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Wade Legge

Born: February 4, 1934

Wade Legge was an American jazz pianist and bassist.

Wade Legge was born in Huntington, West Virginia, but soon thereafter moved to Buffalo, New York with his parents, both of whom were musicians. Legge played more bass than piano in his early years, and it was with the bass that he was first noticed by Milt Jackson, who recommended him to Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie hired him and shortly thereafter moved him to piano; he remained a member of Gillespie's ensemble until 1954, and during that time recorded a date in France as a trio session leader recorded by Vogue and leased to Blue Note.

Wade Legge Trio

By Wade Legge

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Play, Legge, Play; Flabbee-Do; Bagdad Express; I Only Have Eyes for You; Perdido; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Wade Leg’s Blues; A Swedish Folksong (Dear Old Stockholm); Dance of the Infidels; Aren’t You Glad You’re You; These Foolish Things; Why Don’t You Believe Me; Sweet Sue, Just You; All the Things You Are; The Squirrel; Gene’s Stew; Spice; Music House; Joyce’s Choice; Spice; Bradley’s Beans; Sugar Hips.

Bill Evans: Ten Essential Sideman Albums

by Chris May
September 19, 2023

Bill Evans attracts a special sort of fan. Clinically obsessive is a reasonable description. While far from undiscerning, we find something, usually plenty, to enjoy in every record Evans played on. And we want them all in our collection. Evans' hardcore fans include practically every musician who played with him. Eddie Gomez, his ...

Wade Legge: Trio Sessions

May 9, 2023

As a sideman, pianist Wade Legge turned up on fascinating jazz albums. In addition to his earliest recordings with Dizzy Gillespie between 1952 and '56, he was on Sonny Rollins Plays for Bird (1956), Meet Milt Jackson (1956), Charles Mingus's The Clown (1957), Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (1957), Johnny Richards' road band in ...