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Ben Riley

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Aliases
Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet
Born
July 17, 1933
Died
November 18, 2017
Country
United States
Comments
Hard bop drummer known for his work with many jazz artists, including playing and recording throughout the mid-1960s with Thelonious Monk.
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Covers by Ben Riley

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   1994 Ivie Anderson BRD, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley REC
i   1978 Ivie Anderson BRD, Dick McDonough and Carl Kress Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barry McKinley REC
i   April 24, 2012 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Nat "King" Cole with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Les Baxter REC
i August 19, 2009 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
i 2006 Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1996 Wayne Shorter
i 1978 Charlie Parker and His Orch.
i July 22, 2004 Shirley Ross
i July 22, 2004 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 2006 Gigi Gryce Quartet
i   1998 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
1989 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
i   1998 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i   2011 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i   1998 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i 1998 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1978 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
i July 22, 2004 Billie Holiday
i 1994 Billie Holiday
i 1994 Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
i July 22, 2004 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1991 Billie Holiday
i August 19, 2009 Billie Holiday
i August 19, 2009 Julie Andrews
i 2006 Thelonious Monk
i 1996 Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins
i 1998 Muriel Angelus
i   1993 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i   1978 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i August 19, 2009 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i April 24, 2012 Thelonious Monk Quintet featuring Sonny Rollins
i 2006 Gigi Gryce Quartet
1989 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra, Ben Sidran
i 2006 Thelonious Monk
  1989 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i 1996 Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell
i August 19, 2009 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i   April 24, 2012 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
i   1994 Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Stardreamers REC, Russ Case and His Orchestra with Audrey Marsh, Jimmy Carroll and The Guild Choristers REL
i July 22, 2004 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Tad Dameron
i 1996 Coleman Hawkins and Orch.
i 1991 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i July 22, 2004 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 2011 The MGM Studio Orchestra
i   1993 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i   2011 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i   August 19, 2009 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
i 1998 The Tadd Dameron Sextet
i April 24, 2012 Alfred Newman
i 2006 Thelonious Monk Quintet featuring Sonny Rollins
i 1993 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i 1991 Thelonious Monk Quintet
i   1994 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   1993 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
  1989 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
i April 24, 2012 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
i 1993 Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1978 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i July 22, 2004 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Castillo
i 1978 Charlie Parker Septet
i 1978 Henry Burr
i   August 19, 2009 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i 2011 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
1989 Billy Joel
i 1993 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i 2006 Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1989 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 2011 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i   1994 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 2006 Thelonious Monk
i 1996 Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones
i 1994 Thelonious Monk
i 1998 (unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
1996 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 2006 Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan
i 1978 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1978 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1998 (unknown), The Randy Weston Trio
i 1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1991 Gene Austin
i 2006 Gigi Gryce Quartet
i 1993 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
i   1993 Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
i 1993 Miles Davis Quintet
i 1996 Miles Davis Quintet
i 1996 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i   1993 Duke Ellington REC, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REL
i 1993 Charlie Parker's All Stars
i 2006 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i   1994 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
i 1998 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1996 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1991 Phil Woods - Tommy Flanagan - Red Mitchell
i April 24, 2012 Thelonious Monk
i 1994 Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie
i 1993 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Eldridge
i 1993 Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Dick Jones
i 1993 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i July 22, 2004 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
i 1978 Al Cohn
i 1996 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i   1993 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 1994 Orquestra Colbaz
i   July 22, 2004 Paul Gregory & Marilyn Miller PRF, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble] REC,REL
i 1996 Buster Williams Trio
i 1994 Blue Mitchell
i   August 19, 2009 Jane Powell accompanied by Johnny Green and the M-G-M Studio Orchestra REL, Jane Powell BRD
i 1978 Buffy Sainte-Marie
i 1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i July 22, 2004 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1996 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Nat "King" Cole with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Les Baxter REC
i 1994 Chauncey Olcott
i 1993 Cliff Edwards with Victor Young and His Orchestra - And The Ken Darby Singers
i   1996 Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger & Edna May Oliver PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC,REL
i 1996 Frank Sinatra
i 1993 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
i 1994 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
i 1993 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i April 24, 2012 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i July 22, 2004 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
i 1978 Charlie Parker Septet
i   1996 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i   2011 Billy Fields REL, David Daniels and Gloria Marlowe PRF
i   1993 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD
i 1994 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
3 Way Play Dick Katz, Steve LaSpina, Ben Riley 1993 Reservoir Music
Blue Moon Bob Kindred with John Di Martino, George Mraz, Ben Riley July 22, 2004 Venus Records
Bop Redux Hank Jones with George Duvivier and Ben Riley 1978 Muse Records
Charles Thomas Trio Live in Europe Charles Thomas Trio featuring Essiet Essiet & Ben Riley 1998 Space Time Records
Episode One - Children of Harlem Gary Bartz, Larry Willis, Buster Williams, Ben Riley 1994 Challenge Records
Generations Steve Wilson Featuring Mulgrew Miller, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley 1998 Stretch Records
Grown Folks Music The Ben Riley Quartet, featuring Wayne Escoffery April 24, 2012 Sunnyside Records
Have You Met....Barcelona? Ben Sidran · Johnny Griffin · Jimmy Woode · Ben Riley 1989 Orange Blue
Invitation Bernie Senensky, Gene Perla, Ben Riley 2011 PM
Memories of T Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet 2006 Concord Jazz
Minor Blues Kenny Barron Trio with George Mraz & Ben Riley August 19, 2009 Venus Records
Standards Rob Schneiderman, Rufus Reid, Ben Riley 1993 Reservoir Music
Talking Red Mitchell with Kenny Barron and Ben Riley 1991 Capri Records
The Eternal Triangle Mark Elf, Hank Jones, Jimmy Heath, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley 1996 Jen Bay Records
The Only One Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley 1994 Reservoir Music
The Underdog Turk Mauro, Al Cohn, Hugh Lawson, Bob Cranshaw, Tom Barney, Ben Riley 1978 Jazzcraft
Uncommon Threads Jay Collins / Kenny Barron / Joe Locke / Rufus Reid / Ben Riley 1994 Reservoir Music
Weaver of Dreams Ben Riley 1996 Joken Records
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