Lloyd Trotman
| Lloyd Trotman | |
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June 1955
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lloyd Nelson Trotman |
| Born | May 25, 1923 |
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | October 3, 2007 (aged 84) |
| Genres | Jazz, R&B |
| Instruments | bass |
| Years active | 1940s–1970s |
| Labels | Atlantic Records, Cadence Records, King Records |
Lloyd Trotman (May 25, 1923 – October 3, 2007), born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, was an American jazz bassist, who backed numerous jazz, dixieland, R&B, and rock and roll artists in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He resided in Huntington, Long Island, New York 1962-2007 and Corona-East Elmhurst, New York 1945-1962. He worked primarily out of New York City. He provided the bass line on Ben E. King's"Stand by Me".{1}
Trotman became a session musician for Atlantic Records and other independent record companies and throughout the 1950s and into the 1960s he backed a wide variety of artists, including R&B artists such as Varetta Dillard, LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Al Hibbler, Big Joe Turner, Nappy Brown, Linda Hopkins, Mickey "Guitar" Baker, Chuck Willis, Ben E. King, The Drifters ("Save The Last Dance For Me"), Sam Cooke, James Brown, Pat Thomas,The Platters, Everly Brothers, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Clyde McPhatter, Ivory Joe Hunter, Jackie Wilson, Mickey And Sylvia, The Coasters, The Clovers, The Isley Brothers, Big Maybelle. Memphis Slim, Brother John Sellers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Otis Blackwell, Ray Peterson,and Cousin Joe, Dinah Washington, and Brook Benton. [4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,17,19].
Trotman began playing the club scene(52nd St.)in New York in 1945, playing with the likes of Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday.[2] One of his earliest recording sessions was on Duke Ellington's 1950 album Great Times! Piano Duets with Billy Strayhorn and Oscar Pettiford[3] He worked with, traveled with, and recorded with many jazz artists including Johnny Hodges, Woody Herman, Lawrence Brown, Bud Powell,Big Al Sears, Henry "Red" Allen, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Scott,Billy Taylor, Don Wilkerson, Billie Holiday, Lucky Millinder, Boyd Raeburn, Blanche Calloway [12,13,14,15].
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