Bobby Plater


Robert C. Plater was an American jazz alto saxophonist.
Plater began playing alto sax at age 12, and played locally in Newark with Donald Lambert and the Savoy Dictators in the 1930s. He played with Tiny Bradshaw from 1940 to 1942 before spending 1942-45 serving in the U.S. military during World War II. After his discharge he worked briefly with Cootie Williams, then played intermittently with Lionel Hampton between 1946 and 1964. He also undertook arrangement work with Hampton, and did some freelance work besides. In 1964 he took Frank Wess's place in the Count Basie Orchestra, where he played until his death in 1982. His only recordings as a leader were four songs for Bullet Records in 1950.
Plater was the co-composer of "Jersey Bounce", a popular dance number in the 1940s, recorded by various musicians including Glenn Miller and Ella Fitzgerald.

Discography

As sideman

With Count BasiePop Goes the Basie Basie Picks the Winners Basie Meets Bond Broadway Basie's...Way Hollywood...Basie's Way Sinatra at the Sands with Frank Sinatra Basie's Beatle Bag Arthur Prysock/Count Basie Basie's Beat Basie's in the Bag Manufacturers of Soul with Jackie Wilson The Happiest Millionaire The Board of Directors with The Mills Brothers The Board of Directors Annual Report with The Mills Brothers Basie Straight Ahead Half a Sixpence How About This with Kay Starr Standing Ovation Basie on the Beatles Basic Basie Afrique with Oliver Nelson Bing 'n Basie with Bing Crosby Basie Big Band I Told You So Montreux '77 Prime Time Milt Jackson & Count Basie Our Shining Hour with Sammy Davis On the Road Kansas City Shout A Perfect Match with Ella Fitzgerald Digital III at Montreux with Ella Fitzgerald Warm Breeze Send in the Clowns with Sarah Vaughan A Classy Pair with Ella Fitzgerald Farmers Market Barbecue Count Basie in Sweden 1968 Have a Nice Day Live at the Sands (Before Frank)
With Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton Big Band Lionel Hampton Apollo Hall Concert 1954 Wailin' at the Trianon Jazz Flamenco Golden Vibes Hamp's Big Band The Many Sides of Hamp The Exciting Hamp in Europe Live! Lionel Hampton
  • ''Hamp's Big Band Live!''