Ernie Farrow

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Name Ernie Farrow Role Instrumentalist		Siblings Alice Coltrane Nieces Michele Hagood

Died July 14, 1969, Detroit, Michigan, United States Nephews Ravi Coltrane, Oranyan Coltrane Similar People Alice Coltrane, Wilbur Harden, Yusef Lateef, Barry Harris, Clifford Jarvis

Yusef LATEEF "Blues for the orient" (1961)

Ernie Farrow (November 13, 1928 in Huntington, West Virginia – July 14, 1969) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist who played piano, double bass, and drums. He was best known as a bassist. He was the half-brother of Alice Coltrane and is said to have introduced her to jazz.

Farrow started on piano before adding bass and drums. He worked with Stan Getz, Yusef Lateef, and Red Garland.

Yusef Lateef - See See Rider

Discography

With Barry Harris

Newer Than New (Riverside, 1961)

With Yusef Lateef

Jazz for the Thinker (Savoy, 1957)

Stable Mates (Savoy, 1957)

Jazz Mood (Savoy, 1957)

Before Dawn: The Music of Yusef Lateef (Verve, 1957)

Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (Savoy, 1957)

Prayer to the East (Savoy, 1957)

The Sounds of Yusef (Prestige, 1957)

Other Sounds (New Jazz, 1957)

Cry! - Tender (New Jazz, 1957)

Eastern Sounds (Prestige, 1961)

Jazz 'Round the World (Impulse!, 1963)

Live at Pep's (Impulse!, 1964)

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Ernie Farrow Wikipedia

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Yusef LATEEF "Blues for the orient" (1961)

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Yusef Lateef - See See Rider

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