Eddie Khan

Edward "Eddie" Khan (* around 1935 ) is an American jazz bassist .

Life

Eddie Khan is one of the few jazz musicians who switched from a woodwind instrument to a rhythm instrument . He began his career as an alto saxophonist in the San Francisco area and didn't start playing bass until the 1950s. During this time he was a member of the Mal Waldron Quartet and in 1958 accompanied the singer Billie Holiday at the Monterey Jazz Festival . Khan was best known for his participation in a number of classic sessions on the Blue Note label in the first half of the 1960s, such as recordings by Donald Byrd , Joe Henderson , Andrew Hill , Freddie Hubbard and Jackie McLean . He also worked on recordings by Eric Dolphy and Bill Barron , as well as the quartet of Max Roach and Shirley Scott and Kenny Burrell . Later recordings are not known.

Discography

• Bill Barron : Modern Windows Suite ( Savoy Records , 1961)
• Donald Byrd: Blackjack (Blue Note, 1963-1967)
• Eric Dolphy: The Illinois Concert (Blue Note, 1963), Iron Man (Douglas, 1963)
• Joe Henderson: Our Thing (Blue Note, 1963)
• Andrew Hill: Smokestack (Blue Note, 1963)
• Billie Holiday with the Mal Waldron Quartet: At Monterey 58 (Black Hawk, 1958)
• Freddie Hubbard: Breaking Point (Blue Note, 1964)
• Jackie McLean: One Step Beyond (Blue Note)
• Max Roach Quartet: Speak Brother Speak (Fantasy, OJC, 1962)
• Shirley Scott: Legend of Acid Jazz ( Prestige Records , 1960-64)

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002