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. [1]
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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.[1]
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. [2] Garrison's daughter MaiaClaire Garrison is a dancer and choreographer who worked as a child acrobat with Big Apple Circus in New York.
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- Jazz Contrasts (Kenny Dorham , 1957)
- Blues For Dracula (Philly Joe Jones, 1958)
- Swing, Swang, Swinging (Jackie McLean, 1959)
- Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz, 1959)
- Images of Curtis Fuller (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Ballads (John Coltrane, 1962)
- Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1962)
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1962)
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ((John Coltrane, 1962)
- Live at birdland (John Coltrane, 1963)
- Crescent (John Coltrane, 1964)
- A Love Supreme (John Coltrane, 1964)
- Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965)
- First Meditations (John Coltrane, 1965)
- The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Kulu Sé Mama (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Live at the Half Note: One Up, One Down (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Live in Seattle (John Coltrane, 1965)
- The Major Works of John Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Meditations (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Transition (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Sun Ship (John Coltrane, 1965)
- Live in Japan (4 discs) (John Coltrane, 1966)
- Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (John Coltrane, 1966)
- Expression (John Coltrane, 1967)
- The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (John Coltrane, 1967)
- East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins,1966)
