Al McKibbon

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

Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon, Lucky Thompson and Hilda A. Taylor at the Three Deuces, New York, 1948
Photo: William P. Gottlieb.
Background information
BornJanuary 1, 1919
DiedJuly 29, 2005 (aged 86)
GenresJazz
InstrumentsDouble bass

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 Santamaria, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols and Hawkins. McKibbon was credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Shearing's group.

McKibbon has always been highly regarded (among other signs of this regard, he was the bassist for the Giants of Jazz), and continued to perform until 2004.

In 1999, the first album in his own name, Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida, was released.[1] McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid (Nine Yards Music), was released in 2004 and was recorded at Icon Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. The album was recorded and mixed by studio owner Andrew Troy and Assistant Engineer - Aaron Kaplay, 2nd Assistant Engineer - Pablo Solorzano. He also wrote the Afterword to Raul Fernandez' book, Latin Jazz, part of the Smithsonian Institution's series of exhibitions on jazz.

Discography

As leader
  • Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida (Blue Lady, 1999)
  • Black Orchid (Nine Yards, 2004)

As sideman

With Nat Adderley

With Lorez Alexandria

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 Freddie Redd

With George Shearing

With George Shearing and Dakota Staton

With Robert Stewart

  • The Movement (Exodus, 2002)

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 Jack Wilson

References
  1. Ankeny, Jason. "Al McKibbon". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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