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	(Leroy Vinnegar)
		Leroy was born on July 13th, 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
		Leroy later traveled to Chicago where he became the house bassist at the famous jazz venue known as the "Bee Hive".
		The Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute at Portland State University was created to preserve and promote the art form, cultural heritage, and social history of jazz music in the Pacific Northwest.
	home.earthlink.net /~joflee/Leroy.htm (1174 words)

	CD Baby: ALAN JONES SEXTET: The Leroy Vinnegar Suite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The aim was to lay a groove for Leroy and the rhythm section, and stick with it throughout the tune.
		Vinnegar settled in Portland, Oregon in 1986, and soon became a magnet for a revitalization of the local scene.
		Leroy Vinnegar remained an active presence in Portland's music until his death in 1998, of heart and lung disease.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/alanjones (3661 words)

	Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vinnegar went to the West Coast in the '50s, along with a number of fledgling Indy jazz musicians who played in the clubs on Indiana Avenue, including his schoolmate, an exceptional pianist, Carl Perkins.
		An exceptional self-taught bassist, Vinnegar was revered among jazz musicians for his dynamic sound and walking bass lines, and was dubbed The Walker.
		Leroy Vinnegar was a master jazz musician and influence whose roots further the legend of jazz from Indy.
	www.nuvo.net /archive/081299/081299_bsound.html (780 words)

	Willamette Week \| Music
		The passing of walking-bass legend Leroy Vinnegar leaves a yawning gap in Portland's jazz scene.
		Leroy Vinnegar died Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the age of 71, after suffering from heart and lung ailments for years.
		The first time I actually laid eyes on Leroy Vinnegar, I was at the NBC studios in California shooting a TV special with the Temptations and the Supremes.
	www.wweek.com /html/musicb081199.html (708 words)

	Alan Jones Music / Leroy Vinnegar Suite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The mission of this project is to present to CD buyers and audiences around the world, the quality and character of a man who devoted his life to jazz.
		To illustrate that, although Leroy was best known as the "master of the walking bass", he played and appreciated many diverse styles of music, a fact that is borne out by his hundreds of recordings of jazz, country, electric pop and everything in between.
		In short, the mission of "The Leroy Vinnegar Suite" Project is to pay lasting tribute to this remarkable man, and to share his legacy throughout the world.
	www.alanjonesmusic.com /leroy.html (241 words)

	Leroy Vinnegar: 1928-1999
		Leroy Vinnegar became inextricably associated with the jazz method known as walking bass during the heydey of West Coast Jazz in the 1950s, to the point where his name became synonymous with the style.
		He was reunited with Edwards and trumpeter Howard McGhee when they reformed their quintet in the late-70s, and demonstrated his versatility in appearing on television with the Dixieland band The Panama Hats which accompanied actor George Segal.
		Partly as a result of failing health, Vinnegar moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1986, where he became a central figure in the local jazz scene.
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=934451856 (633 words)

	Portland State Office of Marketing & Communications \| News Release Archive
		A proclamation from Oregon’s governor and Portland’s mayor, a weeklong musical tribute to the jazz bass, the introduction of new educational and outreach initiatives and a residency with celebrated bassist Dave Holland are highlight the public unveiling of Portland State University’s Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute on Friday, April 30 at Portland City Hall.
		The Institute is named for the late Portland resident and seminal jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and is directed by jazz pianist and PSU Associate Professor of Music Darrell Grant.
		The programs and partnerships developed by the Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute are aimed at filling the void in arts education left by budget cuts in school funding; providing opportunities for gifted young people to interact with world-class artists; encouraging participation in the music making, and increasing the understanding and appreciation of our shared cultural heritage.
	www.marketing.pdx.edu /news.php?id=648 (887 words)

	CATALOG: LEROY VINNEGAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leroy Vinnegar (1928-1999) was long respected as a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene and a master of the art of “walking” on the bass, maintaining the steady pulse that contributed to hundreds of Southland sessions.
		In the 1950s and ’60s, no one exemplified that mastery more than Leroy Vinnegar, the bassist from Indianapolis who was a mainstay of jazz on the West Coast.
		Vinnegar’s walking bass was a metric and harmonic force in dozens of recordings by Shelly Manne, Benny Carter, Stan Getz, Shorty Rogers, Chet Baker, and Teddy Edwards, among many others.
	www.fantasyjazz.com /catalog/vinnegar_l_cat.html (336 words)

