Great sax and clarinet jazz player, Med Flory was born Meredith Irwin Flory on August 27th, 1926 in Logansport, Indiana, USA. The first band I know with him is Claude Thornhill Orchestra, followed by stints with Art Mooney. He joined Woody Herman Orchestra in 1953. Later, he joined Tommy Tucker, and then, he started his own group.
He moved to California in 1956, forming a new band there. He also started singing by then.
In 1959, he rejoined Woody Herman Orchestra. This was followed by a new career in acting, appearing in several movies, also in TV series such as Bonanza, Police Woman, Lassie or Mannix.
In 1972, Flory and Buddy Clark formed Supersax.
Med Flory passed away on March 12th, 2014. He was 87.
TERRY GIBBS GROUP
This was the Terry Gibbs Dream Band in March 1959:
A live album was released many years ago, in 1986, Terry Gibbs Dream Band.
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TERRY GIBBS GROUP #? |
1959 |
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Terry Gibbs vibraphone | Pete Jolly † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Al Porcino † trumpet | Ray Triscari trumpet | Stu Williamson † trumpet |
Bob Enevoldsen trombone | Vern Friley trombone | Joe Cadena trombone | Joe Maini † sax | Charlie Kennedy † sax | Bill Holman sax |
Med Flory † sax | Jack Schwartz sax | Max Bennett bass | Mel Lewis † drums |
A live album was released many years ago, in 1986, Terry Gibbs Dream Band.
| Other info on members of Terry Gibbs Group (I know up to 40 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (5): | Bob Brookmeyer, Herb Ellis, Pete Jolly, Al Porcino, Bud Shank |
| To be covered (25): | Benny Aronov, John Audino, Max Bennett, Bob Burgess, Conte Candoli, Buddy Clark, Alice Coltrane, Bob Enevoldsen, Vern Friley, Terry Gibbs, Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Lee Katzman, Stan Levey, Lou Levy, Mel Lewis, Joe Maini, Jack Nimitz, Bill Perkins, Jerome Richardson, Frank Rosolino, Bobby Shew, Bill Smiley, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson |
| Not enough info (9): | Don Abney, Joe Cadena, Bob Edmonson, Frank Higgins, Charlie Kennedy, Pat Moran, Terry Pollard, Chuck Redd, Jack Schwartz |
SUPERSAX
This is the probably the original lineup of Supersax, in December 1972:
This was Supersax in June 1973:
This is Supersax in October 1973, with Carl Fontana on trombone instead of trumpet player Conte Candoli:
This is Supersax in January 1974:
The same band played again in July 1974.
This is Supersax in 1974 with slight changes in the lineup:
This was Supersax in November 1974:
In January 1975, Supersax starts a short tour in Japan with these musicians:
Two different live albums were released from those concerts, The Japanese tour in 1998, and Live in ´75 - the Japanese tour in 1999.
In February 1976, Supersax play some gigs in Chicago, with most of the original players:
This was Supersax in April 1976:
This was a different edition of Supersax around 1978:
This was Supersax in October 1979:
This is the personnel for Supersax around November 1986:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1972 |
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Buddy Clark † bass | Ronnell Bright piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Warne Marsh † sax | Joe Lopes sax | Med Flory † sax |
Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Jake Hanna † drums |
This was Supersax in June 1973:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1973 |
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Conte Candoli † trumpet | Warne Marsh † sax | Med Flory † sax | Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Joe Lopes sax |
Nick Ceroli † drums |
This is Supersax in October 1973, with Carl Fontana on trombone instead of trumpet player Conte Candoli:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1973 |
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Buddy Clark † bass | Ronnell Bright piano | Carl Fontana † trombone | Warne Marsh † sax | Joe Lopes sax | Med Flory † sax |
Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Jake Hanna † drums |
This is Supersax in January 1974:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1974 |
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Buddy Clark † bass | Lou Levy † piano | Frank Rosolino † trombone | Warne Marsh † sax | Joe Lopes sax | Med Flory † sax |
Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Jake Hanna † drums |
The same band played again in July 1974.
This is Supersax in 1974 with slight changes in the lineup:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1974 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leroy Vinnegar † bass | Lou Levy † piano | Carl Fontana † trombone | Warne Marsh † sax | Joe Lopes sax | Med Flory † sax |
Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Jake Hanna † drums |
This was Supersax in November 1974:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1974 |
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Buddy Clark † bass | Lou Levy † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Billy Byrne trumpet | Warne Marsh † sax | Med Flory † sax |
Jay Migliori † sax | Don Menza sax | Nick Ceroli † drums |
In January 1975, Supersax starts a short tour in Japan with these musicians:
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SUPERSAX #? |
Jan 75 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Clark † bass | Lou Levy † piano | Frank Rosolino † trombone | Warne Marsh † sax | Joe Lopes sax | Med Flory † sax |
Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Jake Hanna † drums |
Two different live albums were released from those concerts, The Japanese tour in 1998, and Live in ´75 - the Japanese tour in 1999.
