# Arv Garrison

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{{Short description|American jazz guitarist (1922–1960)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name        = Arv Garrison
| image       = Vivien Garry and two.jpg
| caption     = Teddy Kaye, [Vivien Garry](/source/Vivien_Garry), and Arv Garrison c. 1947<br />[William P. Gottlieb](/source/William_P._Gottlieb), Library of Congress
| birth_name  = Arvin Charles Garrison
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1922|8|17}}
| birth_place = [Toledo](/source/Toledo%2C_Ohio), Ohio, U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1960|7|30 |1922|8|17|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Toledo
| genre       = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| occupation  = Musician
| instrument  = Guitar
}}

'''Arvin Charles Garrison''' (August 17, 1922 – July 30, 1960) was an American [jazz](/source/jazz) guitarist. He was born in [Toledo](/source/Toledo%2C_Ohio), Ohio, and spent most of his life there.<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|title=The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1561592846|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|page=18|chapter=Garrison, Arv(in Charles)}}</ref><ref name="Yanow">{{cite book|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=The Great Jazz Guitarists |date = 2013 | publisher = Backbeat | location =San Francisco|isbn=978-1-61713-023-6|page=81}}</ref><ref name="Chadbourne">{{cite web|last1=Chadbourne|first1=Eugene|title=Arv Garrison|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arv-garrison-mn0001611244/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=8 February 2017}}</ref>

Garrison taught himself ukulele at age nine and played guitar for dances and local functions beginning at the age of twelve. He led his own band at a hotel in [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), New York, in 1941.<ref name="Chadbourne" /> He married a double bassist and performed with her in a group under her name, the [Vivien Garry](/source/Vivien_Garry) Trio. They recorded one album.<ref name="Yanow" />

In 1946, Garrison recorded sessions with [Charlie Parker](/source/Charlie_Parker) and [Dizzy Gillespie](/source/Dizzy_Gillespie) in Los Angeles, sharing the studio with [Miles Davis](/source/Miles_Davis), [Dodo Marmarosa](/source/Dodo_Marmarosa), and [Lucky Thompson](/source/Lucky_Thompson). As part of the [Earle Spencer](/source/Earle_Spencer) orchestra, he played in a guitar section that included [Irving Ashby](/source/Irving_Ashby) and [Barney Kessel](/source/Barney_Kessel).<ref name="Yanow" />

In the 1950s he returned to Toledo and played locally. In 1960, while he was swimming, he died when he had an epileptic seizure in the water.<ref name="Yanow" />

==Discography==
* Vivien Garry Quartet, ''Central Avenue Breakdown Vol. 1'' (Onyx, 1974) split album with [Teddy Edwards](/source/Teddy_Edwards) and [Dodo Marmarosa](/source/Dodo_Marmarosa); includes "Hopscotch", "I Surrender Dear", "Where You At", "I've Got To, That's All", "Tonsillectomy", and "These Foolish Things" recorded 1945 for Sarco Records in Hollywood, California<ref name="Yanow" />
* ''Swing to Bop Guitar: Guitars in Flight 1939–1947'' ([Hep](/source/Hep_Records), 2000)  various artists CD anthology; includes Garrison's "Five Guitars in Flight" recorded 1946 for [Black & White Records](/source/Black_%26_White_Records) with [Earle Spencer](/source/Earle_Spencer)'s Orchestra)
* [Charlie Parker](/source/Charlie_Parker), ''The Complete Charlie Parker Vol. 2: Now's The Time 1945–1946'' (Frémeaux & Associés, 2011)<ref name="Yanow" />
* ''The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions'' ([Mosaic](/source/Mosaic_Records), 2014) various artists 9-CD box set; includes Garrison's February 1946 [Dial Records](/source/Dial_Records_(1946)) session with [Dizzy Gillespie](/source/Dizzy_Gillespie)'s Tempo Jazzmen, his March 1946 session with [Charlie Parker](/source/Charlie_Parker)'s septet, and his October 1946 session with the [Howard McGhee](/source/Howard_McGhee)/Dodo Marmarosa Sextet
* ''The Unknown Arv Garrison: Wizard of the Six String'' ([Fresh Sound](/source/Fresh_Sound_Records), 2021) various artists 3-CD box set

==References==
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;Further reading
*[Leonard Feather](/source/Leonard_Feather) and Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford, 1999, pp.&nbsp;247–48.

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Category:Jazz musicians from Ohio
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