Steve Gilmore

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Steven Dirk "Steve" Gilmore (born January 21, 1943 in Trenton , New Jersey ) is an American modern jazz bassist .

Gilmore began playing the double bass when he was twelve; In 1957 he already appeared in Philadelphia . He studied at Oscar Peterson's "Advanced School of Contemporary Music" until 1961 , where Ray Brown was his teacher. He then played in his hometown with Bob Newman , Jerry Dodgion and Ray Bryant . From 1967 to 1971 he worked for Flip Phillips , but also performed with Ira Sullivan and Paul Winter . Then he formed a permanent rhythm group with Bill Goodwin , who initially worked for Al Cohn , Zoot Sims and Mose Allison (1972/73), but also for Tom Waits and the National Jazz Ensemble (under the direction of Chuck Israels ). From 1974 this team accompanies Phil Woods (initially together with Hal Galper ). He was also active in the band of Thad Jones / Mel Lewis . He went on tour or in the studio with John Coates Jr. , Toshiko Akiyoshi , Dave Liebman , Susannah McCorkle , Tom Harrell , Jimmy Amadie and Dizzy Gillespie .

According to Martin Kunzler , his bass lines are considered to be the “optimal solutions” of a walking bass , which can be used to show “how much drive depends on the melodic component”. Accordingly, these bass lines were transcribed for textbooks such as "Steve Gilmore Bass Lines, Exactly as Recorded".

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  • Silver Threads (1984)
  • I'm All Smiles (1994)

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SURNAME Gilmore, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilmore, Steven Dirk (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American modern jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenton, New Jersey