Herb Ellis obituary

Classy American jazz guitarist who helped the Oscar Peterson Trio swingThere are no easy rides in jazz, but some are easier than others. High on the list of the toughest had to be acting as an accompanist and fellow soloist to Oscar Peterson, one of the fastest and most fluent piano virtuosos in jazz history, and a man who favoured small ensembles in which there was no place to hide. For five years in the 1950s, that role fell to the Texas-born guitarist Herb Ellis, who has died aged 88 of com...

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