stan Levey, Scott LaFaro
The Arrival Of Victor Feldman
1959, ,
Cool Jazz
Shelly Manne & His Men
Play Peter Gunn
1959, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
Art Pepper
Art Pepper + Eleven (Modern Jazz Classics)
1959
Hampton Hawes !!!! With Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell
Four!
1959, Vinyl, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Shelly Manne & His Men
Son Of Gunn!!
1959
Ernst Toch - The Westwood String Quartet
Quartet In D Flat Major, Op. 18 / Serenade (Spitzweg)
1958, LP, Album, Stereo Records (4)
Harold Land
Harold In The Land Of Jazz
1958, ,
Hard Bop
The Hampton Hawes Quartet*
All Night Session! Vol. 2
1958
Bob Cooper
Coop! The Music Of Bob Cooper
1958,
Guillaume Lekeu, Natalie Ryshna, Israel Baker, Armand Kaproff
Trio
1958
Benny Carter
Jazz Giant
1958, ,
Bop
Ornette Coleman
Something Else!!!!
1958
Jesse Fuller
Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues
1958
André Previn
André Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke
1958
Hampton Hawes Quartet
All Night Session, Vol. 1
1958
The Lennie Niehaus Octet
Zounds!
1958
Shelly Manne & His Men
The Gambit (Volume 7)
1958
The Poll Winners
Ride Again!
1958
André Previn & His Pals
Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From Gigi
1958, ,
Easy Listening/Swing
Leroy Vinnegar Sextet
Leroy Walks!
1958
Sonny Rollins
Way Out West
1957, 7", EP, Contemporary Records, Ton-Treu Schallplatten GmbH
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars
Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse, Vol. 1
1957
Buddy Collette
Nice Day With Buddy Collette
1957
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Vol. 1
1957, ,
Dixieland
Bob Scobey's Frisco Band With Vocals By Clancy Hayes
Direct From San Francisco!
1957, Vinyl, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Vol.2
1957, Vinyl, ,
Dixieland
Shelly Manne & His Men
Vol. 6: "Concerto For Clarinet & Combo," Etc.
1957,
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band*
Tailgate!
1957
Firehouse Five Plus Two
Goes To Sea
1957
The Poll Winners
The Poll Winners
1957, ,
Hard Bop
Shelly Manne & His Men
More Swinging Sounds: Vol 5
1957
The Curtis Counce Group
You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce - Vol. 2
1957
Barney Kessel
Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By
1957
The Curtis Counce Group
The Curtis Counce Group
1957
Shelly Manne & His Friends
Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From Li'l Abner
1957
André Previn & Russ Freeman
Double Play!
1957
Don Ewell
Music To Listen To Don Ewell By
1957
André Previn & His Pals
Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From Pal Joey
1957, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz/Musical
Red Mitchell
Presenting Red Mitchell
1957, Vinyl, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop
Red Norvo
Music To Listen To Red Norvo By
1957
Sonny Rollins
Way Out West
1957
Art Pepper
Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section
1957
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars
Music For Lighthousekeeping
1957
The Bay City Jazz Band
The Bay City Jazz Band
1956
Mel Henke
Now Spin This! (Mel Henke, Vol. 2)
1956
Hampton Hawes
Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes, Vol. 3: The Trio
1956
Claire Austin
When Your Lover Has Gone
1956, ,
Vocal
Buddy Collette
Man Of Many Parts
1956
Barney Kessel
Volume 1: Easy Like
1956
Shelly Manne & His Friends
Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From My Fair Lady
1956
Shelly Manne & His Friends
Shelly Manne & His Friends Vol. 1
1956, ,
Cool Jazz
Lennie Niehaus
Vol. 5: The Sextet
1956
Firehouse Five Plus Two
Vol. 5: Goes South!
1956
Shelly Manne & His Men
Vol. 4 - Swinging Sounds
1956
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band*
The Legendary 'Kid'
1956
Hampton Hawes
This Is Hampton Hawes Vol. 2: The Trio
1956, ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars
Volume 4, Oboe/Flute
1956, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz
Frank Sinatra
Songs For Young Lovers
1954
Tommy Strange (2) And The Features
1 More Time
LP, Album, Ramco
Desert City Six
Dixieland Jazz For The Saints
7", EP, Not On Label
Kid Ory
Kid Ory Favourites, Vol. 1
LP, Fli, Good Time Jazz
Shelly Manne & His Men
Play Peter Gunn
LP, Album, RCA, Contemporary Records, Contemporary Records, ,
Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
Stan Bronson
Down From The Mountain / Cowboys & Indians & Mormons
Art Pepper
Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section, Vol. 2
Stan Bronson And The Song Jook Won Girls
Daddy Big Boots
Firehouse Five Plus Two
The Firehouse Five Story, Vol. 2
,
Dixieland