Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid (born February 10, 1944 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American jazz bassist and university professor.
Life
Reid played the trumpet as a student and joined the US Air Force as a trumpeter after graduating from high school . There he turned to the double bass . After serving in the Air Force, he studied first with the cellist of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra , James Harnett , and then at Northwestern University in Evanston with Warren Benfield and Joseph Guastefeste of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . In 1971 he completed his studies with a Bachelor of Music degree.
He then worked as a professional musician, initially in Chicago , and from 1976 in New York City . He has worked with musicians such as Gene Ammons , Kenny Dorham , Eddie Harris , Sonny Stitt , Don Byas , Philly Joe Jones , Thad Jones , Mel Lewis , Dexter Gordon , Bill Evans , Stan Getz , Dizzy Gillespie , Art Farmer , Lee Konitz , Roni Ben -Hur , Bob Mintzer , George Cables , Billy Hart , Bill Mays , John Stubblefield and Marvin Stamm . He also led his own band, The Rufus Reid Quintet . With the drummer Akira Tana he led the band TanaReid since the 1980s .
In addition to his work as a musician, Reid also earned a reputation as a teacher. Since the beginning of the 1970s he participated a. a. at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops and the Stanford University Jazz Workshop , from the late 1970s to 1999 he was Professor of Jazz at William Paterson University in Wayne , New Jersey . In 1971 his textbook The Evolving Bassist was published (2003 on DVD).
Discography
- I Need Some Money with Eddie Harris , (1975)
- Perpetual Stroll with Kirk Lightsey , Eddie Gladden , 1980
- Seven Minds (Sunnyside, 1984) with Terri Lyne Carrington , Jim McNeely
- Corridor to the Limits with Harold Land , Victor Lewis , Rob Schneiderman , 1989
- Yours and Mine with Jesse Davis , Ralph Moore , Akira Tana, Rob Schneiderman, 1991
- Intimacy of the Bass (Double Time, 1999) with Michael Moore
- Mirth Song with Harold Danko
- Alone Together with Peter Ind
- The Gait Keeper (Sunnyside, 2003) with Rich Perry , Fred Hendrix, John Stetch, Montez Coleman
- Quiet Pride (Motema, 2014) with Herlin Riley , Vic Juris , Dennis Mackrel , Tim Hagans , Ingrid Jensen , Ryan Keberle , John Clark , Vincent Chancey , Steve Wilson
Web links
- Works by and about Rufus Reid in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website Rufus Reid (English)
- Rufus Reid at Allmusic (English)
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SURNAME | Reid, Rufus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia |