William Fredrick Bean (December 26, 1933 – February 6, 2012) was an American jazz guitarist from Philadelphia.
[1] His father taught him some of the basics on guitar before he received lessons from Howard Herbert.
[6] In Los Angeles, he worked with Buddy Collette, Paul Horn, John Pisano, Bud Shank,[1][2] Milt Bernhart, Les Elgart, Herb Geller, Lorraine Geller, Calvin Jackson, and Zoot Sims.
[7] In October, 1959, Bean returned to New York City after accepting Tony Bennett's offer to join his band.
Gaylor said the trio had great difficulty in finding work and disbanded shortly after recording.