Donald Bailey (musician)

Donald Orlando "Duck" Bailey (March 26, 1933 – October 15, 2013) was an American jazz drummer.[1][2]

Donald Bailey
Birth nameDonald Orlando Bailey, Sr.
Born(1933-03-26)March 26, 1933
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 15, 2013(2013-10-15) (aged 80)
Montclair, California
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDrums
LabelsBlue Note
Associated actsJimmy Smith
Hampton Hawes
Blue Mitchell
Carmen McRae
Sarah Vaughan

Biography

Bailey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1933.[3] He was largely self-taught as a drummer.[3]

Bailey got his big break in the jazz world and he is probably best known as the drummer in the trio of jazz organist Jimmy Smith from 1956 to 1964 and also for his work with The Three Sounds on Blue Note Records.[4] While based in Los Angeles, Bailey also worked as a sideman for musicians including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Hampton Hawes, Kenny Burrell, and Red Mitchell.[5] In the mid-1970s, Bailey moved to Japan, where he lived for five years.[6]

His album Blueprints of Jazz Vol.3 featured Charles Tolliver (trumpet), George Burton (piano), and Odean Pope (tenor saxophone), and was issued by Talking House Records in 2008.[7] His playing also featured on the soundtracks of the films Buck and the Preacher[8] and Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me.[9]

Bailey performed around the San Francisco Bay Area[10] until his late seventies and moved to Montclair, California, shortly before his death at age 80 in October 2013.[11]

Discography

As leader
  • Trio (Capri, 1990)
  • Blueprints of Jazz (Talking House, 2006)

As sideman

With Roy Ayers

With George Braith

With Hampton Hawes

With Harold Land

With Thornel Schwartz

With Jimmy Smith

With The Three Sounds

With Frank Wess and Johnny Coles

With Jack Wilson

References
  1. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". Id.loc.gov. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. Tamarkin, Jeff. "Drummer Donald "Duck" Bailey Dies at 80". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. Williams, J. Kent (2003), Bailey, Donald (Orlando, Sr.) [Donald 'Duck'], Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J021800
  4. "Donald Bailey Biography". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  5. JazzWest.com Obituary. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  6. JazzTimes article, March 2009
  7. AllAboutJazz.com Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 3. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  8. Buck and the Preacher Library of Congress soundtrack credit
  9. Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me Library of Congress soundtrack credit)
  10. Yanow, Scott. "Donald Bailey Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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