Search - Artist/Band: Paul Gonsalves

• Name: Paul Gonsalves
• Birthday: 07/12/1920
• Birth Place: Boston, MA
• Died: 05/14/1974
• Decades Active: 1950,1960,1970
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Bop, Swing, Mainstream Jazz
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Passionate, Playful, Rollicking

Title	Release
The Complete Recordings: Paul Gonsalves & Clark Terry Quintet	08/04/2008
Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick	07/23/2007
Humming Bird	10/11/2005
Ellingtonia Moods & Blues	10/12/1999
Tell It the Way It Is!/Cleopatra -- Feelin' Jazzy	09/21/1999
Mexican Bandit Meets Pittsburgh Pirate	08/24/1973
Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines	12/15/1970
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'	08/28/1970
Encuentro W	09/15/1968
Tell It the Way It Is!	09/04/1963
Gettin' Together!	12/20/1960

The greatest moment of Paul Gonsalves' musical career occurred at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival when, to bridge the gap between "Diminuendo in Blue" and "Crescendo in Blue," Duke Ellington urged him to take a long solo, egging him on through 27 exciting choruses that almost caused a riot. That well-publicized episode resulted in Ellington having a major "comeback," and Gonsalves forever earning Ellington's gratitude.

Gonsalves had already earned a strong reputation during his stints with Count Basie (1946-1949) and the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra (1949-1950). Joining Ellington in 1950, Gonsalves' warm breathy tone and harmonically advanced solos were a constant fixture for 24 years (except for a brief time in 1953 when he was with Tommy Dorsey) and he was well-featured up until his death, just ten days before Ellington passed on. In addition to his countless number of recorded performances with Ellington, Gonsalves led dates of his own on an occasional basis, including for Argo, Jazzland, Impulse (highlighted by a combative meeting with Sonny Stitt), Storyville, Black Lion, and Fantasy. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide