American jazz musician (1926–2002) · jazz bassist
| Description | American jazz musician (1926–2002) Source: Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926-10-13 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Birthplace | Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Died | 2002-07-02 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Place of death | Indianapolis Indianapolis Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Area | United States Source: MusicBrainz |
| Country | US Source: MusicBrainz |
| Citizenship | United States Source: Wikidata |
| Occupation | bassist jazz musician record producer composer bandleader double-bassist Source: Wikidata |
| Instruments | trumpet cello bass instrument double bass Source: Wikidata |
| Genres | jazz classical music bebop hard bop Source: Wikidata |
| Record labels | Verve Records Concord Records Source: Wikidata |
| Member of | The Oscar Peterson Trio The Ray Brown Trio LA4 The Ray Brown Big Band Bud Powell Trio The Oscar Peterson Quartet Flip Phillips and His Orchestra Flip Phillips Sextet The Flip Phillips Quintet Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen The Poll Winners The Gene Harris / Scott Hamilton Quintet The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Edison Tempo Jazz Men Charlie Parker Big Band The Buddy Rich Trio Dizzy Gillespie Jam The Count Basie Trio Joyce Collins Trio Dizzy Gillespie’s Rebop Six Coleman Hawkins Quartet The Modern Jazz Quartet Junior Mance Trio The Charlie Parker Quartet The Charlie Parker Quintet Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Ray Brown Trio Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra The Bud Powell Trio The Monty Alexander Trio Dizzy Gillespie Septet Dizzy Gillespie Big Band The Jimmy Giuffre Trio Sonny Stitt Quartet Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Henry Mancini And His Orchestra Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra Sy Oliver And His Orchestra Stan Getz Quartet Ben Webster And His Orchestra Lester Young Quartet George Shearing Trio Dizzy Gillespie - Stan Getz Sextet Lionel Hampton And His Quartet Ray Brown's Orchestra Lester Young Quintet Duke Ellington Quartet Lalo Schifrin & Orchestra Lionel Hampton Quintet The Milt Jackson Quartet Ray Brown All-Star Big Band Milt Jackson Quintet Charlie Parker With Strings Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra The Gene Harris Quartet The Gene Harris All Star Big Band The Gene Harris Trio Plus One Teddy Stewart Orchestra James Moody Sextet Quadrant (6) Sonny Rollins Trio Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra Kansas City 3 The Ellington All Stars Dizzy Gillespie's Rebop Six The Roy Eldridge Quintet The Johnny Griffin Quartet Phineas Newborn Trio The Philip Morris Superband Benny Carter Quintet Jon Faddis Quintet The Stan Getz Sextet The Gene Krupa Sextet The J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding Trombone Octet Dodo Marmarosa Trio Charles Owens New York Art Ensemble Billie Holiday And Her Band Billie Holiday And Her Lads Of Joy The Ben Webster Quintet The Gene Harris/Scott Hamilton Quintet The Quincy Jones Big Band The Three (2) Ray Brown's All Stars The Claude Williamson Trio The Clark Terry Five Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 The Oscar Peterson Big 4 The Jack Sheldon Quartet Concord Jazz All Stars Harry Edison Sextet Flip Phillips Quartet The Flip Phillips-Howard McGhee Boptet Barry Ulanov's All Star Modern Jazz Musicians Oscar Peterson & Friends Milcho Leviev Trio Herb Ellis-Ray Brown Sextet Buddy Rich All Stars JATP All Stars Buddy Rich Ensemble Ben Webster Septet Tommy Turk And His Orchestra Ray Brown Quintet The Doug MacDonald Quartet Milt Jackson Ray Brown Quartet The James Williams Magical Trio Great Jazz Quartet Larry Fuller Trio The Nick Esposito Sextet The Holly Hofmann Quartet Jazz Giants 1958 The Jazz Trio (3) Dizzy Gillespie-Charlie Parker Jazzmen Bobby Enriquez Trio Jason Bodlovich Quintet The JAPT Quintet The Ben Webster Quintet Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Awards | Paul Acket Award NEA Jazz Masters Source: Wikidata |
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