Al Grey

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Al Grey

tb, 1925-2000 US, Virginia
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Albert Thornton Grey

Al Grey (June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was a jazz trombonist who is most remembered for his association with the Count Basie orchestra.Grey is known for his plunger mute technique (comparable only to Tricky Sam Nanton, Bob Hunt and Wycliffe Gordon), and also wrote an instructional book called "Plunger Techniques".

Instruments

Trombone
Bariton sax

Genres

Jazz
Pop
Blues

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Me N' Jack	Al Grey	1996	Album
Point Of View	Robert Trowers Quartet With Special Guests Al Grey / Slide Hampton / Fred Wesley	1995	Album
Centerpiece: Live at the Blue Note	Al Grey Feat. Harry Edison And Junior Mance	1995	Album
Shades Of Blues	Clark Terry Featuring Al Grey, Charles Fox, Marcus McLaurine	1994	Album
Christmas Stockin' Stuffer	Al Grey	1992	Album
Truly Wonderful	Al Grey, The Jimmy Forrest Quintet	1992	Album
Al Grey And The Basie Wing	Al Grey	1991	Compil.
Live At The 1990 Concord Jazz Festival, First Set	Ed Bickert, Alan Dawson, Harry Edison, Al Grey, Gene Harris, Rob McConnell, Benny Powell, Neil Swainson	1991	Album
Live At The Floating Jazz Festival	Al Grey	1991	Album
Swingin' In Helsingborg	Al Grey & Richard Boone	1991	Album
Al Grey Fab	Al Grey	1990	Album
Al Meets Bjarne	Al Grey & Bjarne Nerem	1989	Album
Born To Swing!	Buddy DeFranco With The Al Raymond Big Band With Al Grey	1988	Album
Fabillisimo	Jørgen Svare Jazz Quartet with Al Grey	1988	Album
The New Al Grey Quintet	Al Grey	1988	Album
Al Grey Featuring Arnett Cobb And Jimmy Forrest	Al Grey Featuring Arnett Cobb And Jimmy Forrest	1987	Album
Al Grey & Jesper Thilo Quintet	Al Grey & Jesper Thilo Quintet	1986	Album
Things Are Getting Better All The Time	J.J. Johnson + Al Grey	1984	Album
Basic Grey	Al Grey	1984	Compil.
Just Jazz	Buddy Tate, Al Grey	1984	Album
Tribute To Louis Armstrong / Tribute To Benny Goodman	Peanuts Hucko, Randy Sandke, Al Grey, John Bunch, Jack Lesberg, Lars Erstrand, Jake Hanna, Frits Landesbergen, Louise Tobin, Marty Napoleon	1984	Album
Side By Side	Benkó Dixieland Band Featuring Al Grey, Buddy Tate, Joe Newman And Eddy Davis	1983	Album
Struttin' And Shoutin'	Al Grey	1983	Album
Get It Together	Al Grey, Tony Coe	1979	Album
Trombone By Five	Al Grey	1978	Album
Al Grey Feat. Arnett Cobb	Al Grey Feat. Arnett Cobb	1977	Album
Basic Grey	Al Grey	1976	Compil.
Grey's Mood	Al Grey	1976	Album
Al Grey Et Wild Bill Davis	Al Grey Et Wild Bill Davis	1972	Album
Shades Of Grey	Al Grey	1965	Album
Night Song	Al Grey With Billy Mitchell	1963	Album
Boss Bone	Al Grey	1963	Album
Having A Ball	Al Grey	1963	Album
Tacos And Grits / Smile	Al Grey	1963	Single
Snap Your Fingers	Al Grey Featuring Billy Mitchell	1962	Album
Nothing But The Truth / Dirty Low Down Blues	Al Grey - Billy Mitchell	1962	Single
Al Grey - Snap Your Fingers	Al Grey, Billy Mitchell	1962	Single
The Thinking Man's Trombone	Al Grey	1961	Album
Rompin'	Al Grey	1961	Single
Motor City Scene	Thad Jones, Billy Mitchell, Al Grey, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Elvin Jones	1959	Album
Dizzy Atmosphere	Al Grey, Billy Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Charlie Persip, Paul West, Billy Root, Wynton Kelly	1957	Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.