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Cranshaw, Bob

LC control no.n 79017434
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Personal name headingCranshaw, Bob
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Variant(s)Cranshaw, Melbourne Robert
Cranshaw, Bobby
LocatedNew York (N.Y.) Evanston (Ill.)
Birth date1932-12-10
Death date2016-11-02
Place of birthEvanston (Ill.)
Chicago (Ill.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationBass player
Jazz musicians Double bassists
Found inThe Great live sessions [SR] p1978 (a.e.) container (Bob Cranshaw, jazz double bassist)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Cranshaw, Bob (Melbourne Robert); b. Dec. 10, 1932, Evanston, IL; bass player)
Washington post WWW site, viewed Nov. 7, 2016 (Bob Cranshaw, a versatile jazz bassist best known for his association with saxophonist Sonny Rollins, whom he accompanied on virtually every concert and album since 1962, died Nov. 2 [2016] at his home in Manhattan; he was 83; Melbourne Robert Cranshaw was born Dec. 10, 1932, in Chicago; grew up in Evanston, Ill.)
Amani A.W. Murray, 1991: container (Bobby Cranshaw) insert (bass)