In February 1976, Supersax play some gigs in Chicago, with most of the original players:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1976 |
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Fred Atwood bass | Lou Levy † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Warne Marsh † sax | Joe Lopes sax | Med Flory † sax |
Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Jake Hanna † drums |
This was Supersax in April 1976:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1976 |
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Fred Atwood bass | Lou Levy † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Warne Marsh † sax | Med Flory † sax | Jay Migliori † sax |
Jack Nimitz † sax | Lanny Morgan sax | Jake Hanna † drums |
This was a different edition of Supersax around 1978:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1978 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Atwood bass | Lou Levy † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Med Flory † sax | Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax |
Don Menza sax | Lanny Morgan sax | Frank Rosolino † trombone | John Dentz drums |
This was Supersax in October 1979:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1979 |
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Monty Budwig † bass | Lou Levy † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Med Flory † sax | Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax |
Ray Reed sax | Lanny Morgan sax | John Dentz drums |
This is the personnel for Supersax around November 1986:
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SUPERSAX #? |
1986 |
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Monty Budwig † bass | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Med Flory † sax | Jay Migliori † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Lanny Morgan sax |
Ray Reed sax | Larance Marable drums | Gene Merlino backing vocals | John Bahler backing vocals | Donna Davidson backing vocals | Melissa Mackay backing vocals |
| Other info on members of Supersax (I know up to 29 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Monty Budwig, Jake Hanna |
| To be covered (26): | Fred Atwood, John Bahler, Gary Barone, Walter Bishop Jr, Ronnell Bright, Billy Byrne, Conte Candoli, Nick Ceroli, Buddy Clark, Donna Davidson, John Dentz, Carl Fontana, Lou Levy, Joe Lopes, Melissa Mackay, Larance Marable, Warne Marsh, Don Menza, Gene Merlino, Jay Migliori, Blue Mitchell, Lanny Morgan, Jack Nimitz, Ray Reed, Frank Rosolino,... up to 26 musicians. |
CONTE CANDOLI GROUP
This was the Conte Candoli-Med Flory Quintet that recorded the live album Live at Cappozoli´s - Las Vegas late night sessions_0 in October 1998:
11 BANDS (WITH 26 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
2 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
18 SESSIONS (FOR 14 ARTISTS):
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CONTE CANDOLI GROUP #? |
1998 |
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Conte Candoli † trumpet | Med Flory † sax | Tom Warrington bass | Frank Strazzeri piano | Dick Berk † drums |
| Other info on members of Conte Candoli Group (I know up to 6 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Dick Berk |
| To be covered (1): | Conte Candoli |
| Not enough info (3): | Chuck Redd, Frank Strazzeri, Tom Warrington |
11 BANDS (WITH 26 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
| Ray Anthony Orchestra | 2 RECORDINGS:
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| Mike Barone Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Conte Candoli Group | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Med Flory Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Terry Gibbs Group | 7 RECORDINGS:
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| Woody Herman Orchestra | 3 RECORDINGS:
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| Art Mooney Orchestra |
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| Al Porcino Orchestra |
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| Supersax | 10 RECORDINGS:
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| Claude Thornhill Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Tommy Tucker Orchestra |
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2 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS |
| VVAA | 1 RECORDINGS:
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18 SESSIONS (FOR 14 ARTISTS):
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
| Manny Albam Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| All Stars | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Ann-Margret Band | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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| Elek Bacsik Group | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Dick Collins Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Gene Estes Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Michael Feinstein Group | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Ella Fitzgerald Group | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Urbie Green Group | 2 RECORDINGS:
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| Neal Hefti Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Freddie Hubbard Group | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Linda Lawson Group | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Lucky Millinder Orchestra | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Art Pepper Group | 2 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED VIDEO LINKS: 2
Disclaimer: I don´t own or upload any of the videos linked here. I just include links to live videos that are already available, in order to show the work of this musician. Anyway, if someone feels that some link shouldn't be included, please write me at the email address shown below. And if you know of more videos featuring Med Flory, please, also write me with the link.
- Supersax - Night In Tunisia Supersax live in October 1979 (Resolution: 480)
- Dave Pell - Med Flory - Unknown Title Dave Pell & Med Flory live in 2009 (Resolution: 480)
Featuring: Monty Budwig, Conte Candoli, John Dentz, Med Flory, Lou Levy, Jay Migliori, Lanny_0 Morgan, Lanny Morgan, Jack Nimitz, Ray Reed.
Featuring: Med Flory, Dave Pell, Geoff Roach. rest of the band unknown to me.
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Med Flory mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Conte Candoli (21)
Mel Lewis (18)
Lou Levy (17)
Jack Nimitz (15)
Jay Migliori (14)
Al Porcino (14)
Bob Enevoldsen (11)
Bill Holman (11)
Marty Paich (11)
Bill Perkins (11)
Frank Rosolino (11)
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