John Graas
American jazz French horn player, composer, and arranger. Born March 14, 1917 in Dubeque, Iowa. Died April 13, 1962 in Van Nuys, California. (Heart attack) John Graas had a short but busy career on the West Coast, known primarily as one of the first and best French horn players in jazz.
Complete Small Group Sessions
John Graas & Art Pepper
2017
Phono (4)
2xCD, Comp, RE, RM
Four Classic Albums
John Graas
2017
Avid Jazz
2xCD, Comp
Westlake Bounce - The Music Of John Graas
John Graas
2004
Fresh Sound Records
CD, Album, RE
Complete College Goes To Jazz
Jack Sheldon Featuring John Graas
2004
Lone Hill Jazz
CD, Comp
Jazz Studio 1/2
John Graas
2004
Lone Hill Jazz
CD, Comp
Jazz Studio 3/4 Complete Sessions
John Graas
2004
Lone Hill Jazz, Lone Hill Jazz
CD, Comp
Jazz-Lab 1&2
John Graas
2004
Lone Hill Jazz
CD, Comp
Coup De Graas
John Graas
1958
EmArcy, Mercury
7", EP
International Premiere in Jazz
John Graas
1958
Coup De Graas
John Graas
1958
Jazz Lab 2
John Graas
1957
Jazz-Lab-1 Part 1
John Graas
1956
Decca
7", EP
Jazz-Lab-1 Part 2
John Graas
1956
Decca
7", EP
Jazz-Lab-1 Part 3
John Graas
1956
Decca
7", EP
Jazz-Lab-1
John Graas
1956
Jazz Studio
John Graas, Gerry Mulligan
1955
Brunswick
10"
Symphony No. 1 In F Minor
John Graas
1955
French Horn Jazz Vol 2
John Graas
1954
Trend (3)
7", Album, EP, Mono
Jazz Studio 2 From Hollywood Part II
Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker
1954
Jazz Studio 3 Part 1
John Graas , Featuring Gerry Mulligan
1954
Jazz Studio 3 Part 3
John Graas , featuring Gerry Mulligan
1954
Jazz Studio 2 From Hollywood
Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker, Jimmy Giuffre
1954
French Horn Jazz
John Graas
1954
Jazz Studio 2 From Hollywood - Part 3
Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker
1954
Jazz Studio 3
John Graas
1954
Jazz Studio 3 - Part 2
John Graas
1954
Jazz Studio 2 From Hollywood Volume 1
Herb Geller, Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Don Fagerquist, Marty Paich, Howard Roberts, Curtis Counce, Larry Bunker
1954
Moviesville Jazz + The Sound Of Bernhart
Heinie Beau / Milt Bernhart
2021
Fresh Sound Records
CD, Comp, Mono
Riverside And Atlantic Eight Classic Albums
"Philly" Joe Jones
2020
Enlightenment (3)
4xCD, Comp
The Complete Woody Herman Decca, Mars And MGM Sessions (1943-1954)
Woody Herman
2019
Mosaic Records (2)
7xCD, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num
I Grandi Artisti Di Umbria Jazz (Tributo Per Il 40° Anniversario)
Various
2015
The Saifam Group srl
2xCD, Comp
I Grandi Artisti Di Umbria Jazz (Tributo Per Il 40° Anniversario)
Various
2015
The Saifam Group srl
2xCD, Comp
Combo! + The Blues And The Beat
Henry Mancini
2014
American Jazz Classics
CD, Comp
Breakfast At Tiffany's - Music From The Motion Picture
Henry Mancini
2013
Capitol Years
Frank Sinatra, Jean-Claude Götting
2012
Bdjazz
File, ALAC, Comp
Hatari! (Music From The Motion Picture)
Henry Mancini
2012
Four Classic Albums
Shorty Rogers
2011
Avid Jazz
2xCD, Comp
Film Noir
Various
2011
The Music From Peter Gunn (Complete Edition)
Henry Mancini
2010
American Jazz Classics
2xCD, Comp
What Price Glory / Fixed Bayonets / The Desert Rats
Alfred Newman / Roy Webb / Lionel Newman / Leigh Harline
2009
Intrada
CD, Album, Comp, Ltd
The Golden Years
Gerry Mulligan
2009
Musica Jazz
CD, Comp
Pepper Pot
Art Pepper
2009
Musica Jazz
CD, Comp
October Session 1952
Chet Baker, Art Pepper
2009
Absord Music Japan, Interplay Records, art union
CD, Album, Mono
Lonely Are The Brave (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jerry Goldsmith
2009
Music For Hi-Fi Bugs / Brass in Hi-Fi
Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra*
2009
Exploring New Sounds
Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra* Featuring West Coast Jazz All-Stars
2007
Fresh Sound Records
2xCD, Comp, RE, RM
Jazz In The Charts 99/100 (You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me 1953-1954)
Various
2006
Documents, Documents
CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Dig
Adventures In Sound
Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra*
2006
Fresh Sound Records
2xCD, Comp, RE, RM
Group Activity
Bob Cooper
2006
Fresh Sound Records
CD, Comp
The Horns
Milt Bernhart His Octet* And His Brass Ensemble*
2006
Fresh Sound Records
CD, Comp
Over The Rainbow
Art Pepper
2006
Original Jazz Standards
CD, Comp
The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Set 29/42
Various
2005
Membran Music Ltd.
