{{Short description|American jazz guitarist (1922–1960)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Arv Garrison | image = Vivien Garry and two.jpg | caption = Teddy Kaye, Vivien Garry, and Arv Garrison c. 1947<br />William P. Gottlieb, Library of Congress | birth_name = Arvin Charles Garrison | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|8|17}} | birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1960|7|30 |1922|8|17|mf=yes}} | death_place = Toledo | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar }}
'''Arvin Charles Garrison''' (August 17, 1922 – July 30, 1960) was an American jazz guitarist. He was born in Toledo, 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, 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 Trio. They recorded one album.<ref name="Yanow" />
In 1946, Garrison recorded sessions with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in Los Angeles, sharing the studio with Miles Davis, Dodo Marmarosa, and Lucky Thompson. As part of the Earle Spencer orchestra, he played in a guitar section that included Irving Ashby and 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 and 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, 2000) various artists CD anthology; includes Garrison's "Five Guitars in Flight" recorded 1946 for Black & White Records with Earle Spencer's Orchestra) * 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, 2014) various artists 9-CD box set; includes Garrison's February 1946 Dial Records session with Dizzy Gillespie's Tempo Jazzmen, his March 1946 session with Charlie Parker's septet, and his October 1946 session with the Howard McGhee/Dodo Marmarosa Sextet * ''The Unknown Arv Garrison: Wizard of the Six String'' (Fresh Sound, 2021) various artists 3-CD box set
==References== {{reflist}}
;Further reading *Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford, 1999, pp. 247–48.
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrison, Arv}} Category:1922 births Category:1960 deaths Category:American jazz guitarists Category:Guitarists from Ohio Category:20th-century American guitarists Category:Jazz musicians from Ohio Category:Earle Spencer Orchestra members