| LC control no. | no 92002590 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gonsalves, Paul, 1920-1974 |
| Variant(s) | Gonsalves, Mex, 1920-1974 Gonzalves, Paul, 1920-1974 |
| See also | Corporate body: Paul Gonsalves All Stars Corporate body: Paul Gonsalves Quartet |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1920-07-12 |
| Death date | 1974-05-15 |
| Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Affiliation | Count Basie Orchestra Duke Ellington Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Saxophonists |
| Found in | His Tell it the way it is [SR] 196-?: labels (Paul Gonsalves, tenor saxophone) New Grove dict. of jazz (Gonsalves, Paul (Mex); b. 7-12-20, Boston, d. 5-15-74, London; tenor saxophonist) African American National Biography, accessed January 31, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gonsalves, Paul; the Strolling Violins; musician / tenor-saxophonist; born 12 July 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts; joined the Count Basie Orchestra (1946-1949); soloed next to fellow tenor Buddy Tate in the saxophone chair; joined the Dizzy Gillespie big band (1949-1950); was part of the Duke Ellington Orchestra as Ellington's tenor-saxophonist for life; recorded on best-selling album Ellington at Newport, which received worldwide headlines; heavily featured on the orchestra in pieces such as as Chelsea Bridge, Solitude, Mount Harissa from The Far East Suite, Happy Reunion and Don't Blame Me (1940's-1950's); led or co-led twenty-two individual albums, including records shared with tenor-saxophonists like Sonny Stitt, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Paul Quinichette, Harold Ashby, and Tubby Hayes (1957-1974); died 15 May 1974 in London, UK) Duke Ellington's Spacemen (Musical group). The cosmic scene [SR] [1958]: container (Paul Gonzalves) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 93015434 |
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