	Leroy Vinnegar, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		The owner of a swinging "walking bass" manner, comfortable in several idioms but not a prolific soloist, Leroy Vinnegar had a couple of heydays -- in the '50s and '60s as a busy freelance recording sideman, and as a member of Les McCann's most popular combo in 1969.
		A completely self-taught musician, Vinnegar "fooled around" with the piano but gravitated to the bass upon his first encounter.
		Vinnegar died of cardiac arrest in August 1999, a loss to the jazz world and particular blow to the Portland jazz community.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10568/10568573.html (384 words)

	Jessica Williams, Jazz Pianist, Composer \| The Boss Of The Walking Bass
		The last live recordings of the master bass innovator LEROY VINNEGAR, featuring Mel Brown on drums, Jessica Williams on piano.
		Leroy appeared on more than 800 recordings, including the immensely popular "Swiss Movement" with Eddie Harris and Les McCann.
		The tribute to walking bass legend Leroy Vinnegar was recorded at Atwater's Nightclub in Portland, OR, in December of 1996.
	www.jessicawilliams.com /cds/bb.html (866 words)

	Les McCann Ltd. - Plays The Shout
		Here is the third album of the phenomenal Les McCann trio--the second having been made with saxophonist Teddy Edwards--including the great Leroy Vinnegar on bass and Ron The Prophet Jefferson on drums, an amalgamation of soul that was made in heaven.
		Leroy Vinnegar, an acknowledged magician, double-stops and plucks with both hands simultaneously, frequently cannonading his followers with six or seven notes at a time.
		When you observe big Leroy fingering his axe as tho it were a violin and hear those bursts of sound like fireworks, you know you're in a great presence.
	users.rcn.com /bobfreed/www/lesdisco/a03.html (848 words)

	(#) France techno \| Bienvenue !
		A self made musician, LEROY VINNEGAR stamped his personnal touch on a lot of recordings from the begining of the 50’s : from Stan Getz to Sonny Rollins including Roy Ayers, Eddie Harris and Les Mc Cann.
		In 1974, LEROY VINNEGAR, putting aside his usual collaborations, closed himself away in a studio to work with the pianist Dwight Dickerson, guitar player Barry Zweig, drummer Carl Burnette and perucsionist Al Williams.
		Surrounded by heaps of food and beverages, the 5 musicians recorded this LP, which is the result of many live sessions.
	www.france-techno.fr /W/S/Reviews/display.php?id=42 (221 words)

	Leroy Vinnegar Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory
		Vinnegar was most recently a regular attraction, is planning a
		Vinnegar as the first member of its Jazz Hall of Fame.
		He also started recording as a leader in 1957, reeling off a pair of albums for Contemporary with the word "walks" appropriately inserted in each title.
	elvispelvis.com /leroyvinnegar.htm (1028 words)

	Muse's Muse Music Reviews - by Ben Ohmart - The Boss of the Walking Bass
		There’s much excitement to be had in these 9 songs, filling out 71 minutes of instrumental jazz that is aimed at lifting high the light that is Leroy Vinnegar.
		There’s no doubt the man is a master, he of the walking bass, known the jazz world over for his busy and singular touch.
		This piano driven album is steered with charged skill by Jessica Williams, a lead in her own right, and Mel Brown with a drum set that refuses to quit barking.
	www.musesmuse.com /mrev-theboss.html (333 words)

	Swiss Movement: The Hard Bop Homepage
		The Les McCann Trio, with Leroy Vinnegar on bass and Donald Dean on drums, was the main attraction on June 18; the Eddie Harris Quartet, with Jodie Christian on piano, Melvin Jackson on bass, and Billy Hart on drums, topped the bill two days later.
		On the following evening, the Les McCann Trio took part in an impromptu jam session, and one of the sitters-in was the superb trumpet and flugelhorn player Benny Bailey, from Cleveland, Ohio.
		Leroy Vinnegar's composition "Caftan" was not included in the original version of the Swiss Movement album.
	member.tripod.com /~hardbop/swiss.html (1739 words)