4xCD, Comp
Creative West Coast Swing
Shorty Rogers
2005
Quadromania
4xCD, Comp, RM
Cuban Episodes
Stan Kenton
2005
Musica Jazz
CD, Comp
Jeru
Gerry Mulligan
2005
Proper Records (2)
4xCD, Comp + Box, Comp
Swing House
Stan Kenton
2005
Quadromania
4xCD, Comp, RM + Box
Band Ain't Draggin'
Maynard Ferguson, His Orchestra* And Octet*
2005
Fresh Sound Records
CD, Comp
Jazzcity Presents Modern Sounds From California (Historic Recordings 1954 - 1957)
Various
2005
Fresh Sound Records
2xCD, Comp, RM
Modern Sounds From The West
Conte Candoli
2005
Lone Hill Jazz
CD, Album, RE
1952-1954
Benny Carter And His Orchestra
2005
Classics (11)
CD, Comp
Jazzmantics
John Graas Nonet*
2004
Lone Hill Jazz
CD, Comp
Walking Shoes / Swing House
Gerry Mulligan
2004
Documents
2xCD, Comp, RM
The Original Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Complete Recordings
The Original Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan Quartet*
2004
Definitive Records (2), Disconforme SL
4xCD, Comp
I Get Ideas - A Proper Introduction To Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee
2004
Proper Records (2)
CD, Comp
The Sweetheart Of Sigmund Freud
Shorty Rogers
2004
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation
Henry Mancini
2003
Intrada
CD, Album, Ltd
The Wardell Gray Story
Wardell Gray
2003
Proper Records (2)
4xCD, Comp + Box
The Music From & More Music From Peter Gunn From The NBC Television Series
Henry Mancini
2003
Contours
Shorty Rogers
2002
Past Perfect Silver Line
CD, Comp
Swing House
Gerry Mulligan
2002
Past Perfect Silver Line
CD, Comp, Mono
Odyssey 1945-1952
Dizzy Gillespie
2002
The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950
Dizzy Gillespie
2001
Proper Records (2)
4xCD, Comp + Box
Complete 1947-1951 Small Group Recordings
Art Pepper
2001
Definitive Records (2)
CD, Comp
1950
Stan Kenton And His Orchestra
2001
Classics (11)
CD, Comp
Buster's Last Stand
Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra
2001
Hep Records (3)
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
Easy Go
Stan Kenton
2001
Odyssey 1951-1968
Kenton*
2000
Astral Jazz
2xCD, Comp, RM
Carnegie Hall ~ Oct. '51
Stan Kenton And The Innovations Orchestra
2000
HEP Records (3)
CD, Album, Mono, RM
Kenton Presents Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino
Bob Cooper, Bill Holman, Frank Rosolino
1999
Mosaic Records (2)
4xCD, Comp
The Real Birth Of The Cool - Studio Recordings
Gil Evans Featuring Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra With Lee Konitz
1999
The Jazz Factory
CD, Comp
Martians Come Back / Way Up There
Shorty Rogers And His Giants
1999
Collectables
CD, Comp
The Music From Peter Gunn
Henry Mancini
1999
The Complete Nocturne Recordings - Volume One
Various
1998
Fresh Sound Records
3xCD, Comp, RM + Box
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
1998
Live From Sweets Ballroom 1950
Stan Kenton's Innovations Orchestra* With June Christy
1997
Jazz Band Records
2xCD, Album
Shorty Rogers Courts The Count
Shorty Rogers
1997
BMG, RCA Jazz Classics, Bertelsmann Music Group
CD, Album, RE
Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions
Various
1997
The Innovations Orchestra
Stan Kenton
1997
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Frank Sinatra
1996
Gene Norman Presents The Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet And Quartet
Gerry Mulligan Tentet* And Quartet* Featuring Chet Baker
1996
Blue Notables Vol. 10 : Blue Divas - Legendary Femme Fatales And Broadway Swingers
Various
1996
The Complete 1947-1953 Small Group Session Volume 3 (1953)
Jimmy Giuffre
1995
Blue Moon (4)
CD, Comp
The Complete 1947-1953 Small Group Sessions Volume 2 (1953)
Jimmy Giuffre
1995
Blue Moon (4)
CD, Comp, Mono
City Of Glass
Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger
1995
Verve Jazz Masters 22
Billy Eckstine
1994
Kenton '51 (Concert At Cornell University)
Kenton*
1993
Jukebox Saturday Night
Tex Beneke And The 1946 Glenn Miller Orchestra*
1992
Vintage Jazz Classics
CD, Album, Comp, Mono, RM
The Misty Miss Christy
June Christy
1992
Birth Of The Cool Vol. 2
Shorty Rogers And His Giants, The Gerry Mulligan Tentette*, Miles Davis And The Metronome All-Stars*
1992
Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection
Various
1992
Rogeresque
John Graas
Land Of Broken Toys
John Graas
Swing Nicely
John Graas
Van Nuys Indeed
John Graas
Midnight Sun
John Graas
Chaconne Pt. 3 - (take 2)
John Graas
Chaconne Pt. 1 - (take 4)
John Graas
Jazz Overture
John Graas
Let's Fall In Love
John Graas
Walkin' Shoes
John Graas
You And The Night And The Music
John Graas
Inch Worm
John Graas
Blues Street
John Graas
Cool Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
John Graas
Mulliganesque
John Graas
Development
John Graas
Mozartesque
John Graas
Cordova
John Graas
Friar Tuck
John Graas
Jazz Chorale
John Graas
