Biography
Danny "Big Black" Rey (1934) is an American actor, musician, and percussionist specializing in Latin and Ethnic Jazz music.
After playing at clubs and hotels in Miami and in calypso bands in the Bahamas during the 1950s, he moved to New York in the early 1960s, working mostly with Randy Weston, as well as performing with Junior Cook.In 1965 he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Bryant and performed and recorded with Freddie Hubbard. The following year he was back with Weston’s band at the Monterey Jazz Festival.In 1975, he recorded with Charles Tolliver and Pharoah Sanders.In 1989 he moved from New York to California.
Filmography
all 7
Movies 7
self 1
Arthur
The Minus Man (1999)
Movie
Self
When We Were Kings (1996)
Movie
2
Darryl's Father
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Movie
5.8
Actor
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba (1989)
Movie
Armstrong
Together Brothers (1974)
Movie
Bart's Father (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Movie
6.75
Hobo (uncredited)
Emperor of the North (1973)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.59
Based on 370 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1973
1974
1992
1999
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1934-01-01 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceSavannah, Georgia, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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