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Johnny Varro

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Aliases
The Johnny Varro Swing 7
The Johnny Varro Trio
Johnny Varro Trio
Real name
John Robert Varro
Born
January 11, 1930
Country
United States
Comments
Swing pianist
Member of
The Magnificent VII Piano
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 2004 Ella Fitzgerald - Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
i 2008 (unknown)
i   1993 Frank Crumit REC, All Star Trio and Their Orchestra REL
i   2001 Frank Crumit REC, All Star Trio and Their Orchestra REL
i 1985 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
i   2011 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i 1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 2001 Earl Hines
i   October 12, 2010 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
i 1990 Dizzy Gillespie
i 2001 Alabama Washboard Stompers – Vocal Chorus by Jake Fenderson
i 2003 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
i   2003 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i   1985 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
i   October 12, 2010 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
i   2001 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
i 2008 Benny Goodman and His Sextet
i   1990 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i Autumn Leaves Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i 1982 Emilio De Marchi
i 2001 Emilio De Marchi
i 2000 Emilio De Marchi
i 1997 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
i 2001 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1995 Prince's Band
i 1994 Prince's Band
i 2003 The Beatles
i 2004 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
i   2001 Bing Crosby BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REL
i 1995 The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington)
i 2001 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 2003 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Terry Shand
i October 12, 2010 Johnny Hodges
i October 12, 2010 Casa Loma Orchestra
i 2008 Toots Thielemans
April 30, 1996 Barney Trimble and His Oklahomans (Lou Gold)
i 2003 Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
i 1998 Al Cohn Quintet featuring Zoot Sims
i 1997 Missouri Jazz Band [Sam Lanin] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
i November 11, 2008 Jelly-Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
i   1994 Al Jolson PRF, Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra REC
i   1998 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1982 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i   November 11, 2008 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i 1992 Broadway Bell-Hops
i 1995 Broadway Bell-Hops
i   November 11, 2008 Joe Newman Octet REL, Count Basie and His Orchestra REC
i   2001 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ben Bernie, Peggy Chamberlain, June O'Dea PRF
i 1998 The Ambassadors [US2]
i   2001 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i 1981 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i 2000 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
i 1998 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright
i 1998 The Modern Jazz Quartet
i   2001 Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
i October 12, 2010 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   2004 Tony Pastor and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by John McAfee REC, Orchestra [You'll Never Get Rich] BRD
i 2004 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1998 Willie Smith (The Lion) and His Cubs
i   1998 Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra REC, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL
i 2004 Julie Andrews
i October 12, 2010 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt
i 1993 Danny Kaye and Mary Jane Walsh
i   1990 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
i 2003 Muriel Angelus
i 2001 Friars Society Orchestra
i 2001 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm, Margaret Simms & Paul Bass, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i   2003 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i 2011 Miles Davis Quartet
i 1998 Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers
i 2003 (unknown)
i 2003 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i   1998 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
i Have You Met Miss Jones? Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i 1992 Dolores Gray
i 2003 Dolores Gray
i Here's That Rainy Day Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i 1995 Al Cohn
i 1994 Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
i 2001 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1998 Mischa Elman
i   2001 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i   2003 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
i 1998 Eddie Leonard
i 1995 Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.
