Clyde Lombardi
Claudio "Clyde" Lombardi (February 18, 1922 – after 1975) was an American jazz double bassist. After receiving classical training, Lombardi first performed and recorded with Red Norvo (1942–5) in a band which also included with Aaron Sachs, Specs Powell, Shorty Rogers and Eddie Bert, and then on another recording with Joe Marsala (1945). In 1945, he joined Benny Goodman's big bands and small groups. After working with Charlie Ventura (1946) and Boyd Raeburn (1947), he returned to Goodman in June 1948 until June 1949. At around that time, Lombardi also recorded with Lennie Tristano's trio with Billy Bauer (1946–47), Wardell Gray, Stan Getz, and Al Haig (all 1948). In the late 1940s, he also played in Barbara Carroll's trio with Chuck Wayne at New York's Downbeat Club. After leaving Goodman's band, Lombardi appeared on television in September 1951 as a member of Red Norvo's trio (substituting Charles Mingus, the trio's regular double bass player, who did not yet have a local musicians’ union card). In the 1950s, he recorded with Zoot Sims (1951), Mel Tormé (1951), with Eddie Bert's band (1952–3, 1955), featuring Sal Salvador, Harry Bliss and Frank Isola as well as with Tal Farlow and George Wallington. Around this time (early 1950s) he also gave tuition to Bucky Calabrese. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 28, 1922 (New York City), Died 1978 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | N 2349 | 10-in. | 6/23/1944 | Dee Dee's dance | Red Norvo Sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | N 2350 | 10-in. | 6/23/1944 | Blue skies | Red Norvo Sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | N 2351 | 10-in. | 6/23/1944 | Seven come eleven | Red Norvo Sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | N 2352 | 10-in. | 6/23/1944 | I surrender dear | Red Norvo Sextet | instrumentalist, string bass | ||
Decca | N 2353 | 10-in. | 6/23/1944 | Red dust | Red Norvo Sextet | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lombardi, Clyde," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/327836.
Lombardi, Clyde. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/327836.
"Lombardi, Clyde." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Lombardi, Clyde - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94068955
Wikidata: Clyde Lombardi - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1103652
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/7578358
MusicBrainz: Clyde Lombardi - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9af867e1-cbdd-41b2-89ec-98f56e8ff31b
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