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Died On This Date (March 28, 2010) Herb Ellis / Jazz Guitar Great

Posted by themusicsover on March 28, 2010

Mitchell “Herb” Ellis
August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010

herb-ellisHerb Ellis was a jazz guitar virtuoso who, over the course of a career that spanned some 50 years played with the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Dizzy Gillespie, and Buddy Rich.  His most celebrated collaborations however, were with Oscar Peterson, in whose trio he performed from 1953 to 1958.  Herb Ellis died of Alzheimer’s disease on March 28, 2010.  He was 88.

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