Wilbur Ware
Biography
Wilbur Bernard Ware (September 8, 1923 – September 9, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist. He was a regular bassist for the Riverside record label in the 1950s, and he recorded regularly in that decade with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, and Thelonious Monk. He also appeared on records released by J.R. Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, Archie Shepp, and Grant Green, among others.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Giant Steps
1960
Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
1961
Monk's Music
1957
Little Girl Blue
1959
Mulligan Meets Monk
1957
Dial "S" For Sonny
1957
A Night At The Village Vanguard
1999
At The Village Gate
1962
Thelonious Himself
1957
The Waiting Game
1999
Drum Suite
1957
A Night At The "Village Vanguard"
1957
Hard Driving Jazz
1959
J.R. Monterose
1957
Remembering Me-Me
1977
More From The Vanguard
1975
Kwanza
1974
Zodiac (The Music Of Cecil Payne)
1973
Clifford Jordan In The World
1972
Family
1972
Blues Five Spot
1984
'Round Midnight
1982
Seven Classic Albums
Credited work
1,253 releases · 146 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 1,649
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Reeves Sound Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Village Vanguard · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey