| LC control no. | n 80097146 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3607.R5564 |
| Personal name heading | Grimes, Henry |
| See also | Corporate body: Gerry Mulligan Quartet Corporate body: Henry Grimes Trio Corporate body: Marc Ribot Trio |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1935-11-03 |
| Death date | 2020-04-15 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Juilliard School of Music Pacific Jazz Records SLG, LLC |
| Profession or occupation | Double bassists Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Jazz musicians Poets Violinists |
| Found in | Jazz: the 50's [SR] p1978 (a.e.) container (Henry Grimes; jazz bassist) New Grove dict. of jazz (Grimes, Henry (Alonzo); b. Nov. 3, 1935, Philadelphia; double bass player) Signs along the road, poems, 2007: t.p. (Henry Grimes) African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Grimes, Henry; Henry Alonzo Grimes; bassist, composer/arranger, jazz musician; born 03 November 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; began playing bass and performing for Philadelphia's all-city orchestra (1948-1952); graduated from Juilliard School of Music in New York (1954); joined Gerry Mulligan's quartet (1956); recorded several albums for the Pacific Jazz label; began touring Europe extensively with Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophone giant (late 1950s); recorded “Funk Dumpling” with the clarinetist Perry Robinson for the Savoy label (1962); participated in School Days, recognized as one of the most musically innovative ensembles of the early 1960s avant-garde jazz scene; played on a number of sessions with the saxophonist Albert Ayler (1964); recorded “The Call” with the Henry Grimes Trio and it was released by ESP-Disk (1966); moved to California (1968); a star performer at the annual Vision Festival in New York (2003)) Live at the Village Vanguard, 2014: label (Marc Ribot Trio) container (Henry Grimes, bass, violin) Wikipedia, April 19, 2020 (Henry Grimes; born November 3, 1935, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died April 15, 2020, New York City; American jazz double bassist, violinist, and poet) |
| Associated language | eng |
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