Al McKibbon – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Al McKibbon was a jazz musician who played double bass. Al McKibbon was born on 1 January 1919 in Chicago and died on 29 July 2005 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz, big band music and bebop. Record labels: Mainstream Records.

Alfred Benjamin McKibbon (January 1, 1919 – July 29, 2005) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bebop, hard bop, and Latin jazz. In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s, he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, Mongo Santamaría, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols, and Hawkins. McKibbon was credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Shearing's group. In 1999, he released the first album under his own name, Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida. McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid, was released in 2004.

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Albums where Al McKibbon is credited as a sideman

1950	Piano Moods — Teddy Wilson	double bass
1952	Genius of Modern Music, Volume 2 — Thelonious Monk	double bass
1952	Wizard of the Vibes — Milt Jackson	double bass, bass
1953	Anita O’Day Collates — Anita O’Day	bass
1954	Vibist — Cal Tjader	bass
1955	Mr. Wilson: The Fabulous Teddy Wilson at the Piano — Teddy Wilson	double bass
1956	To the Ivy League From Nat — Nat Adderley	double bass
1956	Vib-Rations — Cal Tjader / Don Elliott	double bass
1957	The Lady Is a Tramp — Anita O’Day	bass
1958	Más ritmo caliente — Cal Tjader	double bass
1958	Latin for Lovers — Cal Tjader	double bass
1959	Cal Tjader's Latin Concert — Cal Tjader	bass
1960	Waiter, Make Mine Blues — Anita O’Day	bass
1960	On the Sunny Side of the Strip — George Shearing	bass
1960	Demasiado caliente — Cal Tjader	bass
1960	Latinsville! — Victor Feldman	bass
1961	Nat King Cole Sings / George Shearing Plays — Nat King Cole & The George Shearing Quintet	double bass, bass
1961	Plays Harold Arlen — Cal Tjader	double bass
1962	Sinatra and Swingin’ Brass — Frank Sinatra	bass
1962	Latino Con Cal Tjader — Cal Tjader	double bass
1962	In a Latin Bag — Cal Tjader	bass
1963	Jack Wilson Quartet Featuring Roy Ayers — The Jack Wilson Quartet feat. Roy Ayers	bass
1965	Sarah Sings Soulfully — Sarah Vaughan	double bass
1965	Chile Con Soul — The Jazz Crusaders	bass
1972	Something in Blue — Thelonious Monk	bass
1972	The Giants of Jazz — Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding	bass
1973	The Man I Love — Thelonious Monk	bass
1992	Sassy Sings and Swings — Sarah Vaughan	double bass
1992	Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Inc. — Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie	bass
1995	Together! — Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith	bass

Historic 78 rpm records

Saratoga Special Buck Clayton's Big Eight · Buck Clayton · Trummy Young · Dicky Wells… · 1946 archive.org ↗
WE'RE THROUGH SARAH VAUGHAN · DICKY WELL'S BIG SEVEN · Dicky Wells · George… · 1946 archive.org ↗
OPERA IN BLUE DICKY WELLS' BIG SEVEN · Dicky Wells · George Treadwell · Bud… · 1946 archive.org ↗
DRAG NASTY - The Walk DICKY WELLS' BIG SEVEN · Dicky Wells · George Treadwell · Bud… · 1946 archive.org ↗
Coastin' with J. C. J. C. Heard & His Orch. · Wardell Gray · Tate Huston · Joe Newman ·… · 1948 archive.org ↗
Sugar Hips J. C. Heard & His Orch. · Wardell Gray · Tate Huston · Joe Newman ·… · 1948 archive.org ↗
SUGAR HIPS J. C. HEARD & HIS ORCH. · Wardell Gray · Tate Huston · Wardell Grey… · 1948 archive.org ↗
COASTIN' WITH J. C. J. C. HEARD & HIS ORCH. · Wardell Gray · Tate Huston · Joe Newman ·… · 1948 archive.org ↗