John Ore
John Thomas Ore (* 17th December 1933 in Philadelphia ; † 22. August 2014 ) was an American jazz - bassist .
Live and act
John Ore studied cello at the New School of Music in Philadelphia 1943-46 and bass at the Juilliard School in New York in 1952. In 1953 he worked with the singer and guitarist Tiny Grimes , with George Wallington and Lester Young in 1954. In the following In the year he played with Bud Powell , Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins , in 1957 again with Powell. Ore had his own trio in 1958, worked freelance in New York the following year and was a member of Thelonious Monk's quartet from the spring of 1960 . With him he visited Europe in the spring of 1961 and played the Monk records Monk's Dream and Criss-Cross ( Columbia Records ) in 1962 and 1963 . After leaving Monk shortly thereafter, he worked as a freelancer, touring with the Earl Hines Orchestra and working with Sun Ra . In the following years, Ore had few opportunities to perform; in the 1990s he made records with the baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne .
Discographic notes
- Elmo Hope : Meditations , Hope meets Foster ( Prestige Records , 1955)
- Freddie Redd : Piano East - Piano West (Prestige, 1955)
- Steve Lacy : The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy ( Candid Records , 1960)
- Sun Ra: Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy (1963) and Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (1965) (both El Saturn Records)
- Thelonious Monk: Two Hours with Thelonious ( Riverside Records , rec. 1961, ed. 1963); Monk's Dream ( Columbia Records , 1962)
- Charles Tyler : Saga of the Outlaws (Nessa, 1978)
- Billy Bang : A Tribute to Stuff Smith ( Soul Note , 1992) with Sun Ra
- Cecil Payne: Cerupa (1993) and Scotch & Milk (1996) (both Delmark Records )
- Eric Alexander : Up, Over & Out (Delmark, 1995)
- Lester Young: The Complete Studio Sessions On Verve 1946-59 (Verve, 1999)
Lexical entry
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz-Lexikon, Vol. 2 . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988, ISBN 3-499-16317-9 .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Bielefeld Catalog / Jazz , 1988 & 2002, ISSN 0171-9505
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ore, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ore, John Thomas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 2014 |