Billy Root (jazz saxophonist)

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member of:	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Harry James and His Orchestra Stan Kenton and His Orchestra Jack Sheldon and His All Star Band

Discogs (as Bill Root):	https://www.discogs.com/artist/967686 [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98061649 [info] https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/340965 [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/1019787910 [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98061649 [info]
VIAF ID:	78394999 [info]
Wikidata:	Q863208 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1954-04-13	I Wanna Blow	Billy Root	tenor saxophone	Bennie Green, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Frank Wess, Cecil Payne, Cliff Smalls & Osie Johnson	2:22
1954-04-13	People Will Say We're in Love	Billy Root	tenor saxophone	Bennie Green, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Frank Wess, Cecil Payne, Cliff Smalls & Osie Johnson	2:50
1954-04-13	Rhumblues	Billy Root	tenor saxophone	Bennie Green, Budd Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Frank Wess, Cecil Payne, Cliff Smalls & Osie Johnson	2:50
1955-05-31	Donna Lee	Bill Root	tenor saxophone	Clifford Brown	6:50
1955 – 1956	A Night in Tunisia	Bill Root	tenor saxophone	Clifford Brown	11:04
1955 – 1956	Walkin'	Bill Root	tenor saxophone	Clifford Brown	11:38
1956-05-22 – 1956-05-24	El congo valiente (Valiant Congo)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	5:53
1956-05-22 – 1956-05-24	Fuego cubano (Cuban Fire)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	6:03
1956-05-22 – 1956-05-24	La quera baila (The Fair One Dances)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	5:02
1956-05-22 – 1956-05-24	La suerte de los tontos (Fortune of Fools)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	4:20
1956-05-22 – 1956-05-24	Quien sabe (Who Knows)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	4:50
1956-05-22 – 1956-05-24	Recuerdos (Reminiscences)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	5:02
1956-05-22 – 1956-05-24	Tres corazones (Three Hearts)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	2:59
1957-02-18	About Time (take 5 - master)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	3:14
1957-02-18	D. D. T. (take 5 - master)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	4:05
1957-02-18	Day by Day (take 2 - master)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	3:27
1957-02-18	Dishwater	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	12:06
1957-02-18	Over the Rainbow (take 4 - master)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	4:18
1957-02-18	Over the Rainbow (take 3 - alternate)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	4:34
1957-02-18	Rite of Swing (take 3 - master)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	3:14
1957-02-18	Someone I Know (take 6 - master)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	3:59
1957-02-18	Someone I Know (take 3- alternate)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	4:09
1957-02-18	Whisper Not (take 5 - master)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	5:56
1957-02-18	Whisper Not (take 3-4 alternate)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, et. al.	6:03
1957-04-07	Autumn Leaves	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:11
1957-04-07	Birks’ Works	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:56
1957-04-07	If You Could See Me Now	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	3:30
1957-04-07	Jordu	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:13
1957-04-07	Over the Rainbow	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:38
1957-04-07	Tangorine	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:43
1957-04-07	Umbrella Man	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:01
1957-04-07	Yo no quiero bailar	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:38
1957-04-08	Groovin' High	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:51
1957-04-08	Groovin’ High	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:53
1957-04-08	Left Hand Corner	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:24
1957-04-08	Left Hand Corner (alt)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:26
1957-04-08	Left Hand Corner (alt)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:18
1957-04-08	Left Hand Corner (false start)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	0:09
1957-04-08	Left Hand Corner (false start)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	0:11
1957-04-08	Mayflower Rock	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:14
1957-04-08	Mayflower Rock (alt)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:17
1957-04-08	Stablemates	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:10
1957-04-08	That's All	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:09
1957-04-08	That’s All	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:13
1957-04-08	Whisper Not	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:17
1957-04-08	Whisper Not (alt)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:50
1957-04-08	Whisper Not (alt)	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:08
