"Sonny" Greer (December 13, c. 1895 – March 23, 1982) was an American jazz drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Duke Ellington. Greer was...

loss of personnel: Sonny Greer, Lawrence Brown, and, most importantly, Johnny Hodges left to pursue other ventures. However, only Greer was a permanent departee...

Great, Suck It Up, and I Like Movies. He has had television roles as Sonny Greer in Fargo, Gary Goldman in Workin' Moms, Nick in Ginny and Georgia, Tommy...

baritone saxophone Duke Ellington – piano Billy Taylor – double bass Sonny Greer – drums The musicians were members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which...

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seemingly in decline with several musicians leaving, Lawrence Brown, Sonny Greer, and Johnny Hodges, although Brown and Hodges later rejoined. After the...

(clarinet), Duke Ellington (piano), Fred Guy (banjo), Wellman Braud (bass), Sonny Greer (drums). Ellington blended muted trumpet, muted trombone, and clarinet...

talents of Sonny Greer, who also lived in Red Bank and became Duke Ellington's drummer in 1919, Basie switched to piano exclusively at age 15. Greer and Basie...

Germaine Greer (/ɡrɪər/; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and feminist, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement...

that the audience get every word, and at the same time make cracks at Sonny Greer, tease Duke and wink at the boys in the front row. Wednesday night she...

Ellington Ray Nance Rex Stewart Ben Webster Joe Nanton Barney Bigard Sonny Greer "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved...

Baker, Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer 1951–52: Castle Rock (Norgran) 1952: In a Tender Mood (Norgran) 1952–54:...

Carney (baritone sax), Duke Ellington (piano), Billy Taylor (bass), and Sonny Greer (drums). All were members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which was...

Ericson Jimmy Forrest Victor Gaskin Peter Giger Tyree Glenn Paul Gonsalves Sonny Greer Fred Guy Jimmy Hamilton Otto Hardwick Shelton Hemphill Rick Henderson...

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wreck to cover up the damage and take the car to local mechanic Sonny Greer, and Sonny catches Gerhardt enforcer Hanzee Dent inspecting the car. Growing...

Eldridge Art Farmer Bud Freeman Dizzy Gillespie Tyree Glenn Benny Golson Sonny Greer Johnny Griffin Gigi Gryce Coleman Hawkins J. C. Heard Jay C. Higginbotham...

Ericson Jimmy Forrest Victor Gaskin Peter Giger Tyree Glenn Paul Gonsalves Sonny Greer Fred Guy Jimmy Hamilton Otto Hardwick Shelton Hemphill Rick Henderson...

gradually being joined by other members of his band, among them drummer Sonny Greer and trumpeter Rex Stewart. The film title is Jam Session. Western Swing...

Ericson Jimmy Forrest Victor Gaskin Peter Giger Tyree Glenn Paul Gonsalves Sonny Greer Fred Guy Jimmy Hamilton Otto Hardwick Shelton Hemphill Rick Henderson...

Ericson Jimmy Forrest Victor Gaskin Peter Giger Tyree Glenn Paul Gonsalves Sonny Greer Fred Guy Jimmy Hamilton Otto Hardwick Shelton Hemphill Rick Henderson...

Ed's butcher shop and an avid reader of Albert Camus. Daniel Beirne as Sonny Greer, a mechanic and friend of Weathers. Brad and Todd Mann as Gale and Wayne...

oboe Les Spann - guitar, flute Jimmy Gourley - guitar Aaron Bell - bass Sonny Greer, Dave Jackson, Jimmy Johnson, Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach - drums On...

participated, along with Ellington sidemen Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges and Sonny Greer on several Ivory Joe Hunter sessions, for King Records of Cincinnati...

graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn, he was called to fill in for Sonny Greer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra performing at the Paramount Theater...

was perhaps best known for being bandleader of a small group featuring Sonny Greer and Russell Procope and for his knowledge of Duke Ellington's work, which...

"The Talk of the Town: Sonny Greer", The New Yorker, April 12, 1982. Accessed April 8, 2008. "He was born William Alexander Greer Jr. in Long Branch, New...

intended to become a drummer after being given a pair of drumsticks by Sonny Greer during a visit to the Earle Theatre. He played drums at Benjamin Franklin...

Ajai Singh "Sonny" Mehta (9 November 1942 – 30 December 2019) was a British and American editor. Mehta was the editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf and...

Chocolate Dandies Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Frank Froeba Orchestra Sonny Greer and his Memphis Men Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears Jimmie Lunceford...