Johnny Frigo

Johnny Frigo

Johnny Frigo

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Top Songs

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Jeannine
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Lush Life
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Here's That Rainy Day
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I Love Paris
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Heather on the Hills/How Are Things in Glocca Morra?

Albums

  • Scorpio b/w Spill The Wine

    Aug 2020 • 2 songs

  • Chesky Does Broadway

    Apr 2020 • 12 songs

  • Live At the Floating Jazz Fe

    Mar 2002 • 11 songs

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Johnny Frigo

Biography

Johnny Frigo has really had two careers. He started out playing violin in grammar school and after switching to tuba in order to play in his junior high school band, he took up the bass. Frigo started playing professionally as a bassist in 1934 and had some low-profile jobs until joining Jimmy Dorsey in the mid-'40s. In 1947, he formed a trio with guitarist Herb Ellis and pianist Lou Carter, called Soft Winds, that was popular for a few years; they co-wrote "Detour Ahead" and "I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out." After the group disbanded in the early '50s, Frigo became a studio...
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