Bennie Wallace
Bennie Wallace (born November 18, 1946) is an American post bop, swing music and jazz tenor saxophonist and composer born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began playing in local clubs with the encouragement of East Ridge, Tennessee High School band director and drummer Chet Hedgecoth and professional reed player Billy Ussleton, who appeared as a guest at a stage band festival and heard Wallace with the East Ridge High School Swing Band. After studying clarinet at the University of Tennessee, Wallace settled in New York in 1971 and played with Barry Harris, Buddy Rich, Dannie Richmond. His debut recording was done with Flip Phillips and Scott Hamilton in 1977.[1] He has cited Sonny Rollins among many major saxophone influences. He recorded on the revived Blue Note label in 1985, a dream come true, as the original label provided much of the key music of his formative years, and the album Twilight Time was a tribute to the mix of musical styles he encountered in the local club scene of Chattanooga, such as the AmVets and Katie's Four O'Clock Club. Country & western, western swing, and rock & roll all required familiarity with key signatures and repertoire favored by "pickers" (guitarists). He has provided original music for Ron Shelton's films Blaze and White Men Can't Jump.
Discography
As leader
- 1978: The Fourteen Bar Blues (Enja Records) with Eddie Gomez, Eddie Moore
- 1978: Live at the Public Theatre (Enja) with Eddie Gomez & Dannie Richmond
- 1980: The Free Will (Enja with Tommy Flanagan, Dannie Richmond
- 1981: Bennie Wallace Plays Monk (Enja) with Jimmy Knepper, Eddie Gomez, Dannie Richmond
- 1981: The Bennie Wallace Trio And Chick Corea - Mystic Bridge (Enja) with Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Dannie Richmond
- 1982: Big Jim's Tango (Enja) with Dave Holland, Elvin Jones
- 1984: Sweeping Through The City (Enja) with John Scofield, Ray Anderson, Mike Richmond, Dennis Irvin, Tom Whaley
- 1985: Twilight Time (Blue Note Records) with Ray Anderson, Dr. John, Jack de Johnette, Bob Cranshaw, Eddie Gomez, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Scofield, Chris Parker
- 1986: Brilliant Corners (Denon) with Yosuke Yamashita, Jay Anderson, Jeff Hershfield
- 1987: The Art of the Saxophone (Denon) with Oliver Lake, Jerry Bergonzi, Lew Tabackin, Harold Ashby, John Scofield, Eddie Gomez, Dannie Richmond
- 1987 Bordertown (Blue Note) with Ray Anderson, Dr. John, Eddie Gomez, John Scofield, Herlin Riley, Jay Anderson u.a.
- 1992 White Men Can't Jump original soundtrack (EMI) with Aretha Franklin
- 1993: The Old Songs (Sledgehammer Blues[2]) with Lou Levy, Bill Huntington, Alvin Queen
- 1993: The Talk Of The Town (Enja) with Jerry Hahn, Bill Huntington, Alvin Queen
- 1998: Someone To Watch Over Me (Enja) with Mulgrew Miller, Peter Washington, Yoron Israel
- 1998: Bennie Wallace (Beyond the Bluebird) (Sledgehammer Blues[3]) with Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Gomez, Alvin Queen
- 1999: In Berlin with George Cables, Peter Washington, Herrlin Riley
- 2001: Moodsville with Mulgrew Miller, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash
- 2003: Nearness Of You (Enja) with Kenny Barron, Eddie Gomez
- 2004: Disorder At the Border – Live At Jazzfest Berlin (Enja) Oktett with Jay Anderson, Jesse Davis, Terell Strafford, Brad Leali, Adam Schroeder, Donald Vega, Donton Boller, Alvin Queen
As sideman
- 1978: Franco Ambrosetti: Close Encounter (Enja) with George Gruntz, Mike Richmond, Bob Moses
- 1978: The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (MPS) auf: George Gruntz: The MPS Years (1971-80)
- 1987: Mose Allison: Ever Since The World Ended (Blue Note, 1987)
- 1999: Eric Watson: Full Metal Quartet (Owl, 1999-2000)
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