Leroy Vinnegar
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Biography
[Edit]The owner of a swinging "walking bass" manner, comfortable in several idioms but not a prolific soloist, Leroy Vinnegar had a couple of heydays — in the '50s and '60s as a busy freelance recording sideman, and as a member of Les McCann's most popular combo in 1969. As such, he played a major role in two of jazz's biggest hit albums, the trend-setting My Fair Lady set with Andre Previn and Shelly Manne (1956) and the Eddie Harris/Les McCann soul-jazz manifesto Swiss Movement (1969).
A completely self-taught musician, Vinnegar "fooled around" with the piano but gravitated toward the bass upon his first encounter. After turning pro at 20, he was the house bassist at Chicago's Beehive in 1952-1953. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 1954, Vinnegar quickly settled in as the bass player of choice on records by Stan Getz, Shorty Rogers, Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, and Serge Chaloff, among others. He also started recording as a leader in 1957, reeling off a pair of albums for Contemporary with the word "walks" appropriately inserted in each title. Starting in 1959, Vinnegar would work and tour frequently with Joe Castro and Teddy Edwards while continuing his freelance activities. In the early '80s, he appeared on television as a member of the Dixieland-styled Panama Hats behind actor/banjoist George Segal.
Although a bout of ill health caused him to move to Portland in the late '80s, Vinnegar remained an active player into the '90s, and he returned to the recording scene as a leader in 1992 (on Contemporary again) with a CD entitled — what else? — Walkin' the Basses. Vinnegar died of cardiac arrest in August 1999, a loss to the jazz world and a particular blow to the Portland jazz community. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Title: For Sure!
Artist: Kenny Drew, Frank Butler, Charles McPherson, Leroy Vinnegar, Sam Noto
Genre: Jazz
Title: Live At the Renaissance
Artist: Leroy Vinnegar, Mel Lewis, Jimmie Rowles, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Witherspoon
Genre: Jazz
Title: Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From Li'l Abner (Remastered 2018)
Artist: Leroy Vinnegar
Genre: Jazz
Title: So Nice
Artist: Elmo Hope, Curtis Counce, Harold Land, Frank Butler, Leroy Vinnegar, Stu Williamson, Rolf Ericson
Genre: Jazz
Artist: Lou Levy, Conte Candoli, Leroy Vinnegar
Collections
Title: Jazz Explosion - The Greats Volume Ten
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Explosion - The Greats Volume One
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Explosion - The Greats Volume Two
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Story 9
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Explosion - Volume 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Explosion - Volume 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Piano Cocktail Bar Jazz Ambiance
Genre: Jazz, Lounge, Smooth Jazz
Title: West Coast Jazz Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: West Coast Jazz Essentials (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Mood Mosaic 20 - This Is Hot New 2023
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Psychedelic, Easy Listening
Featuring albums
Title: Complete Playboys Sessions, 1956
Artist: Richie Kamuca, Phil Urso, Pete Jolly, Art Pepper, Carl Perkins, Chet Baker
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Sonny Sitt Blows the Blues (feat. Lou Levy, Leroy Vinnegar, Mel Lewis)
Artist: Sonny Stitt
Genre: Electronica, Blues, Jazz, Bop
Title: Fred Katz and His Music: Soul Cello / 4-5-6 Trio / Fred Katz and His Jammers
Artist: Fred Katz
Genre: Jazz
Title: My Fair Lady - Jazz Excerpts (Digitally Remastered)
Artist: Shelly Manne, His Friends
Genre: Jazz
Artist: Shelly Manne
Genre: Jazz
Title: Beulah 25: A Celebration (1993 - 2018)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical, Classical Crossover