# Jimmy Wyble > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Wyble > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Wyble.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wyble > Source revision: 1353496650 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American jazz and Western swing guitarist (1922–2010)}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jimmy Wyble | image = | birth_name = James Otis Wyble | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|1|25}} | birth_place = [Port Arthur](/source/Port_Arthur%2C_Texas), Texas | death_date = {{Death date|2010|1|16}} (aged 87) | death_place = Los Angeles, California | genre = [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [Western swing](/source/Western_swing) | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar | years_active = 1940s–2010 | label = }} '''James Otis Wyble''' (January 25, 1922 – January 16, 2010) was an American guitarist noted for his contributions to [jazz](/source/jazz) and [Western swing](/source/Western_swing). ==Career== A native of [Port Arthur](/source/Port_Arthur%2C_Texas), Texas, Wyble worked in his early years for a radio station in Houston. He and guitarist Cameron Hill played [Western swing](/source/Western_swing) in a band led by [Burt "Foreman" Phillips](/source/Burt_Phillips). The sound of two guitars attracted [Bob Wills](/source/Bob_Wills), another fan of Western swing, and he hired both men for his band, the Texas Playboys.{{cite book|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=The great jazz guitarists : the ultimate guide | date = 2013 | publisher = Backbeat | location =San Francisco|isbn=978-1-61713-023-6|pages=207–208}}{{cite web | last1 = Chadbourne |first1 =Eugene|title=Jimmy Wyble|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-wyble-mn0000783828/biography| website = AllMusic |accessdate=4 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=Passings: Jimmy Wyble, Edith Diaz|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jan-25-la-me-passings25-2010jan25-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=4 April 2017|date=25 January 2010}} Wyble's music career was interrupted by World War II. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946, and he returned to music after he came home. Although he continued to play in Western swing bands, his interest in jazz surfaced on his debut album, ''The Jimmy Wyble Quintet'' (1953). Soon after, he worked with [Barney Kessel](/source/Barney_Kessel) and [Benny Goodman](/source/Benny_Goodman), and played with [Red Norvo](/source/Red_Norvo) for eight years, including on a tour of Australia accompanying [Frank Sinatra](/source/Frank_Sinatra). Wyble took a job as a studio musician in Los Angeles during the 1960s, working as a guitarist for movies and television. Wyble played guitar on movie soundtracks, including ''[The Wild Bunch](/source/The_Wild_Bunch)'', ''[Ocean's Eleven](/source/Ocean's_Eleven_(1960_film))'', ''[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex](/source/Everything_You_Always_Wanted_to_Know_About_Sex*_(*But_Were_Afraid_to_Ask)_(film))'' and ''[Kings Go Forth](/source/Kings_Go_Forth)'', and played on TV shows such as ''[The Flip Wilson Show](/source/The_Flip_Wilson_Show)'' and ''[Kraft Music Hall](/source/Kraft_Music_Hall)''. On the side, he took classical guitar lessons from [Laurindo Almeida](/source/Laurindo_Almeida), then taught guitar to other students, among them Larry Koonse, [Howard Roberts](/source/Howard_Roberts), [Howard Alden](/source/Howard_Alden) and [Steve Lukather](/source/Steve_Lukather). In the 1970s he developed a two-line [contrapuntal](/source/contrapuntal) approach to guitar and composed numerous etudes in this style. Many of these pieces were published in ''Classical/Country'' (Howard Roberts-Playback, 1973), ''The Art of Two-Line Improvisation'' (PMP, 1979), and ''Concepts for the Classical and Jazz Guitar'' ([Mel Bay](/source/Mel_Bay), 2000). During the 1980s, he left the music business to take care of his ailing wife. He returned to performing in 2005. Larry Koonse, his former student, issued the album ''What's in the Box'' (2007) with compositions by Wyble based on his book of etudes. Wyble was a teacher and performer until his death at age 87 in 2010. ==Discography== ===As leader=== * ''The Jimmy Wyble Quintet'' (1953) * ''Jimmy Wyble & Love Brothers'' (1977) * ''Classical/Jazz: Live On Tape'' (Jazz Chronicles, 1977) * ''Etudes'' (Jazz Chronicles, 1978) * ''Diane'' (Vantage, 2003) ===As sideman=== '''With [Red Norvo](/source/Red_Norvo)''' * ''Hi-FIve'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * ''Red Plays the Blues'' (RCA Victor, 1958) * ''Windjammer City Style'' (Dot, 1958) * ''Norvo... Naturally!'' (Rave 1962) * ''Midsummer Night's Songs'' (RCA 1974) '''With others''' * [Benny Goodman](/source/Benny_Goodman), ''The Sound of Music'' (EMI, 1959) * Benny Goodman, ''Benny Goodman Swings Again'' (Columbia, 1960) * [Bob Harrington](/source/Bob_Harrington), ''Vibraphone Fantasy in Jazz with Bob Harrington'' (Imperial, 1957) * Bob Harrington, ''Jazz a La Carte'' (Crown, 1963) * [Jackie Kelso](/source/Jackie_Kelso), ''Dirty Old Men'' (Jazz Chronicles, 1970) * [The Manhattan Transfer](/source/The_Manhattan_Transfer), ''[Extensions](/source/Extensions_(The_Manhattan_Transfer_album))'' (Atlantic, 1979) * [Oscar Moore](/source/Oscar_Moore), Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow, ''Swing Guitars'' (Verve/Norgran, 1993) * [Shorty Rogers](/source/Shorty_Rogers), ''Shorty Rogers and His Giants Vol 2 the Rarest'' (RCA 1983) * [Sons of the Pioneers](/source/Sons_of_the_Pioneers), ''Western Country'' (Granite, 1976) * [Dinah Shore](/source/Dinah_Shore), ''Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red'' (Capitol, 1985) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://themusicsover.com/2010/01/16/jimmy-wyble/ Jimmy Wyble at The Music's Over] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyble, Jimmy}} Category:1922 births Category:2010 deaths Category:American country guitarists Category:American male guitarists Category:American jazz guitarists Category:American session musicians Category:United States Army personnel of World War II Category:Guitarists from Texas Category:20th-century American guitarists Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:Jazz musicians from Houston Category:Jazz musicians from Texas Category:20th-century American male musicians Category:American male jazz musicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Wyble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wyble) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wyble?action=history)). 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