Leroy Vinnegar
He recorded extensively as both a leader and sideman. He came to public attention in the 1950s as a result of recording with Lee Konitz, André Previn, Stan Getz, Shorty Rogers, Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, Joe Castro and Serge Chaloff. He played bass on Previn and Manne's "My Fair Lady" album, one of the most successful jazz records ever produced. He also performed on another of jazz's biggest hit albums, Eddie Harris and Les McCann's "Swiss Movement", released in 1969. Vinnegar also performed at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California, and Diggers in East Los Angeles in the late 1950s, with drummer and pianist Don Joham along with other musicians. He moved to Portland, Oregon in 1986. In 1995, the Oregon State Legislature honored him by proclaiming May 1 Leroy Vinnegar Day. Vinnegar died of a heart attack, at the age of 71, on August 3, 1999, in a hospital in Portland. With Pepper Adams
With Stan Getz and Lionel Hampton
With Chet Baker
With Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan

With Conte Candoli

With Benny Carter


With Joe Castro

With Serge Chaloff
With Dolo Coker


With Buddy Collette
With Sonny Criss
With The Doors
With Barbara Dane & Earl Hines
With Kenny Dorham
With Kenny Drew

With Harry Edison
With Teddy Edwards




With Victor Feldman
With Red Garland
With Stan Getz


With Dexter Gordon

With Eddie Harris and Les McCann
With Hampton Hawes

With Elmo Hope
With The Jazz Crusaders

With Fred Katz
With Barney Kessel
With Eric Kloss
With Harold Land
With Gordon Lee
With Shelly Manne


With Les McCann




With Howard McGhee

With Frank Morgan
With Van Morrison
With Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.

With Art Pepper
With Carl Perkins
With Randy Porter
With Sonny Rollins
With Shorty Rogers

With Jimmy Smith
With Sonny Stitt

With Cedar Walton
With Tut Taylor
With Jessica Williams

With Don Wilkerson
With Gerald Wilson
With Jack Wilson
Music career
Leroy Vinnegar (July 13, 1928 – August 3, 1999) was an American jazz bassist.