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Bennie Wallace (born November 18, 1946) is an American post bop, swing music and jazz tenor saxophonist and composer born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began playing in local clubs with the encouragement of East Ridge, Tennessee High School band director and drummer Chet Hedgecoth and professional reed player Billy Ussleton, who appeared as a guest at a stage band festival and heard Wallace with the East Ridge High School Swing Band. After studying clarinet at the University of Tennessee, Wallace settled in New York in 1971 with the encouragement of Monty Alexander, who hired him and recommended him to the American Federation of Musicians local, which virtually guaranteed his entry. Wallace played with Barry Harris, Buddy Rich, Dannie Richmond. His debut recording was done with Flip Phillips and Scott Hamilton in 1977. He has cited Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins among many major saxophone influences. He recorded on the revived Blue Note label in 1985; the original label provided much of the key music of his formative years, and the album Twilight Time was a tribute to the mix of musical styles he encountered in the local club scene of Chattanooga, such as the AmVets and Katie's Four O'Clock Club. Country & western, western swing, and rock & roll all required familiarity with key signatures and repertoire favored by "pickers" (guitarists). He has provided original music for Ron Shelton's films Blaze and White Men Can't Jump.
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True Audiophile: The Best of Groove Note, Vol. 2 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Never Smile Again | 6:04 |
The Nearness of You [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Why Was I Born? | 5:00 |
The Nearness of You | 6:00 |
I'm Old Fashioned | 4:43 |
In Berlin [2002]
Song | Duration |
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It Ain't Necessarily So | 14:34 |
I Loves You, Porgy | 5:40 |
It's Only a Paper Moon | 10:05 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 7:10 |
Moodsville [2002]
Song | Duration |
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I'll Never Smile Again | 6:04 |
I Concentrate on You | 6:08 |
Ballads in Blue [2001]
Song | Duration |
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It's the Talk of the Town | 6:21 |
Someone to Watch over Me [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Nice Work If You Can Get It | 5:13 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 5:11 |
How Long Has This Been Going On? | 5:20 |
Bennie Wallace [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Over the Rainbow | 4:51 |
So in Love | 6:05 |
Prelude to a Kiss | 6:13 |
Ellington Excursions: The Music of Duke Ellington [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Sophisticated Lady | 4:25 |
Jazz Masters [Audioquest] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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My One and Only Love | 5:44 |
Talk of the Town [1993]
Song | Duration |
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The Best Things In Life Are Free | 6:17 |
It's The Talk Of The Town | 6:23 |
I Concentrate On You | 6:44 |
The Old Songs [1993]
Song | Duration |
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My One and Only Love | 5:44 |
When You Wish Upon a Star | 6:09 |
Skylark | 4:55 |
Dancing in the Dark | 4:49 |
Bordertown [1987]
Song | Duration |
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It's Only a Paper Moon |
The Art of the Saxophone [1987]
Song | Duration |
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You Go to My Head | 6:58 |
Prelude to a Kiss | 7:45 |
Brilliant Corners [1986]
Song | Duration |
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) |
Sweeping Through the City [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Refrain | 5:00 |
Mystic Bridge [1982]
Song | Duration |
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My One and Only Love | 6:36 |
The Free Will [1980]
Song | Duration |
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Sophisticated Lady | 4:29 |
Star Eyes | 7:49 |
Mystic Bridge
Song | Duration |
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My One and Only Love [Instrumental] |
Sweeping Through the City
Talk of the Town
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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It's Only a Paper Moon | |
I'm Old Fashioned |
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