Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook

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Chauncey (also Chauncy) Leon Westbrook (October 21, 1921 – November 2, 2006), better known as Chauncey "Lord" Westbrook, is an American jazz guitarist.

Westbrook worked with Rex Stewart, Buddy Johnson (1953–57), Aretha Franklin, Charlie Rouse, Little Willie John, Ernestine Allen, Little Jimmy Scott, and Sammy Davis, Jr. He was a member of The Orioles in the early 1950s.In 1956 he was signed on by Morty Craft's newly acquired Melba Records. He was one of the top session musicians, along with Bill Lee, Osie Johnson and Tyree Glenn, selected by John Hammond for Aretha Franklin’s first recording for Columbia on August 1, 1960, along with Ray Bryant, Skeeter Best and Milt Hinton.   Wikipedia