chris, flory, born, november, 1953, american, jazz, guitarist, born, 1953, november, 1953new, york, city, genresjazz, swingoccupation, musicianinstrument, guitaryears, active1970s, presentlabelsconcord, arborswebsitechrisfloryjazz, contents, early, life, caree. Chris Flory born November 13 1953 is an American jazz guitarist Chris FloryBorn 1953 11 13 November 13 1953New York City U S GenresJazz swingOccupation s MusicianInstrument s GuitarYears active1970s presentLabelsConcord ArborsWebsitechrisfloryjazz wbr com Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Discography 2 1 As leader 2 2 As sideman 3 ReferencesEarly life and career editA native of New York City Flory was playing guitar by his early teens and around that time heard his first jazz album Forest Flower by Charles Lloyd 1 He was influenced by seeing Jimi Hendrix B B King and Rahsaan Roland Kirk live during the late 1960s 1 He met musicians through his friend Scott Hamilton and while babysitting the children of Gil Evans he listened to albums by Nat King Cole Miles Davis Charlie Parker and Lester Young 1 In an interview with JazzTimes Flory stated that his music has been inspired by Charlie Parker Charlie Christian T Bone Walker and Jimi Hendrix 2 Flory played in rock bands in his early teens but three years later had a couple jazz lessons with guitarist Tiny Grimes 1 In the early 1970s he was a student at Hobart College 1 He performed with Hamilton intermittently from 1975 through the early 1990s 1 He began to record his own albums as a leader after Hamilton s quintet broke up 1 From 1977 to 1983 Flory played in the Benny Goodman Sextet 1 He has worked with Ruby Braff Judy Carmichael Roy Eldridge Illinois Jacquet Buddy Tate Bob Wilber 3 Milt Hinton Hank Jones Duke Robillard and Maxine Sullivan 1 Discography editAs leader edit For All We Know Concord Jazz 1990 City Life Concord Jazz 1993 Word on the Street Double Time 1996 Blues in My Heart with Duke Robillard Stony Plain 2007 For You Arbors 2008 The Chris Flory Quintet Featuring Scott Hamilton Arbors 2011 As sideman edit With Ruby Braff A First Concord Jazz 1985 A Sailboat in the Moonlight Concord Jazz 1986 Mr Braff to You Phontastic 1986 With Scott Hamilton Scott Hamilton and Warren Vache with Scott s Band in New York City Concord Jazz 1978 Skyscrapers Concord Jazz 1980 Close Up Concord Jazz 1982 In Concert Concord Jazz 1983 The Second Set Concord 1984 The Right Time Concord Jazz 1987 Plays Ballads Concord Jazz 1989 With Maxine Sullivan Uptown Concord Jazz 1985 Together Atlantic 1987 Swingin Sweet Concord Jazz 1988 With Bob Wilber Bob Wilber and the Scott Hamilton Quartet Chiaroscuro 1977 Dizzyfingers Bodeswell 1980 Bob Wilber and the Bechet Legacy Bodeswell 1981 With others Harry Allen amp Keith Ingham The Intimacy of the Blues Progressive 1994 Harry Allen amp Keith Ingham My Little Brown Book Progressive 1994 Judy Carmichael Trio C amp D 1989 Doc Cheatham Nonette Rare in Rehearsal Squatty Roo 2016 Buck Clayton A Swingin Dream Stash 1989 Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin Concord Jazz 1984 Peter Ecklund Strings Attached Arbors 1996 Susannah McCorkle Thanks for the Memory Pausa 1984 Ben Paterson That Old Feeling Cellar Live 2018 Flip Phillips A Sound Investment Concord Jazz 1987 Flip Phillips The Claw Live at the Floating Jazz Festival Chiaroscuro 1991 Duke Robillard Swing Rounder 1987 Loren Schoenberg Time Waits for No One Musicmasters 1987 References edit a b c d e f g h i Yanow Scott 2013 The great jazz guitarists the ultimate guide San Francisco Backbeat p 74 ISBN 978 1 61713 023 6 Chris Flory Jazz Inspired jazztimes com Retrieved 2015 09 12 Yanow Scott Chris Flory Biography Songs amp Albums AllMusic Retrieved 29 September 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chris Flory amp oldid 1177697893, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
