Ernie Shepard
Ernest Shepard, Jr. (July 19, 1916 in Beaumont, Texas – November 23, 1965 in Hamburg, West Germany) was an American jazz double-bassist and vocalist. Shepard played in territory bands in Texas in the 1930s and soon after worked in California in the bands of Phil Moore and Gerald Wilson. For a short time he played in a quintet with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in 1945; later that year he recorded as a vocalist with Lem Davis. He also worked with Eddie Heywood in 1945-1946. In the 1950s he worked with Slim Gaillard, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, and Johnny Hodges, but played little in the latter half of the 1950s. In 1962 he became a member of Duke Ellington's band and accompanied him on tours of Europe through 1964; he also worked with Paul Gonsalves in 1963 and Johnny Hodges in 1964. He moved to Germany early in 1964 and took up work as a session musician for studio recordings, radio, and television. |
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Recordings (Results 26-34 of 34 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | L 3979 | 10-in. | 9/26/1945 | On the sunny side of the street | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | L 4006 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | Just you, just me | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | L 4007 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | Coquette | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | L 4010 | 10-in. | 12/3/1945 | On the sunny side of the street | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | L 4011 | 10-in. | 12/3/1945 | The man I love | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | L 4251 | 7/26/1946 | Them that has-gets | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 4252 | 7/24/1946 | The house of blue lights | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 4253 | 7/27/1946 | A man is a brother to a mule | The Andrews Sisters | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 4258 | 8/5/1946 | You made me love you (I didn't want to do it) | Eddie Heywood Orchestra | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Shepard, Ernie," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/343448.
Shepard, Ernie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/343448.
"Shepard, Ernie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Shepard, Ernie, 1916-1965 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00083627
Wikidata: Ernest Shepard - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3732138
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/22328765
MusicBrainz: Ernest Shepard - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/773bae1e-ec3e-4401-b790-d2b6008d9c37
ISNI: 0000 0000 5513 6379 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055136379
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