The Jazz Organ Scene
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Kossie Gardner
Kossie (* 1941) first appeared on the Nashville TN jazz scene when, as a student at Fisk University,
he taught himself how to play organ by listening to Jimmy Smith records. In 1960, he left
Nashville for Los Angeles, playing for a summer with a trio in a jazz club. That exposure
landed jobs for him in groups led by jazz saxophonist, David Newman and Sonny Stitt.
After returning to Nashville, Gardner was a major figure in the small jazz circle here during the early 1970s. Since then he has dropped from the sight of jazz fans, and his public appearances were limited lately to accompanying Bobby Jones and New Life on WSM-TV's Sunday morning Nashville Gospel Show. Kossie's attempts in Nashville as a solo artist were unsuccessful, if not altogether strange. His two albums for RCA, Organ Nashville Style and Kossi Gardner Plays Charlie Pride, were practically collector's items the day they were released. He died in October 2009. by Walter Carter, The Tennessean |
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House Of David Atlantic SD 1489 released 1967 recorded March 1967 |
David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax, flute Ted Dunbar, guitar Kossie Gardner, organ Milt Turner, drums |
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Pipes Of Blue Dot Records DLP 25940 released 1969 |
Kossie Gardner, organ no further details known |
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Organ - Nashville Style RCA Victor LSP-4419 released 1970 |
Kossie Gardner, organ further details unknown |
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In Danceland Solar FL 13219 released 1979 recorded in Nashville, TN and Los Angeles, CA/USA |
Carrie Lucas, vocals Paul Jackson jr., guitar Fred Rheimert, guitar Stephen Shockley, guitar David T. Walker, guitar Rob Walsh, guitar Wah Wah Watson, guitar Norman Beavers, ARP synthesizer, Fender Rhodes piano Sonny Burke, Fender Rhodes Kossie Gardner, ARP synthesizer, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, organ Ken Hirsch, piano Ernest Biles, bass Marvin Craig, bass Eddie Watkins, bass Fred Alexander jr., drums Freeman Brown, drums Ed Greene, drums Edmund Sylvers, drums |
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