Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Blues Bass Lines
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Film & TV
Known for
- Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes — Self2012
- Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz — Self1997
- Saxophone Colossus1986
- Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)1975
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-12-10
- Active to
- 2016-11-02
hard bopjazzpost-bop
Discography
- The Harem1991
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Bob Cranshaw (December 10, 1932 - November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. Born Melbourne R. Cranshaw in Evanston, Illinois, USA, his career spans the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long association with Sonny Rollins. Cranshaw has been in Rollins's working band on and off for over five decades, starting with a live appearance at the 1959 Playboy jazz festival in Chicago and on record with the 1962 album T
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Instrument
- bass
- Image
- Bob Cranshaw.jpg
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- Bob Cranshaw
- date of birth
- 1932-12-03
- date of death
- 2016-11-02
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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