Sandy Block

American jazz bassist, born 16 January 1917 in Cleveland, died October 1985.

Worked in the big bands of [a=Alvino Rey] 1940-1941, [a=Tommy Dorsey] 1943-1947, 1950, and [a=Jerry Wald] 1944.

Recorded with [a=Charlie Shavers] 1945, [a=Sy Oliver] 1951, 1958, [a=Louis Armstrong] 1951, 1953, 1957, [a=Ella Fitzgerald] 1951-1953, 1955, [a=Jimmy McPartland] 1955-1957, and [a=Joe Williams] 1965.