Oscar Pettiford
Biography
Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Jazz bassist Christian McBride called Pettiford "probably the most important bass player of that bebop generation in terms of creating new language for the bass."
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
'Round About Midnight
1957
Monk's Dream
1963
Brilliant Corners
1957
Out Of The Cool
1961
The Hawk Flies High
1957
Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry Of Phineas Newborn Jr.)
1956
Helen Merrill
1955
Blue Hour
1961
Walkin'
1957
Kenny Burrell
1956
Soul Brothers
1958
Freedom Suite
1958
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet In San Francisco
1960
Deeds, Not Words
1958
Django
1956
Thelonious Monk Trio
1956
Afro-Cuban
1955
Volume 1
1955
Ellington Uptown
1953
The Best Of Miles Davis (The Capitol / Blue Note Years)
1992
At The Opera House
1957
The Musings Of Miles
1955
Miles Davis
1971
Credited work
5,142 releases · 849 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 7,208
- Other credits · 115
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · WOR Studios · Reeves Sound Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey