BANDS:
- Foreman Phillips Band
- Bob Wills Band [1944-?]
- Red Norvo Group [1956-1965]
- Frank Sinatra Band [1959]
- Benny Goodman Group [1960]
- Benny Goodman Group [1963]
- Tony Rizzi Group [70s]
- Jimmy Wyble Group
BIOGRAPHY:
Superb jazz guitarist, Jimmy Wyble was born in Port Arthur, Texas, USA on January 25th, 1922. He started playing guitar when he was a child, and turned professional in 1941.
He started playing country music with guitarist Cameron Hill, then Foreman Phillips Band, and finally Bob Wills in 1944, joining his band The Texas Playboys. He moved to LA in 1949, and turned into jazz music.
RED NORVO GROUP
He started playing with Red Norvo in 1956, during 8 years.
This was the Red Norvo Quintet around January 1957:
They recorded the album Hi-Five.
This was the Red Norvo Quintet around December 1957:
This was the Red Norvo Quintet around January 1957:
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RED NORVO GROUP #? |
1957 |
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Red Norvo † vibraphone | Jimmy Wyble † guitar | Bob Carter bass | Bob Drasnin flute, clarinet, sax | Bill Douglass drums |
They recorded the album Hi-Five.
This was the Red Norvo Quintet around December 1957:
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RED NORVO GROUP #? |
1957 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Norvo † vibraphone | Jimmy Wyble † guitar | Red Wooten bass | Jerry Dodgion flute, sax | John Markham drums |
FRANK SINATRA BAND
For his Australian tour in 1959, Frank Sinatra was backed by the Red Norvo Quintet, a fabulous combo:
I´m not sure if he toured Australia with Frank Sinatra and Norvo again in 1964. Does anybody know?
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FRANK SINATRA BAND #? |
1959 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Sinatra † vocals | Red Norvo † vibraphone | Jimmy Wyble † guitar | Red Wooten bass | Bill Miller † keyboards | John Markham drums |
I´m not sure if he toured Australia with Frank Sinatra and Norvo again in 1964. Does anybody know?
BENNY GOODMAN GROUP
While in the Red Norvo Group, Jimmy and the group also worked with Benny Goodman, touring with him in 1959-60 and 1963.
This was the Benny Goodman Group for his European tour in 1959, based on the Red Norvo Quintet:
There´s a live album from those concerts, In Stockholm 1959.
This was the Benny Goodman Group for his European tour in 1959, based on the Red Norvo Quintet:
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BENNY GOODMAN GROUP #? |
1959 |
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Benny Goodman † clarinet, leader | Jimmy Wyble † guitar | Red Wooten bass | Russ Freeman † piano | Red Norvo † vibraphone | Jack Sheldon trumpet | Bill Harris † trombone | Flip Phillips † sax | John Markham drums | + | Anita O´Day † guest vocals |
There´s a live album from those concerts, In Stockholm 1959.
RED NORVO GROUP (again)
This was the Red Norvo Quintet in 1960:
They backed singer Dinah Shore in her album Dinah sings some blues with Red.
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RED NORVO GROUP #? |
1960 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Norvo † vibraphone | Jimmy Wyble † guitar | John Mosher bass | Jerry Dodgion flute, sax | John Markham drums |
They backed singer Dinah Shore in her album Dinah sings some blues with Red.
AND THEN...
Jimmy started playing sessions in 1965, in studios, TV and radio stations, also playing in movie soundtracks such as 'Kings Go Forth', 'Ocean´s Eleven' (the original one) or 'The Wild Bunch'.
He formed The Five Guitars with Tony Rizzi in the 70s.
He moved to San Francisco in the 80s, working as a guitar teacher as well as writing guitar theory books, such as The art of two-Line improvisation.
Jimmy passed away on January 16th, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. A sad loss.
He formed The Five Guitars with Tony Rizzi in the 70s.
He moved to San Francisco in the 80s, working as a guitar teacher as well as writing guitar theory books, such as The art of two-Line improvisation.
Jimmy passed away on January 16th, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. A sad loss.
DISCOGRAPHY: (20 albums known to me - Status: Just starting)
OWN ALBUMS (1 credit)
- Diane - The Jimmy Wyble Quintet (1953)
- Members: (RIP: Jimmy Wyble)
- Hi-five - The Red Norvo Quintet ( - )
- Members: (RIP: Red Norvo, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: (RIP: Shorty Rogers)
- ...Naturally! - Red Norvo Quintet ( - )
- Members: (RIP: Red Norvo, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: (RIP: Buddy Clark)
- Swing guitars - Oscar Moore - Barney Kessel - Tal Farlow (1955)
- Members: (RIP: Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Oscar Moore, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: Claude Williamson (RIP: Red Mitchell)
- Dinah sings some blues with Red - Dinah Shore with the Red Norvo Quintet (1960)
- Members: Jerry Dodgion (RIP: Red Norvo, Dinah Shore, Jimmy Wyble)
- Comments: Some of the CD reissues contain 2 bonus tracks.
- Plays Charlie Christian - Tony Rizzi & His Five Guitars Plus Four (1975)
- Members: (RIP: Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: Pete Christlieb, Grant Geissman, Tim May
- In Stockholm 1959 - Benny Goodman (1989)
- Members: Jack Sheldon (RIP: Russ Freeman, Benny Goodman, Bill Harris, Red Norvo, Anita O´Day, Flip Phillips, Mel Powell, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: (RIP: Fred Karlin, John Poole)
- The Red Norvo Quintet - The Red Norvo Quintet (1990)
- Members: Jerry Dodgion (RIP: Red Norvo, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: (RIP: Ella Mae Morse)
- The Forward look - Red Norvo Quintet (1991)
- Members: Jerry Dodgion (RIP: Red Norvo, Jimmy Wyble)
- Comments: Recorded live in December 1957, but unreleased until 1991.
- Basel 1959 - Benny Goodman (04/1997)
- Members: Jerry Dodgion, Jack Sheldon (RIP: Russ Freeman, Benny Goodman, Bill Harris, Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Jimmy Wyble)
- Comments: Recorded live in October 1959.
- Live in Australia, 1959 - Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet (04/1997)
- Members: (RIP: Bill Miller, Red Norvo, Nelson Riddle, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: (RIP: George Siravo)
- Comments: Recorded live in 1959, but unreleased until 1997.
- Take me back to Tulsa - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (2001)
- Members: (RIP: Noel Boggs, Bob Wills, Jimmy Wyble)
- Comments: 4CD boxset.
- Live in the sixties - Benny Goodman (09/2003)
- Members: Jack Sheldon (RIP: John Bunch, Russ Freeman, Benny Goodman, Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: John Frosk, Dave Grusin, Steve Swallow, Clark Terry, Phil Woods (RIP: Bobby Hackett, Jimmy Knepper, Mel Lewis, Jimmy Maxwell, Murray McEachern, Tommy Newsom)
- Comments: Collection of live recordings taken from 1960 to 1963.
- Charlie Christian & Frank Comstock - Tony Rizzi (12/2004)
- Members: (RIP: Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: Pete Christlieb, Grant Geissman, Dick Nash, Alvin Stoller
- Swing swing swing - Benny Goodman (1993)
- Members: Eddie Bert, Urbie Green, Jack Sheldon (RIP: Billy Bauer, Monty Budwig, John Bunch, Russ Freeman, Benny Goodman, Bill Harris, Hank Jones, Joe Newman, Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Zoot Sims, Teddy Wilson, Jimmy Wyble)
- Guests: Wayne Andre, Benny Aronov, Al Block, Kenny Burrell, Buster Cooper, Mel Davis, George Duvivier, John Eckert, Victor Feldman, John Frosk, Herb Geller, Joe Mosello, Ted Nash, Seldon Powell, Herbie Steward, Steve Swallow, Tony Terran, Ray Triscari, Chuck Wilson, Phil Woods, Jimmy Zito (RIP: Pepper Adams, Louie Bellson, Ruby Braff, Bobby Donaldson, Teddy Edwards, Bobby Hackett, Roland Hanna, Milt Hinton, Billy Hodges, Budd Johnson, Pete Jolly, Taft Jordan, Jimmy Knepper, Don Lamond, Bernie Leighton, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Jimmy Maxwell, Dave McKenna, Tommy Newsom, Paul Quinichette, Jimmy Rushing, Arvell Shaw, Buddy Tate, Martha Tilton, Attila Zoller)
- Shuffle town - Western swing on King 1946-50 - VVAA ( - )
- Guests: (RIP: Noel Boggs, Jimmy Wyble)
- Legends of Western swing guitar - VVAA ( - )
- Guests: (RIP: Eldon Shamblin, Jimmy Wyble)
- Extensions - Manhattan Transfer (10/1979)
- Members: Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Don Roberts, Janis Siegel
- Guests: Alex Acuna, Michael Boddicker, Paulinho Da Costa, Clare Fischer, David Foster, Ralph Humphrey, David Hungate, Steve Kipner, Abraham Laboriel, Steve Lukather, Greg Mathieson, Michael Omartian, Dean Parks, Ian Underwood, Jai Winding (RIP: Chuck Domanico, Jeff Porcaro, Gene Puerling, Jimmy Wyble)
- Producer: Jay Graydon
- Technical: Bernie Grundman
- Country boogie, wild and Wooley 1949-55 - Sheb Wooley (1984)
- Members: (RIP: Sheb Wooley)
- Guests: (RIP: Noel Boggs, Joe Maphis, Speedy West, Jimmy Wyble)
- West Coast jazz - Shorty Rogers (09/2005)
- Members: Bob Enevoldsen (RIP: June Christy, Bob Cooper, Pete Jolly, Shelly Manne, Bill Perkins, Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank)
- Guests: Don Bagley, Harry Betts, Curtis Counce, Chuck Flores, Herb Geller, Bob Gioga, Roy Harte, Bill Holman, John Howell, Joe Mondragon, Lennie Niehaus, Frank Patchen, Art Pepper, Clyde Reasinger, Howard Rumsey, Claude Williamson (RIP: Milt Bernhart, Pete Candoli, Harry ´Sweets´ Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Lorraine Geller, Jimmy Giuffre, Conrad Gozzo, John Graas, Hampton Hawes, Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Knepper, Gerry Mulligan, Marty Paich, Jimmy Wyble)
- Comments: Boxset.
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Jimmy Wyble mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Red Norvo (10)
John Markham (8)
Red Wooten (7)
Jerry Dodgion (4)
Russ Freeman (4)
Benny Goodman (4)
Flip Phillips (4)
Jack Sheldon (4)
Noel Boggs (3)
Bill Harris (3)
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