Al McKibbon

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Al McKibbon with Lucky Thompson and Hilda A. Taylor ( New York , 1948)
: Al McKibbon 1977 with the Giants of Jazz

Alfred "Al" McKibbon (born January 1, 1919 in Chicago , Illinois ; † July 29, 2005 ) was an American jazz bassist .

Live and act

McKibbon grew up in Detroit and played in local bands until touring with Lucky Millinder in 1943 and 1944 . He then joined the combo of Tab Smith , worked with drummer JC Heard in 1946 and then with Coleman Hawkins . Before the concert at Carnegie Hall , he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band in 1947 . He then worked with Miles Davis , for example on the recordings for Birth of the Cool . In 1950 he worked for Count Basie and Earl Hines . Between 1951 and 1958 he was employed by George Shearing , then by Cal Tjader . He was also involved in recordings with Thelonious Monk in 1951 and with Herbie Nichols in 1955 . In the 1960s he worked in Los Angeles as a busy studio musician and concert accompanist for singers like Sammy Davis . He toured with Monk and the Giants of Jazz between 1970 and 1971. Some time later McKibbon acquired a bass created by Jacob Steiner in 1650, the "German Stradivari". One by one his tone became richer and stronger. Over time he switched to classical performance and in 1992 traveled to the Mojave Desert to play with a symphony orchestra that recorded Beethoven's Ninth in the middle of the sandy wasteland.

McKibbon was considered an excellent bass player by musicians and was active until 2004. It was not until 1999, at the age of 80, that he was able to present his first record under his own name, Tumbao Para Los Congueros Di Mi Vida (Blue Lady Records), which was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Latin Jazz Performance". McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid (Nine Yards Music), was released in 2004. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 246 recording sessions between 1944 and 2004, according to Tom Lord . He also wrote the epilogue to Raul Fernandez's monograph on Latin Jazz .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 2, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME McKibbon, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McKibbon, Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 2005