Bob Cranshaw

American musician (1932–2016)

Born: 10 December 1932
Chicago
Died: 2 November 2016
Manhattan
Country: United States

Biography

Bob Cranshaw was a jazz musician who played guitar, double bass and bass instrument. Bob Cranshaw was born on 10 December 1932 in Chicago and died on 2 November 2016 in Manhattan. The music is usually filed under jazz and music of the Caribbean.

Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 10, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records as a house bassist. He is known for his long association with Sonny Rollins, starting with a live appearance at the 1959 Playboy jazz festival in Chicago and Rollins's 1962 album The Bridge. Cranshaw died at the age of 83 on November 2, 2016, in Manhattan, New York, of cancer.

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Albums where Bob Cranshaw is credited as a sideman

1958	Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene — Max Roach	bass
1962	What’s New? — Sonny Rollins	bass
1962	The Bridge — Sonny Rollins	double bass
1962	Our Man in Jazz — Sonny Rollins	bass
1962	Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics — Carmen McRae	double bass
1962	Impromptu — Billy Taylor	double bass
1962	Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton — Slide Hampton	bass
1963	Sonny Meets Hawk! — Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins	double bass
1963	Little Big Horn! — Nat Adderley	double bass
1963	Evolution — Grachan Moncur III	double bass
1964	Movin’ Wes — Wes Montgomery	bass
1964	Up With Donald Byrd — Donald Byrd	double bass
1964	Inside Betty Carter — Betty Carter	double bass
1964	The Sidewinder — Lee Morgan	double bass
1964	In a New Setting — Milt Jackson	double bass
1964	Live at Newport — McCoy Tyner	double bass
1964	Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus — Pepper Adams	double bass
1964	Little Johnny C — Johnny Coles	double bass
1965	Gettin’ Around — Dexter Gordon	bass
1965	Money in the Pocket — Joe Zawinul	bass, double bass
1965	Bumpin’ — Wes Montgomery	bass
1965	I’m Tryin’ to Get Home — Donald Byrd	double bass
1965	J.J.! — J.J. Johnson	double bass
1965	Joe's Blues — Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis	double bass
1965	Joyride — Stanley Turrentine	double bass
1965	Hustlin’ — Stanley Turrentine	bass
1965	Out Front! — Jaki Byard	double bass
1965	Cool Sax From Hollywood to Broadway — Eddie Harris	bass
1965	Everybody Loves a Lover — Shirley Scott	double bass
1965	The Cape Verdean Blues — The Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson	double bass