Wilbur Ware
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz musician (1923-1979)
Person
- Born
- 1923-01-01
- Died
- 1979-01-01
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Wilbur Bernard Ware (September 8, 1923 – September 9, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist. He was a regular bassist for the Riverside record label in the 1950s, and recorded regularly in that decade with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, and Thelonious Monk. He also appeared on records released by J.R. Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, and Grant Green, among others. Ware grew up in Chicago where he taught himself to play drums, banjo, bass while pla
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1923
- Died
- 1 January 1979
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- double bass
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1923 births1979 deaths20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American double-bassists20th-century American male musiciansAmerican jazz double-bassistsAmerican male double-bassistsAmerican male jazz musiciansDeaths from emphysemaHard bop double-bassistsJazz musicians from IllinoisJazz musicians from Pennsylvania