Tommy Gwaltney
Thomas Oliver Gwaltney III[1] (February 28, 1921, in Norfolk, Virginia, United States[2] – February 11, 2003, in Virginia Beach, Virginia)[1] was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. He played clarinet, saxophone, and vibraphone.[2]
Biography
Gwaltney studied under
Wild Bill Davison, Billy Butterfield (1958–59), Buck Clayton (1960), Charlie Byrd again (1962–63), and with his own ensembles.[2]
Gwaltney established the nightclub
Willie "The Lion" Smith, Eddie Condon, Doc Evans, Bobby Hackett, Vic Dickenson, Maxine Sullivan, and Jimmy McPartland
.
He stopped playing vibraphone in the 1970s but continued on clarinet in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986 he recorded a tribute album for Pee Wee Russell and gave a concert at the Smithsonian Institution honoring Jimmie Noone. He worked in the Chesapeake Bay Jazz Band beginning in 1992.
Awards
- Best Reissue Album, Satchmo at the National Press Club: Red Beans and Rice-ly Yours, Independent Music Awards, 2013 [4]
Discography
As leader
- 1960 Goin' to Kansas City with Buck Clayton (Riverside)
- 1963 Great Jazz (Laurel)
- 1982 Singin' the Blues
As sideman
With Charlie Byrd
- 1963 Once More! Charlie Byrd's Bossa Nova (Riverside)
- 1963 Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros
With Wild Bill Davison
- 1966 Wild Bill at Bull Run
- 1971 Lady of the evening
- 1972 'S Wonderful
- 1973 Just a Gig
- 1986 Lady of the Evening
With others
- 1957 Gotham Jazz Scene, Bobby Hackett (Capitol)
- 1961 Wild Women Don't Have the Blues, Nancy Harrow (Candid)
- 1968 Jazz as It Should Be Played, Eddie Condon
- 1975 Manassas Memories '73, Doc Evans
- 1976 Two for Tea, Max Kaminsky
- 2008 Wille "The Lion Smith" and His Jazz Cubs, Jazzology)
- 2012 Satchmo at the National Press Club: Red Beans & Rice-Ly Yours, Louis Armstrong (Smithsonian Folkways)
References
- ^ a b "Gwaltney, Tommy". Jazzmf.com. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b "Tommy Gwaltney". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ "12th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!" Independent Music Awards, 11 June 2013. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.
Other sources
- Grove Jazzonline.
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