American jazz bassist
Musical artist
Cecil McBee
(born May 19, 1935)
[1]
is an American
jazz
bassist
. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a
sideman
to a number of classic jazz albums.
Biography
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Early life and career
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McBee was born in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
, United States.
[1]
He studied clarinet at school, but switched to bass at the age of 17, and began playing in local nightclubs.
[1]
After gaining a music degree from
Ohio Central State University
, McBee spent two years in the
U.S. Army
, during which time he conducted the band at
Fort Knox
.
[1]
In 1959, he played with
Dinah Washington
, and in 1962 he moved to
Detroit
,
Michigan
, where he worked with
Paul Winter
's
folk-rock
ensemble between 1963 and 1964.
[1]
New York
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His jazz career began to take off in the mid-1960s, after he moved to
New York
, when he began playing and recording with a number of significant musicians including
Miles Davis
,
Andrew Hill
,
Sam Rivers
,
Jackie McLean
(1964),
Wayne Shorter
(1965?66),
Charles Lloyd
(1966),
Yusef Lateef
(1967?69),
Keith Jarrett
,
Freddie Hubbard
and
Woody Shaw
(1986), and
Alice Coltrane
(1969?72).
[1]
Later career
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In the 2000s, McBee unsuccessfully sued a Japanese company that opened a chain of stores under his name.
[2]
He was an artist in residence at
Harvard
from 2010 to 2011.
[3]
He teaches at the
New England Conservatory
in Boston, Massachusetts.
Awards
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Grammys
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Discography
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As leader/co-leader
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- Mutima
(
Strata-East
, 1974)
- Alternate Spaces
(Bomba, 1977)
- Music from the Source
(
Enja
, 1977 [1978])
- Compassion
(Enja, 1977 [1979])
- Flying Out
(India Navigation, 1982)
- Roots of Blue
(RPR, 1986) ? duets with
Muhal Richard Abrams
- Unspoken
(
Palmetto
, 1996 [1997])
- Tribal Ghost
(
NoBusiness
, 2007 [2013]) with
John Tchicai
, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell, and
Billy Hart
With
Almanac
(
Mike Nock
,
Bennie Maupin
, McBee,
Eddie Marshall
)
As sideman
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With
George Adams
With
Ray Anderson
With
Chet Baker
With
Bill Barron
With
Kenny Barron
With the
Bob Thiele Collective
- Sunrise Sunset
(Red Baron, 1990)
With
Joanne Brackeen
With
Dollar Brand
- African Space Program
(Enja, 1973)
With
Anthony Braxton
With
Roy Brooks
With
Joe Chambers
With
Alice Coltrane
With
Junior Cook
With
Stanley Cowell
With
Ted Curson
With
Ricky Ford
With
Chico Freeman
With
Hal Galper
With
Johnny Griffin
With
Louis Hayes
With
Roy Haynes
With
Andrew Hill
With
Freddie Hubbard
and
Woody Shaw
With
Elvin Jones
With
Clifford Jordan
With
John Klemmer
With
Prince Lasha
With
Yusef Lateef
With
The Leaders
With
Dave Liebman
With
Charles Lloyd
With
Raphe Malik
- Storyline
(Boxholder, 1999) ? with Cody Moffett
With
Joe Maneri
With
Jackie McLean
With
Lloyd McNeill
With
Charles McPherson
With
Grachan Moncur III
With
Tisziji Munoz
- Rendezvous With Now
(India Navigation, 1978)
- Visiting This Planet
(Anami Music, 1988)
- Presence of Joy
(Anami Music, 1999)
- Divine Radiance
(Anami Music, 2003)
With
Amina Claudine Myers
With
Art Pepper
With
Dannie Richmond
With
Sam Rivers
With
Charlie Rouse
With
Pharoah Sanders
With various artists
With Saxophone Summit
- Gathering of Spirits
(
Telarch
, 2004)
With
Zbigniew Seifert
- Man of the Light
(MPS Records, 1977)
With
Woody Shaw
With
Archie Shepp
With
Wayne Shorter
With
Sonny Simmons
With
Lonnie Liston Smith
With
Buddy Tate
and
Dollar Brand
With
Leon Thomas
With
Horace Tapscott
With
Charles Tolliver
With
Mickey Tucker
With
McCoy Tyner
With
James "Blood" Ulmer
With
Mal Waldron
With
Michael White
With
Paul Winter
- Jazz Meets the Folk-Song
(1963)
With
Y?suke Yamashita
- Sakura
(Verve, 1990)
- Kurdish Dance
(Verve, 1993)
- Dazzling Days
(Verve, 1993)
- Fragments 1999
(Verve, 1999)
- Spider
(Verve, 1996)
- Delightful Contrast
(Universal, 2011)
With
Denny Zeitlin
- Cathexis
(Columbia, 1963)
With
Norman Connors
- Dance of Magic
(Sony Music Entertainment, 1972)
References
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- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
Colin Larkin
, ed. (1992).
The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz
(First ed.).
Guinness Publishing
. p. 264.
ISBN
0-85112-580-8
.
- ^
"Cecil Mcbee, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Delica Co., Ltd., Defendant, Appellee, 417 F.3d 107 (1st Cir. 2005)"
.
Law.justia.com
. Retrieved
July 29,
2021
.
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"Harvard Jazz Bands"
.
Harvardjazz.fas.harvard.edu
. Retrieved
July 29,
2021
.
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