Gene Quill


Daniel Eugene Quill was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill. Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry Mulligan, and Claude Thornhill. He played on the last recording of Billie Holiday in 1959. In 1988, Quill died at the age of 60 in his hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Discography

As leader

  • Gene Quill 'The Tiger': Portrait of a Great Alto Player
  • 3 Bones and a Quill
  • Jazzville Vol. 1
With Phil Woods
  • Pairing Off
  • Phil and Quill
  • Phil and Quill with Prestige
  • Phil Talks with Quill
  • Bird Feathers
  • Four Altos with Sahib Shihab and Hal Stein

    As sideman

With Manny Albam
With Bob Brookmeyer
With Al Cohn
With Michel Legrand
  • Legrand Jazz
  • Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis
With Gerry Mulligan
  • The Concert Jazz Band
  • Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard
  • Gerry Mulligan Presents a Concert in Jazz
  • Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour
  • Gerry Mulligan '63
With Joe Newman
With Johnny Richards
  • Wide Range
  • Experiments in Sound
  • Walk Softly/Run Wild
With others