Buster Harding

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Buster Harding
Background information
Birth name Lavere Harding
Born 19 March 1917 1965
Origin Flag of CanadaOntario, Canada
Died 14 November 1965
Genre(s) Swing music
Instrument(s) Piano
Associated acts Count Basie

Buster (Lavere) Harding (19 March 191714 November 1965) was a Canadian-born jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Born in North Buxton, Ontario but raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he was most noteworthy for his recording arrangements in the 1940s for Coleman Hawkins, Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie, among others.

In 1949 he was the musical director for Billie Holiday recording sessions. In the early 1960s Harding played with Jonah Jones, though he was known primarily as an arranger and composer.

[edit] Select discography

  • With Billie Holiday
  • Broadcast Performances, Vol. 1: Radio And TV Broadcasts (1949-52) (ESP Disk)
  • Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2: Radio And TV Broadcasts (1953-56) (ESP Disk)

With Roy Eldridge

With Count Basie

With Dizzy Gillespie

  • The Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie (Verve Records)
  • Dizzy Gillespie: Best of Small Groups (Verve Records)
  • Dizzy and Strings (Norgan Records)
  • Diz Big Band (Verve Records)
  • Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11: Dizzy Gillespie (Metro Records)
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