Gildo Mahones
Gildo Mahones ( born June 2, 1929 in New York City ) is an American jazz pianist of modern jazz.
Life and work
Gildo Mahones worked early in his career in 1948 with Joe Morris and until 1951 with Milt Jackson together. After serving in the U.S. Army, he was from 1953 to 1956 regular pianist in the band of Lester Young. After that he played in the formation Les Jazz Modes of Charlie Rouse and Julius Watkins, also with Sonny Stitt and Bennie Green. From 1959 on, he was a sideman of Lambert, Hendricks And Ross (or Bevan ). After the dissolution of the vocal ensemble went Mahones mid-1960s to Los Angeles, worked as a freelancer and in the Hollywood studios. He had at this time his own trio and also worked with Lou Rawls, Art Farmer, James Moody, the Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet, Jim Hall, Benny Carter and with the singers Leon Thomas, Abbey Lincoln, Joe Williams and Big Joe Turner. For Prestige Records, he took in 1961 and 1963 two albums under his own name, again for the label Interplay in 1990. In the 1980s he also worked as an arranger for Lorez Alexandria.
Discography (selection)
As a leader
- The Great Gildo ( Prestige, 1961)
- I'm Shooting High ( Prestige, 1963) Larry Young, Leo Wright, Kenny Burrell, George Tucker
- Gildo Mahones Trio ( Interplay, 1990)
As a sideman
- Kenny Burrell With Coleman Hawkins: Bluesy Burrell ( Moodsville / OJC, 1963)
- Booker Ervin: The Blues Book ( prestige / OJC, 1964)
- Ted Curson: ( plays ) Fire Down Below ( Prestige / OJC, 1963)
- Les Jazz Modes: Les Jazz Modes ( Dawn, 1956), Mood in Scarlet ( Dawn, 1957)
- Newport Jazz Festival 1958 - Mulligan in the Main, a member of the Sonny Stitt & Sal Salvador Quintet ( Phontastic, 1958)
- Frank Wess: The Long Road ( Prestige, 1962-63/erschienen 2000)
- Jimmy Witherspoon Baby Baby Baby ( Prestige, OBC 1963)
- Lester Young: The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve ( Verve, 1946-59/erschienen 1999)