83rd birthday of Cecil McBee

(Born 19 May 1935, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US)

EMINENTLY influential bassist, composer, academic

(McCoy Tyner Quartet, “Bluesin’ for John C” [composer: McCoy Tyner] [personnel: Tyner, piano; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone; Cecil McBee, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; recorded: Impulse! Records, New York, US, 9 July 1987])

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84th birthday of Jimmy Garrison

(Born 3 March 1934, Miami, US)

BASSIST of the classic John Coltrane Quartet (full personnel: Coltrane, tenor and soprano saxophones; McCoy Tyner, piano; Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums), 1962-1965, whose recognisable propulsive drive invigorates the group’s distinctive swinging oeuvre

(John Coltrane Quartet, “Impressions” [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone, McCoy Tyner, piano; Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; recorded: KQED Studios, San Francisco, US, 1 November 1963])

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PROFILE: Chi-chi Nwanoku, bassist, professor of double bass historical studies, Royal Academy of Music London, and founder of Chineke! Foundation

(Chi-chi Nwanoku)

 (… critically-acclaimed bassist)

(Professor Nwanoku is here interviewed by Sergio Mims, Arise News, 12 May 2015)

Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe

82nd birthday of Cecil McBee

(Born 19 May 1935, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US)

Eminently influential bassist, composer, academic

(McCoy Tyner Quartet, “Bluesin’ for John C” [composer: McCoy Tyner] [personnel: Tyner, piano; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone; Cecil McBee, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; recorded: Impulse! Records, New York, US, 9 July 1987])

Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe

PROFILE: Chi-chi Nwanoku, bassist, professor of double bass historical studies, Royal Academy of Music London, and founder of Chineke! Foundation

(Chi-chi Nwanoku)

 (… critically-acclaimed bassist)

(Professor Nwanoku is here interviewed by Sergio Mims, Arise News, 12 May 2015)

Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe