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Leroy Vinnegar

Born
July 13, 1928
in Indianapolis, IN 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
by Richard S. Ginell
The owner of a swinging "walking bass" manner, comfortable in several idioms but not a prolific soloist, Leroy Vinnegar had a couple of heydays -- in the '50s and '60s as a busy freelance recording sideman, and as a member of Les Mccann's most popular combo in 1969. As such, he played a major role in two of jazz's biggest hit albums, the trend-setting My Fair Lady set with Andre Previn and Shelly Manne (1956) and the Eddie Harris/Les Mccann soul-jazz manifesto Swiss Movement.(1969).



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