Sonny Dallas
Francis Dominic Joseph Dallas (October 27, 1931 – July 22, 2007), also known as Frank "Sonny" Dallas, was an American jazz bassist and singer. Born in Rankin, Pennsylvania, Dallas studied bass with Herman Clements, principal bassist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, who also taught jazz bassists Ray Brown and Paul Chambers, and by the mid 1950s, was working with bandleaders Charlie Spivak, Ray Eberle, and Claude Thornhill. Moving to New York in 1955, he began performing and recording with the likes of Sal Salvador, Tony Scott, Chet Baker and Buck Clayton, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Elvin Jones, Mary Lou Williams, Bill Evans, George Wallington, Jackie Paris and Lennie Tristano, with whom he was most closely associated. Moving to Long Island in the late 1960s, he obtained a Master of Arts degree in music education and began teaching at both Suffolk County Community College and Dowling College. Down Beat listed Sonny Dallas as one of the top ten greatest jazz bassists. Dallas died of heart failure in Long Island, New York. Survived by two daughters, Deborah Marko of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Dallas of New York; a son, Robert Dallas of Frederick, Maryland. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 27, 1931, Died July 22, 2007 (Long Island)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1960
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 | 108620 | 1/25/1960 | Calypso time | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108621 | 1/25/1960 | A gal in calico cha cha | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108622 | 1/25/1960 | Venice anyone | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108623 | 1/25/1960 | Satin doll | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108624 | 1/29/1960 | The Continental | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108625 | 1/29/1960 | I concentrate on you | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108626 | 1/29/1960 | But beautiful | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108627 | 1/29/1960 | The dancing beat | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108628 | 1/29/1960 | Bleecker Street blues | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108629 | 2/1/1960 | That old feeling | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108630 | 2/1/1960 | The mad pad | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108631 | 2/1/1960 | I'm glad there is you | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108644 | 2/1/1960 | To beat or not to beat | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | 108645 | 2/1/1960 | Secret love | Sal Salvador | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dallas, Sonny," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/310757.
Dallas, Sonny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/310757.
"Dallas, Sonny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Dallas, Sonny - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99024084
Wikidata: Sonny Dallas - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2302253
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/75948183
MusicBrainz: Sonny Dallas - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a921905-fb31-4f5e-bdcf-9cfc27f1145d
ISNI: 0000 0001 0858 6673 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000108586673
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