Harrison Bankhead

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Harrison Napoleon Bankhead (* 1955 in Waukegan , Illinois ) is an American jazz musician ( bass , cello ).

Life

Bankhead is a long-time member of the AACM and has worked in the Chicago jazz scene a. a. with Muhal Richard Abrams , Fred Anderson , Mwata Bowden , Hamid Drake , Von Freeman , Billy Harper , Oliver Lake , Nicole Mitchell , Roscoe Mitchell , Bill Pierce , Avreeayl Ra , Dewey and Joshua Redman , Malachi Thompson , with The Waukegan Symphony and in the Formation 8 Bold Souls ( Sideshow , 1991). In 2011 he released the album Morning Sun Harvest Moon under his own name , u. a. with Edward Wilkerson and Mars Williams . According to Neil Tesser, Bankhead's bass playing is rooted in Chicago role models such as Milt Hinton , Wilbur Ware and Malachi Favors .

Discographic notes

  • Fred Anderson - 21st Century Chase (Delmark, 2011)
  • Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead - The Great Vision Concert (Ayler Records)
  • Pierre Dørge : Live in Chicago (Olufsen, 1990)
  • Nicole Mitchell / Harrison Bankhead / Hamid Drake - Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal (2007)
  • Roscoe Mitchell: Far Side (ECM, 2007)
  • Avreeayl Ra: Frequency ( Thrill Jockey , 2008)
  • Freedom (2020), with Paul de Jong

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Three Beats: Bassist Harrison Bankhead finally releases an album of his own (2011) in Chicago Reader
  2. ↑ David Whiteis: Nicole Mitchell / Harrison Bankhead / Hamid Drake - Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal in JazzTimes (2007) ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jazztimes.com
personal data
SURNAME Bankhead, Harrison
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bankhead, Harrison Napoleon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (bass, cello)
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Waukegan , Illinois