Victor Gaskin
Roderick Victor "Vic" Gaskin (born November 23, 1934 in Bronx , New York, † July 14, 2012 in Frederiksted , Virgin Islands ) was an American modern jazz bassist .
Live and act
Gaskin comes from a musical family who immigrated from the Virgin Islands. As a child he took guitar and piano lessons from his father and studied at the New York School of Music . After his military service he worked in Los Angeles in Paul Horn's band . He also played with Buddy Collette , the Jazz Crusaders , Gerald Wilson , Bud Shank , Monty Alexander and Roy Ayers (with whom he also recorded). In 1964 he became a member of the Les McCann trio , and then worked in the Cannonball Adderley quintet from 1966 to 1969 (he can be heard on the cult album Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" ).
This was followed by Jobs at Thelonious Monk , Duke Ellington and Chico Hamilton before joining John Mayall's band in 1972 . He has also performed at festivals in Europe with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson ( Swiss Suite ). He then worked mainly as a photographer, but also played with the “New York Jazz Quartet” and the pianist Billy Taylor . He went on tour with him between 1977 and 1993 and recorded albums such as “White Nights & Jazz in Leningrad” or “Dr. T. “on. He can also be heard on albums by Nat Adderley , Clark Terry , Johnny Hartman , Herbie Mann , Attila Zoller and Harold Alexander . He also worked with Buddy Terry , Hank Jones and Susannah McCorkle .
Lexigraphic entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Gaskin, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaskin, Vic; Gaskin, Roderick Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 2012 |
| Place of death | Frederiksted , Virgin Islands |