Albert Dailey
Albert Dailey ( born June 16, 1939 in Baltimore / Maryland, † June 26, 1984 in Denver / Colorado ) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Daily was in the early 1950s pianist at the Baltimore Royal Theater and studied in the late 1950s at the Morgan State University and the Peabody Conservatory. From 1960 to 1963 he toured with Damita Jo. From 1964 he lived in New York and worked, among others with Dexter Gordon, Roy Haynes, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus and Freddie Hubbard (with whom he also recorded ).
In 1967 he performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival with Woody Herman. The late 1960s and mid-1970s he was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, in addition he has performed with Sonny Rollins, Milt Jackson, Stan Getz, Elvin Jones and Archie Shepp. In the 1980s, he has performed at Carnegie Hall and at the mobile Summerpier Concerts. He was a member of the Upper Manhattan Jazz Society ( with Charlie Rouse, Benny Bailey and Buster Williams) and also played with Buddy DeFranco.
He composed the title " The Day After the Dawn ", " Bittersweet Waltz ", " Encounter ", "A Lady 's Mistake " and the Africa Suite.
Disco Graphical Notes
- The Day After the Dawn with Richard Davis, David Lee, Jack Wilkins, 1972
- That Old Feeling with Billy Hart, Buster Williams, 1978
- Textures with Eddie Gladden, Rufus Reid, Arthur Rhames, 1981