Jimmy Garrison
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| Birth name | Jimmy Garrison |
| Born | March 3, 1933 |
| Origin |  Miami, Florida, USA |
| Died | April 7, 1976 |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Double bassist |
| Instrument(s) | Double bass |
| Associated acts | John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman |
Jimmy Garrison (March 3, 1933 – April 7, 1976) was an American jazz double bassist best known for his long association with John Coltrane from 1961 – 1967. He formally joined Coltrane's quartet in 1962 as a replacement for Reggie Workman and appears on many Coltrane recordings, including A Love Supreme. During live performances of music by John Coltrane's group, the leader would often provide Garrison with time and space for an unaccompanied improvised solo (sometimes as the prelude to a song before the other musicians joined in).
Garrison also had a long association with Ornette Coleman, first recording with him on Art of the Improvisers. He and drummer Elvin Jones have been credited with eliciting more forceful playing than usual from Coleman on the albums New York is Now and Love Call.
Outside of the Coltrane and Coleman ensembles, Jimmy Garrison performed with jazz artists such as Kenny Dorham, Philly Joe Jones, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Jackie McLean, Pharoah Sanders, and Tony Scott, among others. After Coltrane's death, Garrison worked with Hampton Hawes, Archie Shepp, and groups led by Elvin Jones.
Jimmy Garrison's son Matthew Garrison is also a bass player, playing mainly bass guitar. Matthew has recorded with Joe Zawinul, Chaka Khan, The Saturday Night Live Band, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Steve Coleman and others. [1] Garrison's daughter MaiaClaire Garrison is a dancer who worked as a child acrobat with Big Apple Circus in New York. Archive footage of Jimmy Garrison is available on sites such as Youtube.com
[edit] Select Discography
As a sideman:
- Images of Curtis Fuller (1960; Savoy Records)
- "A Love Supreme" (1964)
- East Broadway Run Down (1966)
