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 WoodsPairing 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 AlbamPlay Music from West Side Story Steve's Songs Jazz Horizons: Jazz New York The Blues Is Everybody's Business Jazz Goes to the Movies
With Bob BrookmeyerBrookmeyer Portrait of the Artist Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments
With Al CohnEast Coast – West Coast Scene Mr. Music The Sax Section Son of Drum Suite
With Michel LegrandLegrand Jazz Michel Legrand Meets Miles Davis
With Gerry MulliganThe 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 NewmanI'm Still Swinging I Feel Like a Newman New Sounds in Swing with Billy Byers East Coast Sounds
With Johnny RichardsWide Range Experiments in Sound Walk Softly/Run Wild
With others