Henry Grimes
Biography
Henry Grimes (November 3, 1935 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist and violinist. After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz, Grimes completely disappeared from the music scene by 1970. Grimes was often presumed to have died, but he was discovered in 2002 and returned to performing.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Saxophone Colossus
1957
Blues & Roots
1960
A Night At The Village Vanguard
1999
Night Lights
1963
Freedom Suite
1958
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Thelonious Monk Trio
1956
Tauhid
1967
In Greenwich Village
1967
Sonny Meets Hawk!
1963
Out Of The Afternoon
1962
Revelation
1975
Where Is Brooklyn?
1969
Conquistador!
1968
Symphony For Improvisers
1967
Unit Structures
1966
On This Night
1965
Reaching Fourth
1963
The Genius Of Gerry Mulligan
1960
Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass
1958
Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village Gate
2025
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982
Our Man In Jazz
1963
Into The Hot
1962
Credited work
1,266 releases · 160 albums · active 1957–2026
- Performance · 1,449
- Other credits · 10
- Production · 2
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Village Vanguard · Village Theatre · Judson Hall