Gene Estes

Gene Estes: Westful

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 30, 2010

Don't feel bad if the name Gene Estes doesn't ring a bell. Most jazz listeners aren't familiar with him. Though Estes started his recording career in the mid-'50s bands of Harry James, Billy May, Shorty Rogers and Henry Mancini, he also was an in-demand studio percussionist who wound up on studio recordings by the Monkees (Theme), Beach Boys (Pet Sounds), Frank Zappa (Lumpy Gravy) and many other rock groups of the '60s and '70s. But as Estes' 1976 album Westful: ...
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