Jymie Merritt played this instrument on many albums by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
Jymie Merritt played this instrument on many albums by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Around 1940, in Duke Ellington's band, tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and one performer of this instrument were so significant that the band was nicknamed after them; that performer of this instrument was the virtuoso Jimmy Blanton. In one album by a bandleader who played this instrument, New York urban noise is used to re-envision Gershwin's "A Foggy Day." That album's title track depicts humanity's (*) evolution from the title species. The track "So What" features Paul Chambers playing this instrument. Pithecanthropus Erectus was composed by Charles Mingus, who played, for 10 points, what member of the jazz rhythm section which is a low-pitched upright string instrument?
Jymie Merritt played this instrument on many albums by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
double bass or string bass or contrabass