Pianist and arranger
Linton Garner, the brother of the great pianist
Errol Garner, toured and recorded with
Fletcher Henderson in the early '40s. Following army service, he wrote arrangements, played in and recorded with
Billy Eckstine's orchestra in 1946 and 1947,
Earl Coleman and
Fats Navarro in 1948,
Babs Gonzales in 1949 and
Una Mae Carlisle in 1950. He led his own trio at the end of the '50s, and during the mid-'70s was resident pianist at a Vancouver, Canada hotel. ~ Ron Wynn