Photos 1950-1953
Wardell Gray with Count Basie Septet in 1950.
Wardell Gray in the spotlight. With Count Basie's Orchestra, 1951.
Photo courtesy of Malcolm Walker.
From left: Sonny Criss (as); Wardell Gray (ts); Clark Terry (tp); poss. August 1950. Photograph by Patricia Willard.
From left: Wardell Gray (ts); Frank Morgan (as); Ernie Royal (tp), Los Angeles, 1951.
From the book Jazz Seen by William Claxton and Armando Chitolina. [Photo credit: William Claxton].
From left: Art Pepper, Wardell Gray, Gene Norman and Shorty Rogers.
Date and location are unknown, but early 1950s is a reasonable date.
Wardell Gray with Billie Holiday, possibly Tiffany Club, Los Angeles in 1952
[Credit: (c)Bob Douglas. All Rights Reserved. Contact: CTSIMAGES.]
Another view of Gray backing up Billie Holiday, possibly Tiffany Club, Los Angeles in 1952
[Credit: (c)Bob Douglas. All Rights Reserved. Contact: CTSIMAGES.]
From left: Billy Eckstine, Conte Candoli, Don Lamond, Wardell Gray & Dexter Gordon.
Just Jazz Concert, California, 1952. [Scanned from Wardell Gray Proper Box set booklet.]
L-R: Lawrence Larance Marable, Frank Morgan, Teddy Charles, Dick Nivison, Wardell Gray, Sonny Clark.
Recording session for Prestige Records, Los Angeles, CA, February 20, 1953.
Frank Morgan and Wardell Gray.
Recording session for Prestige Records, Los Angeles, CA, February 20, 1953.