	CD Review of Various Artists - The Contemporary Records Story on Contemporary @ jazzreview.com
		Here the tenorist is joined by Rolf Ericson (trumpet), Carl Perkins (pianist), Leroy Vinnegar (bass) and Frank Butler (drums) on a 1958 Elmo Hope arrangement of Perkins’ composition.
		Cecil Taylor’s “African Violets,” from a June 1958 session, features the pianist on a relatively in-the-box recording with Earl Griffith on vibes, Buell Neidlinger on bass, and a busy Dennis Charles on drums, and pianist Andre Previn delivers a beautiful solo rendition of “Autumn In New York,” showing the pianists to be kindred spirits.
		Teddy Edwards' version of Hawes “The Sermon,” with Joe Castro, Vinnegar and Billy Higgins, is a treat, as well.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=8085 (819 words)

	Portland State \| News \| Portland’s Premier Jazz Artists Gather to Create Historic “A Great Day in Portland” ...
		Organized by Portland State University’s Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute (LVJI), with the generous support of McMenamins, “A Great Day in Portland” is inspired by the famous 1958 portrait “A Great Day in Harlem” and is the first project of its kind to document Portland’s jazz history.
		Media interested in attending the photo shoot or needing more information on the photograph and the Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute should contact Darrell Grant, associate professor of Jazz Studies, at 503-725-5828, or Erin Malecha Arias at 503-725-8794.
		The photograph and poster will be unveiled during Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Week May 1—7, 2005.
	www.pdx.edu /news/4605 (188 words)

	::: Soul Strut ::: Reviews
		Bassist Leroy Vinnegar did exactly the opposite in the 70s with “The Kid”, released on the small LA label PBR.
		The younger players in the group are a little green but put their hearts into the songs with solid playing.
		The album has a loose, fun, after-school quality, and because Vinnegar orchestrated these tracks, you know they have class.
	www.soulstrut.com /reviews/202/vinnegar.shtml (350 words)

	Teddy Edwards \| Sunset Eyes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All but one of the tracks feature Leroy Vinnegar on bass and Billy Higgins on drums, the latter fresh from several sessions with Ornette Coleman and here playing as straight ahead as can be, the whole rhythm section swinging like mad, with either Amos Trice or mostly Joe Castro on piano.
		The program is mostly blues or bebop-flavored originals based on or close to the chord changes of “I’ve Got Rhythm,” with the title track — a Latin-flavored composition by the leader — a ballad standard, and Leroy Vinnegar’s “Vintage ‘57” thrown in for variety.
		The CD issue augments the LP original with the first and the three final tracks, with the opener another Edwards blues, this time with a different rhythm section: Ronnie Ball in piano, Ben Tucker on bass, and Al Levitt on drums.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=2962 (408 words)

	Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Bassist Leroy Vinegar interview
		JJM: I've read that Indianapolis was a stopping place for national acts that toured, that you could see an Art Tatum or a Ben Webster or a Charlie Parker.
		Leroy Vinegar on jazz education and sitting in
		JJM: I'd like to ask you a couple things about education and how young people are coming up in jazz now.
	www.jerryjazzmusician.com /linernotes/vinechap.html (3771 words)

	Les McCann Ltd. - Plays The Truth
		Leroy Vinnegar, who plays bass on this album, told me that he feels that Les is well on his way to being one of the truly great jazz figures.
		Because to quote Leroy Vinnegar again: "Les McCann is well on his way to being one of the truly great jazz figures."
		Frank Evans is one of that handful of "Disc Jockeys" that gives his listeners credit for a great deal more than a twelve-year old mentality.
	users.rcn.com /bobfreed/www/lesdisco/a01.html (1031 words)

	JAZZ V.S.O.P. #13 - VICTOR FELDMAN ON VIBES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		V.S.O.P. w/Vic Feldman (vibes), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Harold Land (tenor), Carl Perkins (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Stan Levey (drums).
		The first four selections are by the quartet of Vic, Perkins, Leroy Vinnegar and Stan Levey.
		For the last three the quartet is augmented to a sextet by the addition of Frank Rosolino and Harold Land.
	www.magnebit.com /vsoprecords/vsop/vsop13.htm (73 words)

