Photos 1954-1955

Wardell Gray, Zoot Sims and Stan Getz perform at a Gene Norman “Just Jazz” concert, early February 1954.

Wardell Gray, Zoot Sims and Stan Getz in concert at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, early February 1954.

Wardell Gray, Zoot Sims, probably February, 1954. [Photo credit: Howard Lucraft, courtesy of Malcolm Walker.]

From left: Norman Simmons (p); Wardell Gray (ts); Victor Sproles (b) Bert Dahlander (d).
Possibly Bee Hive Lounge, Chicago, IL, c. 1954. [Photo courtesy of Malcolm Walker.]

Al McKibbon and Wardell Gray backstage at the Gene Norman concert at Benson High School Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, February 11, 1954.

Wardell Gray, probably at the Gene Norman concert at Benson High School Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, February 1954.

From left: Conte Condoli (tp); Frank Morgan (as); Wardell Gray (ts) at recording session
for Gene Norman Presents, Los Angeles, CA, March 31, 1955. [Photo credit: Roy Avery.]

Just a few days before his death in May, 1955, Wardell Gray sat-in with his Jazz Workshop Group on a Tuesday
night in Hollywood at Jazz City. With him are Larry Marable (dr), Leroy Vinegar (b), and Jack Millman (flh).