1957-07-20	Arrividerci	Billy Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon and His All Star Band	3:40
1957-07-20	Brown Cow	Billy Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon and His All Star Band	3:00
1957-07-20	Green Dolphin Street	Billy Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon and His All Star Band	3:00
1957-07-20	I Had the Craziest Dream	Billy Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon and His All Star Band	3:32
1957-07-20	I'm Also a Person	Billy Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon and His All Star Band	4:43
1958-04-21	All the Things You Are	Bill Root	saxophone	Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant & Charles “Specs” Wright	11:27
1958-04-21	Bag’s Groove	Bill Root	saxophone	Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant & Charles “Specs” Wright	12:29
1958-04-21	It's You or No One	Billy Root	saxophone	Lee Morgan,Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant & Charles “Specs” Wright	8:36
1958-04-21	Jamph	Billy Root	saxophone	Lee Morgan,Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant & Charles “Specs” Wright	11:10
1958-04-21	Nutville	Billy Root	saxophone	Lee Morgan,Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant & Charles “Specs” Wright	10:17
1958-04-21	There Will Never Be Another You	Bill Root	saxophone	Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant & Charles “Specs” Wright	9:30
1958-04-21	Walkin’ (with intro)	Bill Root	saxophone	Hank Mobley	12:35
1958-04-21	Wee	Billy Root	saxophone	Lee Morgan,Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Billy Root, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant & Charles “Specs” Wright	11:27
1958-12	Arrividerci	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon And His Exciting All-Star Big-Band	3:40
1958-12	Brown Cow	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon And His Exciting All-Star Big-Band	3:00
1958-12	Green Dolphin Street	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon And His Exciting All-Star Big-Band	3:00
1958-12	I Had the Craziest Dream	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon And His Exciting All-Star Big-Band	3:32
1958-12	I'm Also a Person	Bill Root	baritone saxophone	Jack Sheldon And His Exciting All-Star Big-Band	4:43
1959-02-02	A String of Pearls		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	3:32
1959-02-02	Artistry in Rhythm		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	5:24
1959-02-02	Artistry in Rhythm		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	5:33
1959-02-02	Artistry in Rhythm Finale		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	4:34
1959-02-02	Bernie's Tune		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	3:41
1959-02-02	Bernie’s Tune		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	6:53
1959-02-02	Design for Blue		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	4:50
1959-02-02	Don't Get Around Much Anymore		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	3:24
1959-02-02	Home Journey		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	4:24
1959-02-02	I Concentrate on You		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	3:36
1959-02-02	I Concentrate on You		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	3:54
1959-02-02	Intermission Riff		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	6:00
1959-02-02	It's All Right With Me		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	4:33
1959-02-02	Puck's Blues		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	3:44
1959-02-02	Puck’s Blues		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	3:16
1959-02-02	Random Riff		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	3:48
1959-02-02	Random Riff		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	4:44
1959-02-02	Sentimental Riff		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	2:00
1959-02-02	Sentimental Riff		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	4:43
1959-02-02	Street Scene		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	4:32
1959-02-02	Street Scene		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	0:54
1959-02-02	The End of a Love Affair		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	2:21
1959-02-02	The End of a Love Affair		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	5:48
1959-02-02	This Is Always		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	5:26
1959-02-02	Tuxedo Junction		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	3:50
1959-02-02	Tuxedo Junction		baritone saxophone	Stan Kenton	3:25
1959-02-02	You and I and George		saxophone	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	2:43
	B.G. Mambo		tenor saxophone	Bennie Green	8:15
	Black Pearl		tenor saxophone	Bennie Green	5:47
	Lullaby of the Doomed		tenor saxophone	Bennie Green	6:01
	Soul Stirrin'		tenor saxophone	Bennie Green	6:51
	Soul Stirrin' (mono take)		tenor saxophone	Bennie Green	6:46
	That's All		tenor saxophone	Bennie Green	6:24
	We Wanna Cook		tenor saxophone	Bennie Green	6:38
	instruments
1963-07-07	Live And Swinging (stereo)		tenor saxophone	Dakota Staton
	From Dakota With Love		saxophone	Dakota Staton
	From Dakota With Love (mono)		saxophone	Dakota Staton
	Soul Stirrin'	Bill Root	tenor saxophone	Bennie Green

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