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Bill Perkins

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Aliases
The Bill Perkins Big Band
The Bill Perkins Octet
The Bill Perkins Quartet
Bill Perkins Quartet
Bill Perkins Quintet + 1
Bill Perkins Quintet featuring Victor Feldman
Real name
William Reese Perkins
Born
July 22, 1924
Died
August 9, 2003
Country
United States
Comments
Wind instrument player, including tenor and baritone saxes, flute, and clarinet. He's associated with the cool school of West Coast jazz.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   July 1957 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
i 1979 Bing Crosby
i July 1957 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i   1998 Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
i 1985 William Gaxton & Bettina Hall
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1956 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
i 1963 Agostinho dos Santos
i April 1957 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i 1998 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
i July 1955 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
i 1967 Janet Leigh [dubbed by Jackie Ward]
i Autumn Leaves Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman, Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker (Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman [US-IL], Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker) 1958 Unverified
i   1988 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Nat "King" Cole with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Les Baxter REC
i 1963 Carmen Miranda com orquestra Odeon
i 1999 Charlie Parker All Stars
i 1992 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
i   1992 Emilio Tuero PRF, Los Cadetes del Swing REC,REL
i 1985 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1996 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 2000 Shelly Manne & His Men
i 1987 Miles Davis
i 1991 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i   1998 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i 1990 Eastern Rebellion
i   1987 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF
i 1995 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1995 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 1992 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i Chelsea Bridge Bill Perkins Quintet (Bill Perkins) 1980 Unverified
i August 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1987 Miles Davis
i   1995 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i 1992 Charlie Parker Quintet
i 1979 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i 1996 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i August 1957 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
i 1987 Billie Holiday
i 1996 Tommy Dorsey and His Orch.
i 1996 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
listen on Internet Archive i November 1956 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1967 Julie Andrews
i 1993 Miles Davis
i 1993 Thelonious Monk
i 1956 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
i 1992 Boots Randolph
i 1995 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1992 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i 1989 Don Menza
i 1991 Dolores Valesco
i 2000 Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet ‎
i 1989 Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.
i   1991 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i   July 1955 Peter Lind Hayes, Eddie Quillan, Frank Jenks & Robert Paige BRD, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Jimmy Lewis REC
i   1993 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i I'll Remember April Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman, Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker (Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman [US-IL], Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker) 1958 Unverified
i I Love You Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman, Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker (Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman [US-IL], Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker) 1958 Unverified
i 1985 Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye, Bob Burns and Louis Prima with The Sons of the Pioneers
i 1996 Adelaide Hall, Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers REC, Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REL
i In The Beginning Bill Perkins Quintet (Bill Perkins) 1980 Unverified
i 1985 The MGM Studio Orchestra
i 1990 Thelonious Monk
i 1993 Duke Ellington
i 1993 Duke Ellington
i 1990 Miles Davis and His Orchestra
i July 1955 The Ambassadors [US2]
i 1992 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i   1991 Dick Gautier, Susan Watson and Teenagers PRF,REL
i   1991 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i 1989 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i August 1957 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
i   1979 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
i   1989 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
i   1992 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1963 Bud Shank & Clare Fischer
i Johnny Come Lately Bill Perkins Quintet (Bill Perkins) 1980 Unverified
i July 1957 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1967 Cy Touff
i 1988 Art Farmer & Benny Golson
i 1979 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i 1996 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i July 1957 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i 1963 The Pete Jolly Trio and Friends
i 1963 Maysa [BR]
i 1999 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1956 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
i   1999 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i 1963 Isaura Garcia
i 1992 Ricky Peterson
i 1989 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Castillo
i 1985 Charlie Parker Septet
i   1991 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i   2000 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD
i 1990 John Coltrane
i 1999 Gigi Gryce Quartet
i   1993 Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
i 1993 Billie Holiday with Orchestra directed by Camarata
i 1993 Mike Stern
i 1996 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF, Margaret Young, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i August 1957 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and The Pied Pipers
i   1990 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i Old Devil Moon Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman, Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker (Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman [US-IL], Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker) 1958 Unverified
i 1956 Katherine Perry
i 1992 Don Menza
i   1963 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1987 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1995 Judy Garland
i   July 1955 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
i   1988 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1963 Bud Shank & Clare Fischer
i 1989 Bill Evans Trio
i 1992 Johnny Mathis
i 1988 Miles Davis
i 1967 Johnny Mandel - Vocal: Ruth Price
i 1989 Frank Strazzeri
i   1990 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i   1987 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i   1992 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i   1992 Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Franklyn Baur REC
i 1989 Hoagy Carmichael
i 1992 Hoagy Carmichael
i July 1955 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i 1963 Luiz Bonfá
i 1992 Charlie Parker Quintet
i 1996 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1996 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1989 Miles Davis All Stars
i 1989 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i   1990 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
i 1995 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i 1996 R. K. Holstein and Octette
i 1956 R. K. Holstein and Octette
i 1989 Tadd Dameron with John Coltrane
i 1993 Milt Jackson with The Ray Brown Big Band
i August 1957 Isham Jones Orchestra
i   1988 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
i 1988 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i 1995 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i 1998 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i   1999 Music in the Russ Morgan Manner REC, James Melton BRD
i   1995 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 1967 Johnny Mandel - Vocal: Sam Fletcher
i July 1957 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1991 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i 1992 The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
i 1989 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
i 1991 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i That Old Black Magic Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman, Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker (Conte Candoli, Russ Freeman [US-IL], Art Pepper, Bill Perkins, Ben Tucker) 1958 Unverified
i The Quiet Side Bill Perkins Quintet (Bill Perkins) 1980 Unverified
i   1979 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i 1967 Johnny Mandel
i   1967 Peggy Lee REC, Irene Kral BRD
i 1992 Michel Legrand
i 1992 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i 1988 Al Bowlly
i 1992 Chet Baker
i 1993 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
i 1995 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1990 Ron Carter - Herbie Hancock - Tony Williams
i 1985 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ralph Young
i 1963 Orquesta Casino de la Playa - Canto por Reinaldo Henríquez
i 1998 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i July 1957 Elsie Carlisle
i 1956 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
i 1992 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1990 Charlie Parker Septet
i 2000 Charlie Parker Septet
i   1988 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1979 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i 1985 Jacques Revaux
i 1993 Jacques Revaux
i 1993 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Brown
i 1993 Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Carroll Gibbons)
i   1979 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
i 1995 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
i   1992 Peggy Wood REL,PRF
i 1992 Antonio Carlos Jobim