Last Night in Manhattan by Gene Walker

COLUMBUS JAZZ is COMMUNITY MUSIC; with Gene Walker's

Generations Band, Listen For the Jazz Records

PROVISIONS; with Sean Carney, Main Street Records

THE HAPPY ORGAN; with Dave Baby Cortez

THE BROOM SWITCH; with Lloyd Price

PRO-MARK DEMONSTRATION CD with Elvin Jones & Hank Marr

TOMMY'S GIRL with Teeny Tucker

GENE WALKER PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON The Phil DeGreg Trio

LAST NIGHT IN MANHATTAN; X-tra Large Records, 2002

LEAVING THIS OLD TOWN WITH Bill Caffie 2002

KING SAXE PLAYS THE BLUES Xtra Large Records, 2004

LIVE AT 501 CLUB Tom Carroll, Hank Marr, Jim Rupp, Jeanette Williams Brewer,and Mary McLendon

BLUSIN' AND CRUISIN'; With Hank Marr Jamey Aebersold, Wilbert Longmire and Jim Rupp.

THE FIERY BLUES;with Tony Monaco Trio & Willie Pooch,

Summit Records. 2005

FRIENDS;Gene Walker with many artists, Xtra Large Records 2005.

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Publishings:

"Me and Gene" with Vince Andrews; Gerard Records

Listen for the Jazz. K~notes in Columbus History

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Solo performances have included many notable musicians and entertainers such as:

Brook Benton, Wilson Picket, Aretha Franklin, Etta Jones, Benny Green, Wild Bill Davis, Bobby Shew, Jimmy Scott, Charles Earland, Lloyd Price, Jimmy Reed, The Isley Brothers, Neil Diamond, Melba Moore, Billy Daniels, Charli Persip, Elvin Jones and Irene Reid.

Jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader, studio recording and educator Gene Walker lives in Columbus, Ohio where he currently performs with his own groups, Gene Walker's Generations and The Cotton Club Orchestra. He began performing and touring in 1958 with such groups as Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, and The Chris Columbo Quintet. In 1965 he toured with the Beatles, playing in Shea Stadium along with King Curtis.

From 1989-2001 Gene was a member of the faculty of The Ohio State University where he taught jazz saxophone and small group ensembles. He has also held three Ohio Arts Council residencies. Gene has taught saxophone yearly in Jamey Aebersolds' Summer Jazz Clinics since 1998.

In 1990 and 1991 Gene toured Italy, England, the Netherlands with the Jimmy McGriff Quartet, playing at the prestigious London Club, Ronnie Scott's, and in 1997 Gene performed with the Hank Marr Quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland.

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