Bassists · 1923–1979

Wilbur Ware

American jazz musician (1923-1979)

Born: 1923
Chicago
Died: 9 September 1979
Philadelphia
Country: United States
Record labels: Riverside
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Wilbur Ware was a jazz musician who played double bass. Wilbur Ware was born in 1923 in Chicago and died on 9 September 1979 in Philadelphia. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Riverside. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “The Chicago Sound” (1991) to “Super Bass” (2012).

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

Studio and live albums

The Chicago Sound 1991

Super Bass 2012

Also plays on

Albums where Wilbur Ware is credited as a sideman

1956	Zoot! — Zoot Sims	bass
1957	Mulligan Meets Monk — Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan	bass
1957	Thelonious Himself — Thelonious Monk	double bass
1957	A Night at the Village Vanguard — Sonny Rollins	double bass
1957	This Is New — Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew	bass
1957	Indeed! — Lee Morgan	double bass
1957	The Cool Voice of Rita Reys — Rita Reys with the Jazz Messengers and Wessel Ilcken Combo	bass
1957	Dial “S” for Sonny — Sonny Clark	double bass
1958	Johnny Griffin Sextet — Johnny Griffin	bass
1958	Big 6 — Blue Mitchell	bass
1961	Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane — Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane	double bass
1961	Mosaic — Clifford Jordan	bass
1970	For Losers — Archie Shepp	double bass
1972	Clifford Jordan in the World — Clifford Jordan	double bass
1973	Zodiac: The Music of Cecil Payne — Cecil Payne	bass, double bass
1974	Kwanza — Archie Shepp	double bass
1981	Remembering — Grant Green	double bass
1983	A Night at the "Village Vanguard" Volume 2 — Sonny Rollins	double bass
1983	A Night At The "Village Vanguard" Volume 3 — Sonny Rollins	double bass
1984	Blues Five Spot — Thelonious Monk	double bass
1989	Straight No Chaser — Thelonious Monk	double bass
1989	New York, Greenwich Village, Village Vanguard, November 3, 1957 — Sonny Rollins, Elvin Jones & Wilbur Ware	double bass
1990	Man Bites Harmonica! — Toots Thielemans	bass
1995	Way Out! — Johnny Griffin	bass
1996	Pal Joey — Kenny Drew	bass
1998	Standards — Grant Green	double bass
2000	Standards — Sun Ra	bass
2011	For Losers / Kwanza — Archie Shepp	double bass
2021	The Rare Albums Collection (CD2) — Gerry Mulligan	bass