Ted Sturgis

Ted Sturgis

(England, UK)

Ted "Mohawk" Sturgis (25 April 1913 – 18 October 1995) was an American jazz bassist.Sturgis started on piano at age five and played alto saxophone, guitar and drums in addition to bass. He primarily played double-bass, although he played electric bass on some recordings late in life. He played with Roy Eldridge and Eddie Mallory in New York City in the 1930s, and appears on a 1943 Eldridge recording for Brunswick.He then worked as a sideman in the 1940s with, among others, Benny Carter, Don Byas, Stuff Smith, and Louis Armstrong. He was a frequent accompanist of female singers such as Billie Holiday, Mildred Bailey, and in Earl Hines' orchestra with Sarah Vaughan.In the 1950s and 1960s Sturgis worked extensively as a freelance musician, and played often in USO events. His credits aside from bass playing include guitar with Lester Young and drums with Stuff Smith. He recorded his last dates as a leader in 1976 but continued to play into the 1980s with Spanky Davis, eventually retiring around the end of the decade.

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Учавствовал в создании

Смерть на Ниле (1978)

IMDB: 7.2 (35833 голосов)
Promise Her Anything (1966)

IMDB: 5.3 (481 голосов)
Foxhole in Cairo (1960)

IMDB: 5.7 (168 голосов)