Gene Quill

Daniel Eugene Quill (December 15, 1927 – December 8, 1988) was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill.^[1] Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry Mulligan, and Claude Thornhill.^[1] In 1988, Quill died at the age of 60 in his hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[1]

Gene Quill
Quill in 1963
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Eugene Quill
Born	(1927-12-15)December 15, 1927 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	December 8, 1988(1988-12-08) (aged 60) Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Saxophonist
Labels	Roost, Dawn, Prestige, RCA

Discography

As leader

• Gene Quill 'The Tiger': Portrait of a Great Alto Player (Fresh Sound, 1955)
• 3 Bones and a Quill (Vogue, 1959)
• Jazzville Vol. 1 (Dawn, 1956)

With Phil Woods

• Pairing Off (Prestige, 1956)
• Phil and Quill (RCA Victor, 1957)
• Phil and Quill with Prestige (Prestige, 1957)
• Phil Talks with Quill (Epic, 1959)
• Bird Feathers (Prestige, 1957)
• Four Altos with Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein (Prestige, 1958)

As sideman

With Manny Albam

• Play Music from West Side Story (Coral, 1957)
• Steve's Songs (Dot, 1958)
• Jazz Horizons: Jazz New York (Coral, 1958)
• The Blues Is Everybody's Business (Coral, 1958)
• Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962)

With Bob Brookmeyer

• Brookmeyer (Vik, 1957)
• Portrait of the Artist (Atlantic, 1960)
• Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve, 1961)

With Al Cohn

• East Coast – West Coast Scene (RCA Victor, 1955)
• Mr. Music (RCA Victor, 1955)
• The Sax Section (Epic, 1956)
• Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1961)

With Michel Legrand

• Legrand Jazz (Philips, 1958)
• Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis (Philips, 1970)

With Gerry Mulligan

• The Concert Jazz Band (Verve, 1960)
• Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (Verve, 1961)
• Gerry Mulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz (Verve, 1961)
• Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (Verve, 1962)
• Gerry Mulligan '63 (Verve, 1963)

With Joe Newman

• I'm Still Swinging (RCA Victor, 1955)
• I Feel Like a Newman (Storyville, 1956)
• New Sounds in Swing with Billy Byers (Jazztone, 1956)
• East Coast Sounds (Jazztone, 1957)

With Johnny Richards

• Wide Range (Capitol, 1957)
• Experiments in Sound (Capitol, 1958)
• Walk Softly/Run Wild (Coral, 1959)

With others

• Steve Allen, Steve Allen Plays Neal Hefti (Coral, 1958)
• Buddy Arnold, Wailing (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
• Gil Evans, Into the Hot (Impulse!, 1962)
• Dick Garcia, A Message from Garcia (Dawn, 1956)
• Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday (MGM, 1959)
• Quincy Jones, This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC Paramount, 1957)
• Teddi King, Now in Vogue (Vogue, 1955)
• Jimmy Knepper, A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper (Bethlehem, 1957)
• Mundell Lowe, A Grand Night for Swinging (Riverside, 1957)
• Oscar Pettiford, Winner's Circle (Bethlehem, 1957)
• Pony Poindexter, Pony's Express (Epic, 1962)
• Bill Potts, The Jazz Soul of Porgy & Bess (United Artists, 1959)
• Buddy Rich, Swingin' New Big Band (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
• Jimmy Rushing, Five Feet of Soul (Colpix, 1963)
• Hal Schaefer, UA Showcase: Great Songs from United Artists Pictures (London, 1958)
• Claude Thornhill, Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra Play the Great Jazz Arrangements of Gerry Mulligan and Ralph Aldrich (Trend, 1953)
• George Williams, Put on Your Dancing Shoes (United Artists, 1960)

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Gene Quill". AllMusic. Retrieved July 22, 2019.