Everett Barksdale (April 28, 1910 – January 29, 1986)[1] was an American jazz guitarist and session musician.
Everett Barksdale | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 28, 1910 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | January 29 1986 (aged 75) Inglewood, California |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1930s–1970s |
Biography
editBarksdale born in Detroit, Michigan, originally played bass and banjo before settling on guitar. In the 1930s, he moved to Chicago, where he was in Erskine Tate's band.[1] He recorded for the first time with violinist Eddie South in 1931, and remained with South until 1939.[1] He moved to New York City and became a member of the Benny Carter big band.[1] Around the same time, he recorded with Sidney Bechet. During the 1940s, he worked for CBS as a session musician.[2]
As a sideman, Barksdale played guitar in many genres. He worked with vocalists Dean Barlow, Maxine Sullivan, the Blenders, and the Clovers.[3] He played on the hit "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia,[3] and was music director for the Ink Spots.[2]
Beginning in 1949, he worked with pianist Art Tatum until Tatum died in 1956.[1] During the 1950s and 1960s, he was a member of the house band at ABC.[2]
He played on recordings by Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan.[3] Among his other jazz associations were Milt Hinton, Buddy Tate, Clark Terry, and Louis Armstrong.[3] He also played guitar in the studio for pop and soul musicians such as The Drifters (including on "Under the Boardwalk" and "Saturday Night at the Movies") and Ben E. King.[4]
Barksdale retired from active performance in the 1970s and moved to California.[3] He died in Inglewood, California, in 1986.[3]
Discography
editAs sideman
edit- Red Allen, Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi (RCA Victor, 1957)
- Louis Armstrong, Louis and the Angels (Decca, 1957)
- Louis Armstrong, Louis and the Good Book (Brunswick, 1958)
- Chet Baker, Baker's Holiday (Limelight, 1965)
- Lavern Baker, See See Rider (Atlantic, 1963)
- George Barnes, Guitar Galaxies (Mercury, 1962)
- Sidney Bechet, Walkin' and Talkin' to Myself (Jazztone, 1956)
- Vinnie Bell, Big Sixteen Guitar Favorites (Musicor, 1965)
- Nappy Brown, Don't Be Angry! (Savoy, 1984)
- Oscar Brown Jr., Sin & Soul (Columbia, 1960)
- Milt Buckner, Rockin' Hammond (Capitol, 1956)
- Solomon Burke, If You Need Me (Atlantic, 1963)
- Billy Butler, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Prestige, 1970)
- Al Caiola, Italian Guitars (Time, 1960)
- Cab Calloway, Hi De Hi De Ho (RCA, 1982)
- Nat King Cole, The Nat King Cole Story (Capitol, 1961)
- Chris Connor, Sings Lullabys of Birdland (Bethlehem, 1954)
- Sam Cooke, Swing Low (RCA Victor, 1961)
- Sam Cooke, My Kind of Blues (RCA Victor, 1961)
- King Curtis, Sweet Soul (Atco, 1968)
- Bill Danoff, Reincarnation (ABC, 1969)
- Vic Dickenson & Joe Thomas, Mainstream (Atlantic, 1958)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Dream a Little Dream of Me (1950)
- Lotti Golden, Motor-Cycle (Atlantic, 1969)
- Cyril Haynes, The Spider Plays (Golden Crest, 1958)
- Johnny Hodges, Don't Sleep in the Subway (Verve, 1967)
- Dick Hyman, Keyboard Kaleidoscope (Command, 1964)
- Budd Johnson, French Cookin' (Argo, 1963)
- J. J. Johnson, Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)
- Herbie Mann and Tamiko Jones, A Mann & A Woman (Atlantic, 1966)
- Jimmy McGriff, Cherry (Solid State, 1966)
- Jimmy McGriff, Groove Grease (Groove Merchant, 1971)
- Big Miller, Did You Ever Hear the Blues? (United Artists, 1959)
- Hugo Montenegro, Boogie Woogie + Bongos (Time, 1962)
- Esther Phillips, Esther Phillips Sings (Atlantic, 1966)
- Jimmy Scott, Little Jimmy Scott (Savoy, 1984)
- Nina Simone, Nina Simone Sings the Blues (RCA Victor, 1967)
- Nina Simone, To Love Somebody (RCA Victor, 1969)
- Rex Stewart, Rendezvous with Rex (Felsted, 1958)
- Buddy Tate, Swinging Like Tate (Felsted, 1958)
- Art Tatum, The Art Tatum Trio (Capitol, 1953)
- Art Tatum, Art Tatum (Capitol, 1956)
- Clark Terry, Chico O'Farrill, Spanish Rice (Impulse!, 1966)
- Harold Vick, The Caribbean Suite (RCA Victor, 1967)
- Harold Vick, Straight Up (RCA Victor, 1967)
- Dicky Wells, Bones for the King (Felsted, 1958)
- Dicky Wells, Trombone Four-in-Hand (Felsted, 1959)
- Kai Winding, Rainy Day (Verve, 1965)
- Kai Winding, The In Instrumentals (Verve, 1965)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
- ^ a b c d e f "Everett Barksdale | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ Joel Selvin, Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues. Counterpoint, 2014, pp. 388-391.