Albert Dailey


Albert Preston Dailey was an American jazz pianist.

Early life

Dailey was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Albert Preston Dailey Sr, and Gertrude Johnson Dailey. He began studying piano as a child, and his first professional appearances were with the house band of the Baltimore Royal Theater in the early 1950s. Later in the decade, he studied at Morgan State University and the Peabody Conservatory.

Later life and career

He backed Damita Jo DuBlanc on tour from 1960 to 1963, and following this briefly put together his own trio in Washington, D.C., playing at the Bohemian Caverns. In 1964, he moved to New York City, where he played with Dexter Gordon, Roy Haynes, Sarah Vaughan, Charles Mingus, and Freddie Hubbard. In 1967, he played with Woody Herman at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and played intermittently with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1968 to 1969.
In the 1970s, Dailey played with Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Elvin Jones, and Archie Shepp. In the 1980s, he undertook concerts at Carnegie Hall and was a member of the Upper Manhattan Jazz Society with Charlie Rouse, Benny Bailey, and Buster Williams.
Dailey died in Denver on June 26, 1984, aged 45. Dailey is survived by his 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.

Discography

As sideman

With Ray Alexander
With Gary BartzLibra
With Art BlakeyBackgammon
With Junior Cook
With Larry Coryell
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
With Walt DickersonTo My Queen Revisited
With Art FarmerThe Time and the Place: The Lost Concert
With Ricky Ford
With Frank FosterFearless Frank Foster
With Stan GetzThe Best of Two Worlds The Master Poetry
With Bunky Green
With Slide HamptonWorld of Trombones
With Tom HarrellPlay of Light
With Freddie HubbardBacklash
;With Budd Johnson
With Elvin Jones Summit Meeting with James Moody, Clark Terry, Bunky Green and Roland PrinceThe Main Force
With Lee KonitzFigure & Spirit
With Oliver NelsonEncyclopedia of Jazz The Sound of Feeling
With Dizzy ReeceManhattan Project
With Charlie Rouse
With Archie SheppBallads for Trane
With Malachi Thompson
With Harold VickThe Caribbean Suite