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Al McKibbon

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Al McKibbon
McKibbon in 1971
McKibbon in 1971
Background information
Born
Alfred Benjamin McKibbon

(1919-01-01)January 1, 1919
DiedJuly 29, 2005(2005-07-29) (aged 86)
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
Years activemid-1940s–2004
Labels
  • Blue Lady
  • Departure

Alfred Benjamin McKibbon (January 1, 1919 – July 29, 2005)[1] was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bebop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.

In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s, he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, Mongo Santamaría, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols, and Hawkins. McKibbon was credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Shearing's group.

In 1999, he released the first album under his own name, Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida.[2] McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid, was released in 2004.

Discography

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George Shearing's band, including (from left), McKibbon, Shearing, Marcus Foster, Dick Garcia, and Joe Roland
McKibbon (right, wearing hat) outside the Three Deuces jazz club, New York, 1948

As leader

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  • Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida (Blue Lady, 1999)
  • Black Orchid (Departure, 2004)

As sideman

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With Nat Adderley

With Lorez Alexandria

With The Byrds

With Nat King Cole

With Sonny Criss

With Miles Davis

With Victor Feldman

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Coleman Hawkins

With Johnny Hodges

With The Jazz Crusaders

With Charles Kynard and Buddy Collette

With Thelonious Monk

With Randy Newman

With The Night Blooming Jazzmen

  • The Night Blooming Jazzmen (1971)

With Herbie Nichols

With Shuggie Otis

With Van Dyke Parks

With Freddie Redd

With Martha Reeves

With George Shearing

With George Shearing and Dakota Staton

With Frank Sinatra

With Robert Stewart

With Billy Taylor

With Cal Tjader

  • Cal Tjader, Vibist (Savoy, 1954)
  • Cal Tjader Plays Afro-Cuban (Fantasy, 1955)
  • Ritmo Caliente! (Fantasy, 1956)
  • Tjader Plays Tjazz (Fantasy, 1956)
  • Mas Ritmo Caliente (Fantasy, 1957)
  • Latin for Lovers (Fantasy, 1958)
  • Cal Tjader's Latin Concert (Fantasy, 1958)
  • A Night at the Blackhawk (Fantasy, 1958)
  • Cal Tjader Goes Latin (Fantasy, 1959)
  • Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea (Fantasy, 1959)
  • Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea, Vol. 2 (Fantasy, 1959)
  • Demasiado Caliente (Fantasy, 1960)
  • Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen (Fantasy, 1960)
  • In a Latin Bag (Verve, 1961)
  • Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958–1980 (Concord, 2008)

With Mel Tormé

With Jack Wilson

References

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  1. ↑ Silkaitis, Katherine (August 8, 2005). "Bassist Al McKibbon Dies". JazzTimes. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
  2. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Al McKibbon". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
General references
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