Nelson Boyd
Nelson Boyd (February 6, 1928, Camden, New Jersey – October 1985[1]) was an American bebop jazz bassist.
Biography
He was born in
Half Nelson" was named after Boyd because of his height.[citation needed
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After 1949, he often played with Gillespie and toured the Middle East with him in 1956. Later, he recorded with Melba Liston in 1958 with her trombone ultimates on Melba Liston and Her 'Bones. He also did sessions with Max Roach and Thelonious Monk. Boyd's last recordings were in 1964.
Discography
With Dizzy Gillespie
- Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955)
- World Statesman (Norgran, 1956)
- Dizzy in Greece (Verve, 1957)
- Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz (American Recording Society, 1957)
With others
- Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1957)
- Milt Jackson, Meet Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1956)
- Charles McPherson, Bebop Revisited! (Prestige, 1965)
- Charlie Parker, Encores (Savoy, 1977)
- Max Roach, The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (Mercury, 1959)
- Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J. J. Johnson, Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J. J. Johnson (Prestige, 1956)
References
- ^ Social security register of deaths.
- Nelson Boyd at Allmusic
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