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Cecil McBee
Tulsa, United States · b. 1935-05-19
Cecil McBee is credited on 1,378 releases across 323 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,378
Credits
323
Albums
7
Decades active
229
In collections
Biography
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Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) is an American post-bop jazz bassist. McBee has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970's, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of jazz albums.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,378 releases · 323 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 2,124
- Other credits · 105
- Production · 20
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Monterey Jazz Festival · C.I. Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Journey In Satchidananda
1971

Thembi
1971

Etcetera
1980

Expansions
1975

Astral Traveling
1973

Black Unity
1972

It's Time!
1965

Odyssey Of Iska
1971

Love In Us All
1974

Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
1973

Summun Bukmun Umyun - Deaf Dumb Blind
1970

Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83°
1969

Forest Flower
1967

The Carnegie Hall Concert
2024

The Land Of Spirit And Light
1973

Dance Of Magic
1972

The Blue Yusef Lateef
1968

Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill
1985

Wisdom Through Music
1973

Spirit Sensitive
1979

The Free Slave
1972

Music Inc.
1971

Jewels Of Thought
1970

Spirits Known And Unknown
1969
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