Herb Ellis, Los Angeles, Calif. :: He played jazz guitar for such greats as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Stan Getz and was a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio. In a recording, touring and performing career that spanned six decades, he was regarded as one of the finest jazz guitar soloists, with deals from Verve, Concord and Columbia record companies. He also was a studio musician and played in several television bands, including those on the Steve Allen and Merv Griffin shows. He studied from 1940 to 1942 at North Texas, where his roommate was reed player Jimmy Giuffre (’42). UNT awarded Ellis an honorary doctorate in 1997.
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Herb Ellis, Los Angeles, Calif. :: He played jazz guitar for such greats as Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Stan Getz and was a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio. In a recording, touring and performing career that spanned six decades, he was regarded as one of the finest jazz guitar soloists, with deals from Verve, Concord and Columbia record companies. He also was a studio musician and played in several television bands, including those on the Steve Allen and Merv Griffin shows. He studied from 1940 to 1942 at North Texas, where his roommate was reed player Jimmy Giuffre (’42). UNT awarded Ellis an honorary doctorate in 1997.
