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Wilbert Longmire
12+ albums
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Wilbert Longmire Thomas (1941 - 3 January 2018) was an American rhythm & blues and jazz guitarist. Longmire was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and learned the violin as a child before gravitating to the guitar. The first band he played in was a doo-wop group called The Students. When he was 23, he joined Hammond hero, Hank Marr’s combo in the early ’60s and later joined the band of another organist, Philly-based Trudy Pitts, playing on two of the latter’s LPs for Prestige. Wilbert Longmire played in the early 1960s in the music scene of Cincinnati. His first recordings were made in 1963 with the Hank Marr Quartet ("The Greasy Spoon", Federal). He worked as a session musician for King Records with Red Prysock and Jack McDuff a.o.. In 1967 he recorded in New York with Trudy Pitts / Bill Carney . Around 1968 he recorded in Los Angeles his debut album Revolution. The studio band directed by Joe Sample included Gary Barone, George Bohanon, Anthony Ortega, Wilton Fields, Leon Spencer, Larry Gales and Paul Humphrey. In the following years he worked in Gerald Wilson's Big Band and with Rusty Bryant. Born in Mobile, Alabama, Mr. Longmire first came to the attention of many R&B and jazz fans in the late 1970s when he recorded for Bob James’ short-lived Tappan Zee label. Enthusiastically recommended to James by another guitarist, George Benson, Longmire recorded three LPs for Tappan Zee between 1978 and 1980. ‘’Sunny Side Up’’ was his debut, followed by ‘’Champagne,’’ and ‘’With All My
