Sax Mallard

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Oett M. Mallard (September 2, 1915-August 29, 1986), also known as Sax Mallard, was a Chicago-based jazz saxophonist and bandleader.

He worked briefly (April-May 1943) with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, as well as with Ellington's Octet (with Ellington, Mallard, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Ray Nance, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Alvin "Junior" Raglin.^[1]

In 1946 he recorded with Tampa Red in a line-up comprising Blind John Davis, Ernest "Big" Crawford, and Armand "Jump" Jackson,^[1] and that same year, and in 1947, he also recorded with Big Bill Broonzy, and with Roosevelt Sykes, with whom he would continue to record into the early 1960s.^[1]

In 1951, following a recording session for Big Bill Broonzy, Mallard recorded a track under his own name using the same musicians, and in 1952 he recorded three sessions for Mercury Records under the name of Sax Mallard and His Orchestra, with Sykes, Crawford, Jackson and Andrew Tibbs, of which only one track was released, as a 45 rpm, with the 1951 recording.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

1951: "The Bunny Hop"/"Accent on Youth" - Mercury 70002^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Campbell, Robert L. and Robert Pruter and Armin Büttner "The Sax Mallard Discography" Retrieved 3 July 2013.
↑ Ruppli, Michel (1993) The Mercury Labels: The 1945-1956 era. ABC-CLIO At Google Books. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

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Name	Mallard, Sax
Alternative names	Mallard, Oett M.
Short description	American jazz saxophonist
Date of birth	September 2, 1915
Place of birth
Date of death	August 29, 1986
Place of death

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