Ron McClure

Ron McClure (born November 22, 1941)^[1] is an American jazz bassist.

Early life

McClure was born in

McClure worked in the Buddy Rich Sextet in 1963.^[1] He then joined Maynard Ferguson's big band^[2] and, afterwards, Herbie Mann in 1964; and then assumed the bass chair in the Wynton Kelly Trio vacated by Paul Chambers in 1965 (playing behind guitarist Wes Montgomery).^[1]

From 1966 to 1969, he was a member of Charles Lloyd's "classic quartet" with pianist Keith Jarrett and drummer Jack DeJohnette,^[3] which was voted "Group of the Year" in 1967 by Downbeat magazine.

In 1970, with pianist-composer

In the 1980s, he joined Quest, led by saxophonist Dave Liebman, which also included drummer Billy Hart and pianist Richie Beirach.^[4] He also recorded a duo album with pianist Michel Petrucciani.^[1] McClure's major engagements in the 1990s through the early 2000s were with Lee Konitz, and then with the reassembled Quest.

His solo output include the contributions of John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Vic Juris, Paul Bley, Michael Eckroth, Richie Beirach, and Randy Brecker.

Discography

• Home Base (Ode [New Zealand], 1979)
• Descendants (Ken Music [Japan], 1980)
• Yesterday's Tomorrow (EPC/European Music Productions, 1989) with John Abercrombie, Aldo Romano
• McJolt (SteepleChase, 1990) with John Abercrombie
• Never Forget (SteepleChase, 1990) with Eddie Henderson, Vincent Herring
• Inspiration (Ken Music [Japan], 1991)
• Tonite Only (SteepleChase, 1991) with John Abercrombie
• Sunburst (SteepleChase, 1992)
• Inner Account (SteepleChase, 1993)
• Never Always (SteepleChase, 1995)
• Concrete Canyon (SteepleChase, 1996)
• Pink Cloud (
  Naxos Jazz
  , 1997)
• Closer to Your Tears (SteepleChase, 1997)
• Dream Team (SteepleChase, 1998)
• Double Triangle (Naxos Jazz, 1999)
• Match Point (SteepleChase, 2002)
• Age of Peace (SteepleChase, 2003)
• Soft Hands (SteepleChase, 2007)
• Wonderland (SteepleChase, 2008) with Harold Danko
• New Moon (SteepleChase, 2009)
• Dedication (SteepleChase, 2011)
• Crunch Time (SteepleChase, 2012)
• Ready or Not (SteepleChase, 2013)
• Hello Stars (McJolt Records, 2016)
• Hope & Knowledge (McJolt Records, 2018)
• Lucky Sunday (SteepleChase, 2019)
• NightQuest (SteepleChase, 2022)

As sideman

With Joe Henderson

• If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Milestone, 1970)
• Jazz Patterns (Everest, 1970 [1982])
• In Pursuit of Blackness (Milestone, 1971)

With Lee Konitz

• Soul Note
  , 1990)
• It's You (SteepleChase, 1996)
• Dig-It (SteepleChase, 1999) with Ted Brown