1985 Chick Webb's Savoy Orch.
1986 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i   2003 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Lawrence REL, Rex Weber PRF
i I Found a New Baby Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i   2004 Enric Madriguera & His Hotel Weylin Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tony Sacco REC,REL, Georges Metaxa PRF
i 1998 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Tad Dameron
i 1994 (unknown)
i 2004 Grace Moore
i   1990 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   2008 Wilbur Evans PRF, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 2004 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i 1990 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i   2001 Fats Waller and Orchestra BRD, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong REC
i 1992 Lou Gold and His Orchestra
i 1998 Henry Burr and John Meyer
i 1993 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1998 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i   2011 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
1985 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1998 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i 1998 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Terry Shand
i 1998 Bing Crosby
i 2008 Bing Crosby
i 1998 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton
i 1981 Doris Day
i October 12, 2010 Doris Day
i 2001 Doris Day
i 1994 Orlando's Orchestra
i   1992 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i 2011 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i 1986 Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra
i Jitterbug Waltz Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i 1990 Duke Jordan Trio
i 1990 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
i 1995 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   2000 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
i 2000 Bailey's Lucky Seven
  April 30, 1996 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i 2008 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
i   1981 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
i   2004 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i 2003 George Shearing Quintet
i 2003 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i 2001 Piron's New Orleans Orchestra
i 2001 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 2000 Broadway Bell-Hops, Ethel Waters
1985 John Battles, Betty Comden, Nancy Walker, Adolph Green and Cris Alexander
i 2000 Adelaide Hall, Frank Sinatra with Percy Faith and His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i 2000 Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD, The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i 2000 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC, Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i 1997 Elizabeth Wheeler and Harry Anthony
i 2008 Luiz Bonfá
i 2003 Peter Nero, Johnny Mathis
i November 11, 2008 (unknown)
i 1981 Erroll Garner Trio
i 1998 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i   2008 Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Arthur Jarrett REC, Eddie Cantor BRD
i   2000 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1998 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
i   2011 Jessie Matthews PRF, Ambrose and His Mayfair Orchestra REC
i   1985 Jessie Matthews PRF, Ambrose and His Mayfair Orchestra REC
i 1997 The Virginians
i 1997 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i 1992 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i   2004 Jan Clayton with The "Show Boat" Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur REL, Jan Clayton PRF
i 1992 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
i   1998 Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Alix Combelle REL, Quintette du Hot Club de France REC
i   April 30, 1996 Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Alix Combelle REL, Quintette du Hot Club de France REC
i   October 12, 2010 Ethel Norris, Edgar Gardner and Ensemble PRF, All Star Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC
i   2001 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i   1992 Frank Crumit REC, Ina Duncan, Adelaide Hall and Arthur Porter PRF
i   2001 Frank Crumit REC, Ina Duncan, Adelaide Hall and Arthur Porter PRF
i 2001 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
i 2011 Agostinho dos Santos
i 1993 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1995 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i November 11, 2008 Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
i   November 11, 2008 Carolyn Thomson REC,REL, Carolyn Thomson & Dennis King PRF
i   2001 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 2008 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
1985 Erskine Butterfield and His Blue Chasers
i 1998 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i 1997 Elizabeth Spencer
i 2004 Gene Wilder
i November 11, 2008 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1986 Wolverine Orchestra, Hoagy Carmichael with Perry Botkin and His Orchestra
i 'Round Midnight Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
April 30, 1996 Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i   2008 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i   1990 Glynis Johns REL,PRF
i   1994 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
i November 11, 2008 Emerson Dance Orchestra
i 1995 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i April 30, 1996 Sidney Bechet - Claude Luter et son orchestre
i Skylark Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i October 12, 2010 (unknown)
i   November 11, 2008 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i   2001 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i October 12, 2010 Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
i 1982 Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
April 30, 1996 Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
i 2008 Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
i 1993 Betty Comden, Nancy Walker, Adolph Green and Cris Alexander
i 1998 Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff
i 1997 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
i 1997 Isham Jones Orchestra
i   1981 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
i   1981 Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor REL, William Bailey REC
1985 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals, Chester Leighton & His Sophomores - Vocal Chorus by Chester Leighton
i 2001 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
i 1981 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 2000 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
i 1994 Prince's Band
i 2001 Prince's Band
i November 11, 2008 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1982 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
i November 11, 2008 Ginger Rogers and Don Loper
i 2011 Marcos Valle
i   2011 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians REL, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC
i November 11, 2008 Jelly Roll Morton Seven
i 2001 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i   2011 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   2001 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i 1998 The Tadd Dameron Sextet featuring Fats Navarro
i 2001 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
i 2011 Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra
i October 12, 2010 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
i 2000 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
1986 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
i 1993 Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Dick Jones
i 1995 Hall and Ryan
i 2003 Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton
i 1992 John Payne & Joan Merrill
i There Will Never Be Another You Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i 2008 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i 2001 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
i 2008 Fred Astaire
i 1990 Frank Sinatra
i 2004 Leon Russell
i 2003 Priscilla Lane
i   2011 Alice Faye BRD, Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bob Godet REC,REL
i   2000 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 1998 Henry Allen and His Orchestra
i   2004 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra BRD
i 1986 Cab Calloway & His Orch.
