Herb Geller
Herb Geller was a veteran of the Los Angeles jazz scene of the 1950s who played better than ever by the turn of the millennium. Geller played in 1946 with Joe Venuti's Orchestra, and in 1949 he traveled to New York to play with Claude Thornhill. In 1951 he moved back to L.A. and married the excellent bop pianist Lorraine Walsh. Geller was a fixture in L.A., playing with Billy May (1952), Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, Bill Holman, and Chet Baker, among others; jamming with Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954); and leading a quartet that included his wife (1954-1955). Lorraine Geller's sudden death in 1958 eventually resulted in the altoist deciding to leave the country to escape his grief. He played with Benny Goodman off and on between 1958-1961, spent time in Brazil, and in 1962 moved to Berlin. Geller worked in German radio orchestras for 30 years, played in European big bands, and continued to grow as a musician, although he was pretty much forgotten in the U.S. From the early '90s into the 2000s, Herb Geller returned to the States on a more regular basis, and he recorded tributes to Al Cohn and Arthur Schwartz for Hep. Geller also recorded as a leader in the 1950s for EmArcy, Jubilee, and Atco, and in his later years for Enja, Fresh Sound, and VSOP. Herb Geller died in Hamburg, Germany on December 19, 2013; he was 85 years old.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bill Evans Trio + Herb Geller Live February 14th. 1972 Hamburg (Restauración 2023)
Jazz - Released by Lantower Records on Apr 12, 2023
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Herb Geller Plays
Jazz - Released by Verve Reissues on Feb 7, 2022
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Fire in the West
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on Aug 9, 2021
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That Geller Feller
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Sep 2, 2010
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An American In Hamburg - The View From Here
Vocal Jazz - Released by Tramp Records on Jan 1, 1975
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European Rebirth. 1962 Paris Sessions
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Jun 1, 2022
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Playing Jazz - The Musical Autobiography of Herb Geller
Herb Geller, Tom Rainer, John Leitham, Paul Kreibich
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on Jan 1, 1995
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Plays The Al Cohn Songbook
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Hep Records on May 26, 1996
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At The Movies
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Hep Records on Apr 24, 2007
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A Jazz Song Book
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on Jan 1, 1994
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Hollywood Portraits
Bebop - Released by Hep Records on Apr 20, 2000
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Plays The Arthur Schwartz Songbook
Bebop - Released by Hep Records on Jun 7, 2005
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To Benny & Johnny With Love From Herb Geller
Jazz - Released by Hep Records on Mar 24, 2002
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In Hi-Fi Stereo
Bebop - Released by Master Classics Records on Jan 1, 2011
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Heart to Love
Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on Sep 4, 2018
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