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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935
avant-garde jazzfree jazzjazzpost-bopspiritual jazz
Discography
- Mutima1974
- Alternate Spaces1979
- Music From the Source1979
- Flying Out1982
- Unspoken1997
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- 4,236
- Total plays
- 22,839
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jazzfree jazzjazz basscontemporary jazzstrata-east
Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American post bop jazz bassist, described by the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (Second Edition, ed. Colin Larkin, 1995) as "a full-toned bassist who creates rich, singing phrases in a wide range of contemporary jazz contexts." McBee was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 19 May 1935. He studied clarinet at school, but switched to bass at the age of 17, and began playing in local nightclubs. After gaining a music degree from Ohio Central State University <a href="http
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tulsa
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Central State University
- Employer
- New England Conservatory
- Genre
- avant-garde music
- Instrument
- acoustic bass guitar
- Record label
- Strata-East Records
- Image
- Cecil McBee, The Cookers Nice 2016.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1935-05-19
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
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