Belden Bullock

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Belden Bullock (born December 26, 1957 in Boston ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Bullock started out playing the electric bass before switching to the double bass when he was 15. He studied at Berklee College of Music from 1977-81 and played in the bands of George Adams , Roy Haynes , Andrew Hill and Ahmad Jamal in the 1980s ; from the 1990s he worked a. a. with James Weidman , with Oliver Lake , of whose quintet and String Project he was a member, also with Greg Osby , Donald Harrison , Kevin Eubanks , James Spaulding , Talib Kibwe , Jay Hoggardand in the Ralph Peterson Fo'tet. Until 2001 he was also a member of the Spirit of Life Ensemble . Since 1998 he has played with Abdullah Ibrahim (albums such as African Magic , 2002, with Sipho Kunene ; Sotho Blue , 2010), with whom he a. a. also made guest appearances at the Leverkusen Jazz Days .

Most recently, Bullock performed in New York jazz clubs such as Smalls with musicians such as Falkner Evans and Greg Murphy , at the local level and others. a. with Stephen Fuller, John David Simon, Nick Verdi and Macy Chen & The Pittman / Daniels Quartet. Bullock also appeared on the TV series A Crime to Remember .

Discographic notes

  • Ralph Peterson Fo'tet: The Reclamation Project (Evidence, 1995)
  • James Weidman , Belden Bullock, Marvin Smitty Smith : People Music ( TCB Records , 1996)
  • Oliver Lake Quintet: Dedicated to Dolphy ( Black Saint , 1996)
  • The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet: The Fo'tet Plays Monk (Evidence, 1997)
  • The Oliver Lake String Project: Movement, Turns & Switches (Passin 'Thru Records, 1997)
  • Ralph Peterson Jr and The Fo'tet: Back to Stay (1999)
  • Oliver Lake Quintet: Talkin 'Stick (Passin' Thru Records, 2000)
  • Ralph Peterson: The Fo'tet Augmented (2004)

Lexical entry

  • Gary W. Kennedy, Belden (L.) Bullock . In: Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2002 (2nd edition)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Oxford Music online
  2. ↑ Belden Bullock, bass. Smalls, September 1, 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bullock, Belden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston