Don Abney

John Donald Abney (March 10, 1923 – January 27, 2000) was an American jazz pianist.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 10, 1923 (Baltimore), Died January 20, 2000 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1966

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, celeste

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D7VB-1658	10-in.	9/29/1947	An ace in the hole	Jesse Stone Orchestra ; Jesse Stone	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	D7VB-1659	10-in.	9/29/1947	Mister jelly fingers	Jesse Stone Orchestra ; Jesse Stone	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	D7VB-1660	10-in.	9/29/1947	Hey, sister Lucy (what makes your lips so juicy)	Jesse Stone Orchestra ; Jesse Stone	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	D7VB-1661	10-in.	9/29/1947	The donkey and the elephant	Jesse Stone Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	D7VB-1662	10-in.	9/29/1947	Keep your big mouth shut	Jesse Stone Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	81634		9/27/1951	Because of you	Louis Armstrong		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	81635		9/27/1951	Cold cold heart	Louis Armstrong		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	82132		1/16/1952	Am I to blame	Arthur Prysock		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	82133		1/16/1952	I hear a rhapsody	Arthur Prysock		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	82134		1/16/1952	Wheels of fortune	Arthur Prysock		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	82135		1/16/1952	Till the stars fall in the ocean	Arthur Prysock		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	88435		8/1/1955	Soldier boy	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, celeste
Decca	88436		8/1/1955	A satisfied mind	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, celeste
Decca	88456		8/5/1955	My one and only love	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	88457		8/5/1955	The impatient years	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	88458		8/5/1955	But not like mine	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	88459		8/5/1955	The tender trap	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105400		8/4/1958	Mister Meadowlark	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105401		8/4/1958	Skylark	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105402		8/4/1958	Bye bye blackbird	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105403		8/4/1958	Flamingo	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105404		8/4/1958	A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105405		8/4/1958	When the swallows come back to Capistrano	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105406		8/6/1958	His eye is on the sparrow	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105407		8/6/1958	The eagle and me	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105408		8/6/1958	When the red, red robbin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105409		8/6/1958	Georgia Rose	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105410		8/8/1958	Bob White	Ralph Burns Orchestra		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105411		8/8/1958	Baltimore oriole	Ralph Burns Orchestra		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	105456		8/8/1958	Chicken today, feathers tomorrow	Ralph Burns Orchestra		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	117712		7/14/1966	Georgia Rose	Carmen McRae		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 8379		5/3/1955	Hard hearted Hannah (The vamp of Savannah)	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 8380		5/3/1955	Pete Kelly's blues	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 8381		5/3/1955	Ella hums the blues	Ella Fitzgerald		instrumentalist, piano

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Abney, Don," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/200009.

Abney, Don. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/200009.

"Abney, Don." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.