Ernie Shepard

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American jazz double bassist.

Born : July 19, 1916 in Beaumont, Texas.
Died : November 23, 1965 in Hamburg, Germany.

Among others he performed with Duke Ellington, Earl Coleman, Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges, Annie Ross, Bill Wharton, Billy Strayhorn, Vic Dickenson, Quincy Jones, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Mary Ann McCall and Thomas Christian.

ALBUMS

Impulsively Ellington (A Tribute To Duke Ellington)

1999, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Impulse!,

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

In The Uncommon Market

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

The Great Paris Concert

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

The Symphonic Ellington

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

APPEARANCES +

Solo Piano Concert 1964

2019, CD, Squatty Roo Records

Give Me Some Groove Juice

2018, 10", Comp, Ltd, Tipitina Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Swing

2018, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

In Gröna Lund 1963

2014, 2xCD, Storyville

Eight Classic Albums

The Best Small Jazz Bands (1936-1955)

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Bop/Rhythm & Blues/Swing

One O'Clock Jump

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Quadromania,

2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

2004, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

2003, 4xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, AAD, Past Perfect Silver Line,

Volume 6 - 1947 - Complete Edition

2001, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2),

Warner Jazz: Les Incontournables

2000, CD, Comp, Wea Music,

A True Trombone Master - Story 1940 / 1946

2000, CD, Comp, RM, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra*

Afro Bossa / Concert In The Virgin Islands

Five In Love With Betty

Dressed To Swing

1999, CD, Album, Betty Records (2),

Rock & Roll/Swing

The Reprise Studio Recordings

1999, 5x CD, Box Set,

Ellington At Basin Street East - The Complete Concert of 14 January 1964

1995, CD, Music & Arts

Eddie Chamblee / Julian Dash / Joe Thomas

The Complete Recordings 1953-1954 / The Complete Recordings 1954-1955 / The Complete Recordings 1951-1952

1995, CD, Comp, Blue Moon (4),

Swing/Rhythm & Blues/Jump Blues

20th Death Anniversary: Zurich 1963

1994, CD, Album, Jazz Portraits

Laughing In Rhythm: The Best Of The Verve Years

Rhythm & Blues/Swing

The Great London Concerts

Della Reese With Duke Ellington Orchestra*

1962 Live Guard Session Plus Duke Ellington Live At Basin St. East 1964

Swing/Big Band/Vocal/Ballad

Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges

Billy Strayhorn

The Great Duke Ellington

1991, CD, Album, Musica Jazz

Ernestine Anderson, Etta Jones, Mary Ann McCall, Annie Ross

Bop/Swing/Vocal/Ballad

Recollections Of The Big Band Era

Laughing In Rhythm (Volume 1)

Gypsy Jazz/Cool Jazz/Swing

The Rockin' And Walkin' Rhythm Of Eddie Chamblee

1988, LP, Comp, Official (3),

Jazz En Verve Vol. 3 - Chanteurs

Billy Strayhorn

Billy Strayhorn

1987, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington*

The Private Collection, Volume Four, Studio Sessions, New York 1963

Jack McVea And His Door Openers

Two Timin' Baby

Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Boogie Woogie/Vocal

1986, 15x Vinyl, Box Set,

Bop/Post Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Avant-garde Jazz/Modal

1984, 7", EP, D.E.T.S.

Dinah Washington

Wise Woman Blues (Rare & Early)

Jungle Triangle

Black Butterfly

Serenade To Sweden

Recollections Of The Big Band Era

1977, 5xLP, Comp + Box, M.F. Productions, Inc.

The Gene Ammons Story: The 78 Era

Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session

1974, 5x Vinyl, Box Set,

Ellingtonia, Volume Two (The Impulse Years)

Ellingtonia Reevaluations: The Impulse Years

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Big Band/Bop/Swing

Jazz Spectrum Vol. 20

Stitt's Bits, Vol. 2

Everybody Knows

Tell It The Way It Is!

1958, 7", EP, Brunswick

Eddie Heywood At The Piano And His Orchestra*

Lightly And Politely

Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two

1953, 10", Comp, Prestige

1953, 10", Album, Comp, Mono, Prestige,

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz/Mambo/Bolero

Tenor Sax Favorites: Volume Three

1953, 10", Album, Prestige

Sonny Stitt Band / Sonny Stitt

Sonny Sounds / Stairway To The Stars

Sonny Stitt And His Band* / Sonny Stitt

Stitt's It / Confessin' (That I Love You)

Sonny Stitt And His Band* Featuring Humberto Morales

Cool Mambo / Blue Mambo

The Lem Davis Sextette*

My Blue Heaven / Nothin' From Nothin'

1946, Shellac, 10", Sunset Recordings (3)

Buddy Banks Sextette*

I Need It Bad / Banks' Boogie

1945, Shellac, 10", Sterling Records, Inc.

The Blues Woman

Voo-It! Voo-It! / Cryin' Blues

Musical Madness

LP, Mono, Bandstand Records, Bandstand Records,

In The Uncommon Market

Cass, Comp, Liv, Pablo Live,