Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sonny_Greer> ?p ?o }
- Sonny_Greer abstract "Sonny Greer (13 December 1895 – 23 March 1982) was an American jazz drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Duke Ellington.Greer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and played with Elmer Snowden's band and the Howard Theatre's orchestra in Washington, D.C. before joining Duke Ellington, whom he met in 1919. He was Ellington's first drummer, playing with his quintet, the Washingtonians, and moving with Ellington into the Cotton Club. As a result of his job as a designer with the Leedy Drum Company of Indiana, Greer was able to build up a huge drum kit worth over a then-considerable $3,000, including chimes, a gong, timpani, and vibes.Greer was a heavy drinker, as well as a pool-hall hustler (when he needed to retrieve his drums from the pawnbroker), and in 1950 Ellington responded to his drinking and occasional unreliability by taking a second drummer, Butch Ballard, with them on a tour of Scandinavia. This enraged Greer, and the consequent argument led to their permanent estrangement.Greer continued to play, mainly as a free-lance drummer, working with musicians such as Johnny Hodges, Red Allen, J. C. Higginbotham, Tyree Glenn, and Brooks Kerr, as well as appearing in films, and briefly leading his own band. He was part of a tribute to Ellington in 1974, which achieved great success throughout the United States.Greer died in 1982 and is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.".
- Sonny_Greer activeYearsEndYear "1966".
- Sonny_Greer activeYearsStartYear "1910".
- Sonny_Greer associatedBand Duke_Ellington.
- Sonny_Greer associatedBand Elmer_Snowden.
- Sonny_Greer associatedMusicalArtist Duke_Ellington.
- Sonny_Greer associatedMusicalArtist Elmer_Snowden.
- Sonny_Greer background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Sonny_Greer birthDate "1895-12-13".
- Sonny_Greer birthPlace Long_Branch,_New_Jersey.
- Sonny_Greer birthPlace New_Jersey.
- Sonny_Greer deathDate "1982-03-23".
- Sonny_Greer deathPlace United_States.
- Sonny_Greer genre Jazz.
- Sonny_Greer imdbId "0339488".
- Sonny_Greer instrument Drum_kit.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Gong.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Timpani.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Tubular_bells.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Vibraphone.
- Sonny_Greer occupation Musician.
- Sonny_Greer thumbnail Sonny_Greer_1943.jpg?width=300.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageExternalLink www.drummerworld.com.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageExternalLink Sonny_Greer.html.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageID "4810714".
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageLength "3600".
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageOutDegree "51".
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageRevisionID "707482133".
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Brooks_Kerr.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Butch_Ballard.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Castle_Rock_(album).
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Category:1895_births.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Category:1982_deaths.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_drummers.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_jazz_drummers.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Duke_Ellington_Orchestra_members.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Long_Branch,_New_Jersey.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Swing_drummers.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Cotton_Club.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Creamy_(album).
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Drum_kit.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Duke_Ellington.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Elmer_Snowden.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Film.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Gong.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Howard_Theatre.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Hustling.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Indiana.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink J._C._Higginbotham.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Jazz.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Jazz_drumming.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Johnny_Hodges.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Long_Branch,_New_Jersey.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Musician.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink New_Jersey.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Pawnbroker.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Red_Allen.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Scandinavia.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Singing.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink The_Bronx.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Timpani.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Tubular_bells.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Tyree_Glenn.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Vibraphone.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Washington,_D.C..
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLink Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Bronx,_New_York).
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sonny Greer".
- Sonny_Greer associatedActs "Elmer Snowden, Duke Ellington, Washingtonians".
- Sonny_Greer background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Sonny_Greer birthDate "1895-12-13".
- Sonny_Greer birthPlace Long_Branch,_New_Jersey.
- Sonny_Greer birthPlace New_Jersey.
- Sonny_Greer birthPlace United_States.
- Sonny_Greer deathDate "1982-03-23".
- Sonny_Greer deathPlace United_States.
- Sonny_Greer genre Jazz.
- Sonny_Greer id "339488".
- Sonny_Greer instrument Drum_kit.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Gong.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Timpani.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Tubular_bells.
- Sonny_Greer instrument Vibraphone.
- Sonny_Greer name "Sonny Greer".
- Sonny_Greer occupation Musician.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Authority_control.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Birth_date.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Death_date_and_age.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Duke_Ellington.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Expand_section.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:IMDb_name.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_musical_artist.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:No_footnotes.
- Sonny_Greer wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Sonny_Greer yearsActive "1910".
- Sonny_Greer subject Category:1895_births.
- Sonny_Greer subject Category:1982_deaths.
- Sonny_Greer subject Category:American_drummers.
- Sonny_Greer subject Category:American_jazz_drummers.
- Sonny_Greer subject Category:Duke_Ellington_Orchestra_members.