- The Complete Debut Recordings · 1990
- All that Jazz, Vol. 122: Jazz Missions to the Soviet Union 1959 & 1962 (2019 Remaster) [Live] · 2019
- All that Jazz, Vol. 122: Jazz Missions to the Soviet Union 1959 & 1962 (2019 Remaster) [Live] · 2019
- All that Jazz, Vol. 122: Jazz Missions to the Soviet Union 1959 & 1962 (2019 Remaster) [Live] · 2019
- All that Jazz, Vol. 122: Jazz Missions to the Soviet Union 1959 & 1962 (2019 Remaster) [Live] · 2019
- All that Jazz, Vol. 122: Jazz Missions to the Soviet Union 1959 & 1962 (2019 Remaster) [Live] · 2019
- All that Jazz, Vol. 122: Jazz Missions to the Soviet Union 1959 & 1962 (2019 Remaster) [Live] · 2019
- The Complete Debut Recordings · 1990
- The Complete Debut Recordings · 1990
- The Complete Debut Recordings · 1990
- The Complete Debut Recordings · 1990
- The Complete Debut Recordings · 1990
- The Complete Debut Recordings · 1990
About Willie Dennis
One of the steadiest jazz trombonists ever, and severely underrecorded as soloist, Willie Dennis was very fluid and smooth, and totally knowledgeable of trombone limitations and how to get around them through lip and slide movements. During the '40s, Dennis worked in the big bands of Elliot Lawrence, Claude Thornhill, and Sam Donahue. During the '50s, he recorded twice with Charles Mingus and toured with him for a few months in 1956 and 1957. He played overseas with Benny Goodman and Woody Herman before joining Buddy Rich in 1959. Dennis worked frequently in Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band in the early '60s, then went to the Soviet Union with Goodman in 1962. ~ Ron Wynn
- HOMETOWN
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- BORN
- 10 January 1926
- GENRE
- Jazz