	Dan Faehnle Bio
		While based in Portland, Oregon, Dan established relationships with such legendary jazz artists as Leroy Vinnegar, Chuck Israels, Dave Frishberg and Dick Berk.
		His ongoing association with these musicians has led to numerous live performances and CD recordings.
		Other recording credits include CDs with Leroy Vinnegar, Chuck Israels, Dave Frishberg, Rebecca Kilgore, Ben Wolfe, Dick Berk and Tom Grant.
	www.danfaehnle.com /bio.html (401 words)

	CATALOG: BENNY CARTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The company he kept, with Ben Webster and Frank Rosolino rounding out the front line, and such fellow giants as André Previn, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar, and Shelly Manne in the rhythm section (Jimmy Rowles replaces Previn on two tracks), left no doubt that this album would be a milestone in straight-ahead, small-group mainstream jazz.
		The genius of Benny Carter has remained one of the music's only constants for the past eight decades; yet, given Carter's frequent absences from the spotlight, fans often needed reminders of why he is referred to by his peers as The King.
		Samplings of the underrated Carter trumpet and the inclusion of two infectious originals are among the highlights.
	www.fantasyjazz.com /catalog/carter_b_cat.html (1541 words)

	Portland State \| News \| Jazz Returns to the University District with the opening of LV's Uptown at University Place
		This week after a long hiatus, jazz returns to Portland's University District with the opening of LV's Uptown at University Place.
		Portland's newest home for jazz, located in PSU's University Place Conference Center, 310 Southwest Lincoln Street, will open Saturday March 12th with an evening benefiting the Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute at Portland State University.
		Hosted by PSU president Daniel O. Bernstine and Dean of Fine and Performing Arts Robert Sylvester, the Grand Opening will feature fine food from the University Place Grill, a wine tasting and the music of pianist Darrell Grant and his all-star trio.
	www.pdx.edu /news/4900 (588 words)

	Bio
		In 1990 jazz critic Leonard Feather awarded Tony a full scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass.
		Upon returning to Portland Tony immersed himself in the jazz scene performing with, most notably: Leroy Vinnegar, Bud Shank, Harry Allen, Ritchie Cole, Chuck Israels, Dan Faehnle, Claudio Roditi, Hadley Calliman, Mel Brown, Ron Steen, Nancy King and Rebecca Kilgore.
		with The Tony Pacini Trio, Leroy Vinnegar, Ritchie Cole, Dick Berk, Dan Faehnle, Mel Brown, and Mike Horsfall.
	www.tonypacini.com /bio.htm (181 words)

	CD Review of Jessica Williams Trio - Boss of the Walking Bass - A Tribute to Leroy Vinnegar Blue Fire on Jazz Focus @ ...
		CD Review of Jessica Williams Trio - Boss of the Walking Bass - A Tribute to Leroy Vinnegar Blue Fire on Jazz Focus @ jazzreview.com
		Musicians: Williams (piano); Leroy Vinnegar, Dave Captein (bass); Mel Brown (drums)
		Review: Jessica Williams is one of the great jazz pianists of our time.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreviewprint.cfm?ID=1800 (288 words)

	SOLD! SHELLY MANNE Jazz Drummer, 1957 LP Signed by Manne, Leroy Vinngar, Russ Freeman, Charlie Mariano ...
		The back of the LP cover has been singed by Shelly Manne (drums), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Russ Freeman (piano), Stu Williamson (trumpet) and Charlie Mariano (alto sax).
		He began recording as a leader (his first session was cut in Chicago in 1951) on a regular basis starting in 1953 when he first put together the quintet Shelly Manne and His Men.
		Among the sidemen who were in his band during their long string of Contemporary recordings (1955-62) were Stu Williamson, Conte Candoli, Joe Gordan, Bob Enevoldsen, Joe Maini, Charlie Mariano, Herb Geller, Bill Holman, Jimmy Giuffre, Richie Kamuca, Victor Feldman, Russ Freeman, Ralph Pena, Leroy Vinnegar and Monty Budwig.
	www.thejukejoint.com /shmajadr19lp.html (1013 words)

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