
bass · 1922–1960
Oscar Pettiford
The bassist who took the instrument into bebop with Dizzy Gillespie on 52nd Street, and later played cello in jazz too.
- Sessions
- 7
- Records
- 8
- First date
- May 9, 1952
- Latest
- April 1, 1956
On the records
BLP 1501 · 1955Miles Davis Volume 1Miles Davis
PRLP 7007 · 1955The Musings Of MilesMiles Davis Quartet
BLP 1502 · 1956Miles Davis Volume 2Miles Davis
BLP 1513 · 1956Detroit-New York JunctionThad Jones
BLP 1517 · 1956Patterns in JazzGil Mellé
PRLP 7045 · 1956Earl Coleman ReturnsEarl Coleman
BLP 1535 · 1957Afro-CubanKenny Dorham
BLP 1543 · 1957Kenny Burrell Volume 2Kenny Burrell