Jymie Merritt
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Jymie Merritt (born 3 May 1926) is an American jazz double-bassist.
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[edit] Biography
Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he has worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, and blues. He has worked with Bull Moose Jackson, B. B. King, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach, among others.[1]
He was an early adopter of the Ampeg bass (a hybrid acoustic-electric instrument) and founded Forerunner, a community organization in Philadelphia.[1]
He is the father of a bassist Mike Merritt from Conan.
[edit] Discography
[edit] As sideman
With Art Blakey
- Moanin' (1958)
- Africane (1959)
- At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
- The Big Beat (1960)
- Like Someone in Love (1960)
- A Night In Tunisia (1960)
- Mosaic (1961)
- A Day with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
- Pisces (1961)
- The Freedom Rider (1961)
- Roots & Herbs (1961)
- Three Blind Mice (1962)
With Sonny Clark
- Standards (Blue Note, 1959)
With Curtis Fuller
- Soul Trombone (Impulse!, 1961)
With Lee Morgan
- Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1969)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Jymie Merritt". All About Jazz. 2009-06-26. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=9341. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
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