Biography Lloyd Lambert

Lloyd Lambert (June 4, 1928, Thibodaux, Louisiana - October 31, 1995, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American bandleader and bass player in the genres of R&B and Jazz.

He pioneered the use of the electric bass. His band consisted of himself on bass, Lawrence Cotton on piano, Joe Tillman, Gus Font Cute and Clarence Ford on saxophones, Oscar Moore on drums and John Gerald on the trumpet. They played at the Dew Drop Inn, a major music club in New Orleans.

One of Lambert’s most important relationships was with Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones, who used the Lloyd Lambert Orchestra for all his recordings on the Specialty label. Guitar Slim, was an American blues guitarist whose Hit, “The Things That I Used to Do” (1953 SP-482) made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s top 500, with a young Ray Charles as guest pianist for the session.

Lambert’s band became the session backup group for all Specialty recordings, accompanied by Guitar Slim, for other artists of the label, including Little Richard.

As a very talented studio musician, Lloyd got to work with some of the leading writers and artists of the day such as Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, , Richard Penniman, Moms Mableyand Nappy Brown.

Under his own name, Lloyd Lambert also produced a few of his own recordings. One of them was a single November 1955 with two instrumental tracks, “King Cotton” and “Heavy Sugar”.

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