Jimmy Garrison

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Jimmy Garrison
Birth name J immy Garrison
Born
March 3, 1934
Miami, Florida, USA
Died April 7, 1976 (aged 42)
Genres J azz
Occupations Double bassist
Instruments Double bass
Associated acts J ohn Coltrane, Ornette Coleman
Jimmy Garrison (March 3, 1934 April 7, 1976)
[1]
was an American jazz double bassist
born in Miami, Florida. He was best known through his long association with J ohn
Coltrane from 19611967.
[2]

Contents
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Discography
o 3.1 As leader
o 3.2 As sideman
4 References


Career
He formally joined Coltrane's quartet in 1962, replacing Reggie Workman. The long trio
blues "Chasin' the Trane" is probably his first recorded performance with Coltrane and
Elvin J ones. Garrison appeared on many classic Coltrane recordings, including A Love
Supreme. In concert with Coltrane, Garrison would often play unaccompanied improvised
solos, sometimes as the prelude to a song before the other musicians joined in.
Garrison also had a long association with Ornette Coleman, first recording with him on
Ornette on Tenor and Art of the Improvisers. He and drummer Elvin J ones have been
credited with eliciting more forceful playing than usual from Coleman on the albums New
York is Now and Love Call.
Outside of the Coltrane and Coleman ensembles, J immy Garrison performed with jazz
artists such as Kenny Dorham, Philly J oe J ones, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Lennie
Tristano, Lee Konitz, J ackie McLean, Pharoah Sanders, and Tony Scott, among others.
After Coltrane's death, Garrison worked with Hampton Hawes, Archie Shepp, and groups
led by Elvin J ones.
[2]

Personal life
J immy Garrison's three children also work in the arts. J oy Garrison, Garrison's first
daughter, sang alongside Barney Kessel, Cameron Brown, Tony Scott and many others.
Matthew Garrison is also a bass guitar player. He has performed and recorded with Joe
Zawinul, Chaka Khan, The Saturday Night Live Band, J ohn McLaughlin, J oni Mitchell,
Herbie Hancock, Steve Coleman, Whitney Houston, Pino Daniele, J ohn Scofield, Paul
Simon, Tito Puente and many others.
[3]
Garrison's 4th daughter MaiaClaire Garrison is a
dancer and choreographer who worked as a child acrobat with Big Apple Circus in New
York, a featured dancer with Urban Bush Women and founder of her own dance company.
Discography
As leader
1963: Illumination! (Impulse! Records) - co-leader with Elvin J ones
As sideman
With Ornette Coleman
Ornette on Tenor (Atlantic, 1961)
The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic, 1961)
New York Is Now! (Blue Note, 1968)
Love Call (Blue Note, 1968)
With John Coltrane
Ballads (1962)
Coltrane (1962)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1962)
Live at Birdland (1963)
Crescent (1964)
A Love Supreme (1964)
Ascension (1965)
First Meditations (1965)
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965)
Kulu S Mama (1965)
Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up ([1965)
Live in Seattle (1965)
The Major Works of John Coltrane (1965)
Meditations (1965)
Transition (1965)
Sun Ship (1965)
Live in Japan (4 discs) (1966)
Live at the Village Vanguard Again! ( 1966)
Expression (1967)
The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (1967)
Stellar Regions (1967)
With Kenny Dorham
Jazz Contemporary (Time, 1960)
Show Boat (Time, 1960)
With Curtis Fuller
Blues-ette (Savoy, 1959)
Imagination (Savoy, 1959)
Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy, 1960)
The Magnificent Trombone of Curtis Fuller (Epic, 1961)
With Elvin Jones
Puttin' It Together (Blue Note, 1968)
The Ultimate (Blue Note, 1968)
With Philly Joe Jones
Blues for Dracula (Riverside, 1958)
Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)
Showcase (Riverside, 1959)
With Lee Konitz
Live at the Half Note (Verve, 1959)
With Rolf Khn and Joachim Khn
Impressions of New York (Impulse!, 1967)
With Jackie McLean
Swing, Swang, Swingin' (Blue Note, 1959)
With Sonny Rollins
East Broadway Run Down (Impulse! 1966)
With Archie Shepp
Attica Blues'
References
1. ^ Kernfeld, Barry (2002). "Garrison, J immy". In Barry Kernfeld. The new Grove dictionary
of jazz, vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 18. ISBN 1561592846.
2. ^
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b
Kelsey, Chris. "Allmusic Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
3. ^ "Matthew Garrison-Bass Guitar". Garrisonjazz.com. Retrieved 2012-06-25.