Bob Maize

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Robert "Bob" Maize (born January 15, 1945 in San Diego , † November 20, 2004 in Los Angeles ) was an American bassist of mainstream and modern jazz .

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Maize had piano lessons from the age of seven and switched to the double bass at the age of thirteen to play in his father's band. In 1963 he moved to San Francisco , where he played with musicians such as Sonny Stitt , Philly Joe Jones and Jon Hendricks , but also in a rock band. From 1972 he worked with Mose Allison , Jerome Richardson and Herb Ellis , in 1975 with Monty Alexander and in 1976 he toured Japan with Anita O'Day . For Concord Records he worked on recordings by Cal Collins, Jake Hanna , Dave McKenna , Scott Hamilton and the "Concord All Stars". He also worked with Terry Gibbs , Buddy DeFranco and Ernestine Anderson . In 1984/83 he was a member of McCoy Tyner's band and performed with Sarah Vaughan in Japan. He then worked as a studio musician in Los Angeles and from 1986 with Billy Eckstine and Ross Tompkins . Since 1988 he has been a member of Charlie Shoemake's trio , but has also performed with pianist Jon Mayer, Mel Tormé , Boots Randolph , Stacy Rowles and Lanny Morgan . In 2003 he was involved in Silver's album Rockin 'with Rachmaninoff ; In 2004 he honored Gerry Wiggins on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He also recorded with musicians such as Woody Herman , Rosemary Clooney , Barney Kessel , Pepper Adams , Emily Remler , Al Cohn , Tal Farlow and Buddy Tate .

Maize died of a heart defect while cleaning his swimming pool.

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SURNAME Maize, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maize, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 2004
Place of death los Angeles