- Sunday Jazz · 1953
- The Lighthouse All Stars Plus Ten: Jazz Rolls Royce (feat. Bob Cooper, Frank Rosolino, Stu Williamson, Victor Feldman, Stan Levey & Howard Rumsey) · 2015
- West Coast - A Nice Day · 2007
- Noon Jazz · 2004
- The Best of West Coast Jazz · 2004
- The Best of Jazz Drummers · 1957
- 100 Jazz Masterpieces, Vol. 16 · 1957
- 100 Jazz Masterpieces, Vol. 16 · 1957
- Original Jazz Sound: Drummin' the Blues · 1957
- Howard Rumsey: Music For Lighthouse Keepin' / In the Solo Spotlight! · 1957
- Howard Rumsey: Music For Lighthouse Keepin' / In the Solo Spotlight! · 1957
- Howard Rumsey: Music For Lighthouse Keepin' / In the Solo Spotlight! · 1957
- Howard Rumsey: Music For Lighthouse Keepin' / In the Solo Spotlight! · 1957
Albums
- 2014
Appears On
About Howard Rumsey
Although a good enough bassist to play with Stan Kenton's big band, Howard Rumsey's main importance was as the organizer of the Lighthouse All-Stars and manager of the Lighthouse. Originally a drummer, Rumsey switched to bass while at college. He played with Vido Musso in the late '30s, and when Stan Kenton formed his first band in 1941, Rumsey became its bassist. A year later he started freelancing in the Los Angeles area. In 1949 Rumsey brought jazz into the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA. Within a few years the jam sessions featured some of the top jazz-oriented studio players in the area and the bassist was heading "the Lighthouse All-Stars," which recorded frequently for Contemporary in the 1950s, starring such players as Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank, and Bill Perkins. In the 1960s, Rumsey quit playing to devote full-time to running the Lighthouse and, after he sold the establishment, for a time he ran the nearby club Concerts by the Sea. ~ Scott Yanow
- HOMETOWN
- Brawley, CA, United States
- BORN
- 7 November 1917
- GENRE
- Jazz