Donald Bailey (musician)

Donald "Duck" Bailey^[1] is an American jazz drummer.

He is probably best known as the drummer in the trio of jazz organist Jimmy Smith from 1956 to 1964 and also for his work with The Three Sounds on Blue Note Records. Bailey also worked as a sideman for some of the most famous musicians in jazz including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Rollins, and Red Mitchell. He also played with John Coltrane in their early Philadelphia years. Bailey is also known as "The King of Organ Trio Drummers". In 1978, Bailey released a harmonica album called "So In Love" (Trio Records) in Japan which received rave reviews. His latest project "Blueprints of Jazz Vol.3 featuring Donald Bailey" was issued on the Talking House record label in 2009. Bailey continues to perform around The Bay Area in the United States. ^[2]

Discography

As Sideman

With George Braith

• Two Souls in One (Blue Note, 1963)

With Jimmy Smith

• The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (Blue Note, 1956)
• At Club Baby Grand (Blue Note, 1956)
• The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note, 1956)
• Plays Pretty Just for You (Blue Note, 1957)
• Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (Blue Note, 1957)
• Groovin' at Small's Paradise (Blue Note, 1957)
• House Party (Blue Note, 1957)
• The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1958)
• Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1958)
• Cool Blues (Blue Note, 1958)
• Six Views of the Blues (Blue Note, 1958)
• Home Cookin' (Blue Note, 1958–59)
• Crazy! Baby (Blue Note, 1960)
• Open House (Blue Note, 1960)
• Plain Talk (Blue Note, 1960)
• Straight Life (Blue Note, 1961)
• Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note, 1962)
• I'm Movin' On (Blue Note, 1963)
• Bucket! (Blue Note, 1963)
• Rockin' the Boat (Blue Note, 1963)
• Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note, 1963)

With The Three Sounds

• Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1967)
• Coldwater Flat (Blue Note, 1968)

With Jack Wilson

• Song for My Daughter (Blue Note, 1969)

References