Ted Nash
Appearances
The classic songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are rendered on this outstanding three-disc set, which features vocalists like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, [more]
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One of the giants of American popular song gets his due with this three-disc Verve box, comprising a trio of separately released compilations. Though Mercer's [more]
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Although Thad Jones (who passed away in 1986) had left the big band that he co-led with drummer Mel Lewis back in 1979, some of [more]
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A continuation of the series dedicated to Thad Jones's repertory. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Fine recent big-band tracks. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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This CD sampler draws its 18 selections from the Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, Roulette, Solid State and Capitol vaults. There are two selections apiece [more]
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Blue Note designed Oscillatin' Rhythm: Great Swing Hits in Hi-Fi to appeal to Gen-X hipsters enamored with Sinatra, martinis, lounge music, cigars and [more]
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All 3 volumes of the acclaimed Verve Gershwin Songbook series - presenting over 3 hours of great jazz singers and instrumentalists performing 48 [more]
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Rosemary Clooney is one of the most important interpreters of American popular song, and one of my most prominent influences as a singer and piano player. -Diana Krall
After finishing her period as one of the Clooney Sisters with Tony Pastor's orchestra, Rosemary Clooney became famous for her pop hits on the Columbia label in the early '50s. [more]
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Recorded during the period of time when Ella Fitzgerald cut her famous series of "songbooks," this set (which in 1999 was reissued on CD) is a bit of a hodge-podge, drawing its 14 [more]
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Biography
- Born Oct 31st 1922 in Somerville, MA
A swing-oriented reedman and studio player who was active from the 1940s to the 1980s, Ted Nash is best known for his association with Les Brown and should not be confused with his nephew Ted Nash (who was named after his uncle and was born in L.A. in 1959). Both play the tenor saxophone, but while the younger Nash has embraced hard bop and post bop and experimented with avant-garde jazz, the older one was very much a product of the Swing Era. The older Nash (whose brother is trombonist Dick Nash, father of the younger Ted Nash) starting getting busy in the 1940s, when he was a key soloist in Les Brown's big band and worked with both jazz and pop figures. While in Brown's employ, Nash played on such #1 hits of the 1940s as "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Day" (both of which featured a young Doris Day). Nash backed quite a few noteworthy singers in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat "King" Cole, Nancy Wilson and June Christy. Though Nash led or co-led some sessions on Starlite, Liberty and Columbia in the 1950s, most of his income came from backing others. Nash worked with the famous composer Henry Mancini in the 1960s, and in the 1970s, he was employed by artists ranging from pop-folk vocalist Judy Collins to Quincy Jones (who used him for the celebrated Roots). Nash, who retired from music in the 1980s, turned 75 in 1997. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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