i 1993 Bill Evans [US1]
i 2011 Bill Evans [US1]
i 1995 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 2001 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1997 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i 2001 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
i October 12, 2010 Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
i 1981 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
i When You're Smiling Chuck Hedges And The Johnny Varro Trio (Chuck Hedges, Johnny Varro) 1984 Unverified
i 2003 Keith Hamshere
i   1993 Mel Tormé REC,REL, Tammy Grimes PRF
i 2001 Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges plus others
i 1998 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Brown
i   2008 Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD
i   1990 Ethel Waters REC,PRF
i 1993 Frank Sinatra
i   November 11, 2008 Marek Weber und sein Orchester - Solo: Marcel Wittrisch REL, Richard Tauber REC,PRF
i   November 11, 2008 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
i   1985 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
April 30, 1996 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber
i   1993 Alice Faye BRD, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Ward REL, Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Barbara Blake REC

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Afterglow The Johnny Varro Swing 7 1998 Arbors Records
Allan Vaché's Florida Jazz Allstars Allan Vaché's Florida Jazz Allstars featuring Johnny Varro and Bob Haggart 1997 Nagel Heyer Records
All That Jazz The Johnny Varro Quartet with Jon-Erik Kellso 2001 Arbors Records
A Pair of Kings Ralph Sutton and Johnny Varro 2001 Arbors Records
A Portrait in Jazz Johnny Varro 1990 Artistry
A Salute to Eddie Condon - Jazz Live at the Musikhalle Volume 3 Ed Polcer, Bob Havens, Allan Vaché, John Barnes, Johnny Varro, Jim Douglas, Bob Haggart, Butch Miles 1994 Nagel Heyer Records
At the Atlanta Jazz Party The Allan Vaché - Johnny Varro Combos 1992 Audiophile
Everything I Love Johnny Varro, Dave Stone, Gene Estes 1993 Arbors Records
Horns a'Plenty Betty O'Hara & Johnny Varro 1985 Magna Graphic Jazz
Johnny Varro at the Piano Johnny Varro Trio 1981 Fairmont
Just You - Just Me & Two Pianos Mark Shane & Johnny Varro 2000 Solo Art [US2]
Pure Imagination The Johnny Varro Trio 2004 Arbors Records
Ring Dem Bells The Johnny Varro Swing 7 November 11, 2008 Arbors Records
Say Yes - Arbors Piano Series at Mike's Place, Volume 2 Johnny Varro 1998 Arbors Records
Sittin' In Johnny Varro with Don Nelson 1986 (self-released)
Sittin' In [CD issue] Johnny Varro with Don Nelson April 30, 1996 (self-released)
Smiles Terry Myers with Johnny Varro, Joel Forbes, Ed Metz October 12, 2010 Arbors Records
Speak Low Johnny Varro 2011 Arbors Records
Street of Dreams Eddie Miller [2], Johnny Varro, Ray Leatherwood, Gene Estes 1982 Magna Graphic Jazz
Swing 7 Johnny Varro 1995 Arbors Records
Swingin' on West 57th Street The Johnny Varro Swing Seven 2001 Arbors Records
The Two of Us - Arbors Piano Series, Volume 13 Johnny Varro 2003 Arbors Records
Two Legends of Jazz Johnny Varro featuring Ken Peplowski with Frank Tate and Joe Ascione 2008 Arbors Records