Irving Ashby

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Ashby"Irving C. Ashby (December 29, 1920 – April 22, 1987)[1] was an American jazz guitarist.Ashby was born in Somerville, Massachusetts.[1] After playing rhythm guitar in Lionel Hampton's orchestra, he played in the Nat King Cole Trio from 1947 to 1951.[1] He then briefly replaced Charlie Wilson, a drummer, in the Oscar Peterson Trio, producing a lineup (piano, guitar, bass) similar to the Cole Trio's; the substitution of a guitarist for a drummer continued until 1958.