Bob Bushnell

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Robert C. "Bob" Bushnell (* 1920 or 1921) is an American jazz and studio musician ( double bass , bass guitar , also guitar ).

Bushnell came from Philadelphia and played at the beginning of his career from 1948 for several years with Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five until he was called "Sam Guy" by Thurber. Jay was relieved. In 1952 he married the widow of the dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson , Elaine Dash Robinson.

In the following two decades he worked as a studio musician a. a. with King Curtis , Haywood Henry , Earl Warren , Seldon Powell , Bill Doggett , Etta Jones , Solomon Burke , Jimmy Smith , Stan Getz , Don Covay , Cal Tjader , Johnny Hodges , Gary McFarland , Esther Phillips , Bernard Purdie , Big Joe Turner , Willis Jackson , Jimmy Rushing , Jimmy McGriff , Dizzy Gillespie , George Benson , Gene Ammons and Archie Shepp . In 1966 he worked with Al Gorgoni (electric guitar) and Bobby Gregg (drums) on the introduction of Bob Dylan's classic " Like a Rolling Stone ", which was created using the overdub method. With the same cast, he then worked on the revision of the second version of The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel . He can also be heard on recordings by Elmore James , Mickey & Silvia , The Drifters ("Up on the Roof", 1962), Tim Hardin (1966), Van Morrison ( TB Sheets , 1967) and Nina Simone ( Sings the Blues , 1967)

Bushnell was still involved in the recordings of Houston Person and Sam Wooding in the 1970s ; In 1974 he performed at a tribute concert in honor of John Kirby with Sy Oliver , Cliff Smalls , Charlie Persip and Maxine Sullivan at New York's Carnegie Hall . In the field of jazz he was involved in 106 recording sessions between 1948 and 1976.

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  1. ^ John Chilton : Let the Good Times Roll: The Story of Louis Jordan and His Music . 1992
  2. ↑ Stephen Koch: Louis Jordan: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B , 2014, p. 88.
  3. ↑ Bushnell was 31 years old at the time. Jet 4th September 1952
  4. ↑ At Covay he replaced Jimi Hendrix , whom he approached stylistically. See Gary Geldeart, Steve Rodham: Jimi Hendrix: The Studio Log . 2007, p. 19.
  5. ↑ Steve Sullivan: Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 2. , p. 110
  6. ^ Marc Eliot: Paul Simon: A Life . 2010, p. 65
  7. Jump up ↑ Bruce Bastin, The Melody Man: Joe Davis and the New York Music Scene, 1916-1978 . 2012, p. 292.
  8. ^ Insect Trust at Hoboken Historical Museum
  9. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 4, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Bushnell, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bushnell, Robert C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and studio musician (double bass, bass guitar, also guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH 1920 or 1921