Buster Harding

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Name = Buster Harding

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Birth_name = Lavere Harding
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Born = 19 March 1917 1965
Died = 14 November 1965
Origin = flagicon|CanadaOntario, Canada
Instrument = Piano
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Genre = Swing music
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Associated_acts = Count Basie
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Buster (Lavere) Harding (19 March 1917–14 November 1965) was a Canadian-born jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Born in North Buxton, Ontario but raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he was most noteworthy for his recording arrangements in the 1940s for Coleman Hawkins, Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie, among others.

In 1949 he was the musical director for Billie Holiday recording sessions. In the early 1960s Harding played with Jonah Jones, though he was known primarily as an arranger and composer.

elect discography

*With Billie Holiday
*"Broadcast Performances, Vol. 1: Radio And TV Broadcasts (1949-52)" (ESP Disk)
*"Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2: Radio And TV Broadcasts (1953-56)" (ESP Disk)

With Roy Eldridge
*"All the Cats Join In" (MCA Records)

With Count Basie
*"The Story of Jazz" (Philips Records)
*"Basie Ball" (Philips Records)
*"Sounds of Jazz" (Fontana Records)
*"One O'Clock Jump" (Columbia Records)

With Dizzy Gillespie
*"The Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie" (Verve Records)
*"Dizzy Gillespie: Best of Small Groups" (Verve Records)
*"Dizzy and Strings" (Norgan Records)
*"Diz Big Band" (Verve Records)
*"Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11: Dizzy Gillespie" (Metro Records)