Jimmy Bond (musician)

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Jimmy Bond
Birth nameJames Edward Bond Jr.
Born(1933-01-27)January 27, 1933
R&B, pop, folk, gospel
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)Double bass
Years activeEarly 1950s – late 1980s

James Edward Bond Jr. (January 27, 1933 – April 26, 2012), known as Jimmy Bond, was an American double bass player, arranger and composer who performed and recorded with many leading jazz, blues, folk and rock musicians between the 1950s and 1980s.

Biography

Bond was born in Philadelphia, and learned the double bass and tuba as well as studying orchestration and composition. He attended the Juilliard School between 1950 and 1955. He played bass in clubs in Philadelphia, with musicians such as Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Gene Ammons.[1] After his formal studies ended, he performed regularly with Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sonny Rollins, and in 1958 began touring with George Shearing.[2]

He moved to

Nik Venet, David Axelrod and others, as well as composing and arranging advertising jingles.[3]

He died in 2012, aged 79, as a result of complications from

cardiopulmonary disease.[4]

Discography

With Curtis Amy

With Earl Anderza

With Chet Baker

Chet Baker And Crew (Pacific Jazz, 1956) With

Louis Bellson

With Tim Buckley

With Terry Gibbs

With Joe Gordon

With Lightnin' Hopkins

With Paul Horn

With

The Jazz Crusaders

With Irene Kral

With Julie London

With Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry

With Frank Morgan

With Gerry Mulligan

With Nina Simone

With Art Pepper

With

Jim Sullivan

  • U.F.O. (Monnie, 1969)

With Gerald Wilson

With Jimmy Woods

References

  1. ^ a b Biography by Eugene Chadbourne, Allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 October 2015
  2. ^ a b John Voight, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Macmillan, 1988, at www.theloniousrecords.com Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 October 2015
  3. ^ a b Mike Lang, "An Appreciation: Jimmy Bond 1933 – 2012", The International Review of Music. Retrieved 13 October 2015
  4. ^ Obituary, James E, Bond Jr., Legacy.com. Retrieved 13 October 2015

External links

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