- Ulysses Livingston
Ulysses Livingston (January 29, 1912,
Bristol, Tennessee - October 7, 1988,Los Angeles ) was an Americanjazz guitarist andbass guitar ist.Livingston's career in music began in the band of
Horace Henderson as aroadie (or, as Henderson called them, "valet "). Prior to this he had played in the band of theWest Virginia State College . After his period with Henderson he played incarnival bands on traveling road shows. In the middle of the 1930s he began to get jazz gigs withLil Armstrong ,Frankie Newton ,Sammy Price ,Coleman Hawkins , andBenny Carter . After moving toNew York City , he accompaniedElla Fitzgerald on tour and on record. He served briefly in the military duringWorld War II , but returned to jazz playing on the West Coast in 1943. He played withCee Pee Johnson inHawaii in 1947.Alongside his guitar playing, Livingston also sang with the
Spirits of Rhythm , and led a group called the Four Blazes. From the 1950s he did freelance work withWest Coast jazz musicians and also became active as arecord producer . In the 1970s he took up electric bass alongside the guitar, and recorded with both instruments.References
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