Sep 5, 2025
1980 - Jay McShann trio - New Small's Paradise - New York
Jay McShann (p), Major Holley (b), Connie Kay (dr)
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1980 - Jay McShann trio - New Small's Paradise - New York
Jay McShann (p), Major Holley (b), Connie Kay (dr)
i'm just obsessed with how fun this performance is, everything from the holley laughing in three over two to how he just slaps a harmonic on a fucking double bass to how he's just having an absolute blast.
JATP 1962 - UK tour: Ella Fitzgerald and the Paul Smith Trio with Wilfred Middlebrooks and Stan Levey, the Coleman Hawkins–Roy Eldridge Quintet with Tommy Flanagan, Major Holley and Eddie Locke.
1977 - Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) & Harry Edison (tp) - Valenciennes (France)
Gerry Wiggins (p), Major Holley (b), Oliver Jackson (dr)
Le quintet de Major Holley à la Jazzwoche de Burghausen en 1990.
Major Holley (b, voc), Sonny Fortune (as), Lou Blackburn (tb), Richard Wyands (p), Akira Tana (dr)
Playing
Kenny Burrell MIDNIGHT BLUE
With Stanley Turrentine, Major Holley, Bill English, Ray Barretto
Major Holley (b), John Lewis (p) et Shelly Manne (dr) sur scène pendant la Grande Parade du Jazz de Nice en 1983.
Photos Pascal Savelon.