Central Avenue Sounds: William Douglass

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Biographical Summary

Personal History:

Born: February 28, 1923, Sherman, Texas.

Education: Jefferson High School, Los Angeles.

Military Service: Sergeant, Tenth Cavalry Band, United States Army, 1942-45.

Spouse: Dorothy Burney; Deloris Seals Douglass, one child.

Career History:

Played drums with:

    Played drums with:
  • Judy Carmichael
  • Wild Bill Davis
  • Benny Goodman
  • Earl Hines
  • Red Norvo
  • Art Tatum
  • Cal Tjader
  • T-Bone Walker
  • Gerald Wiggins
  • Vice President, American Federation of Musicians Local 767, ca. 1950-53.
  • Treasurer, American Federation of Musicians Local 47, 1985-91.

Selected Recordings:

    Selected Recordings:
  • The Tatum Group Masterpieces (with Red Callender, Buddy DeFranco, and Art Tatum), Pablo Records, 1956.
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  • The Tatum Group Masterpieces (with Red Callender, Art Tatum, and Ben Webster), Pablo Records, 1956.
  • Vibrations in Hi-Fi (with Bill Dillard, Bob Drasnin, Bill Kosinski, Jack Montrose, Red Norvo, and Gene Wright), Liberty Records, 1956.
  • High Five: Red Norvo Quintet (with Bob Carter, Bob Drasnin, Red Norvo, and Jimmy Wyble), Liberty Records, ca. 1956.
  • Norvo Naturally: Red Norvo Quintet (with Buddy Clark, Bob Drasnin, Red Norvo, and Jimmy Wyble), Rave Records, 1956, reissued 1986.
  • Cal Tjader Quartet (with Cal Tjader, Gerald Wiggins, and Gene Wright), Fantasy Records, 1956.
  • The King and I: Gerald Wiggins Trio (with Gerald Wiggins and Gene Wright), Challenge Records, 1957.
  • The Jazz Pickers (with Harry Babasin, Buddy Collette, Bob Harrington, Dan Overberg, and Ben Tucker), EmArcy Records.
  • The Jazz Pickers, Featuring Red Norvo (with Harry Babasin, Red Wootten, Dempsey Wright), EmArcy Records.
  • Real Time (with Red Callender and Earl "Fatha" Hines), M&K Records, 1978.
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Title: Central Avenue sounds oral history transcript : William Douglass
By:  Douglass, Bill, 1923-, Interviewee, Isoardi, Steven Louis, 1949-, Interviewer
Date: 1990
Contributing Institution: Dept of Special Collections/UCLA Library, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, 405 Hilgard Ave, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575; http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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