| LC control no. | n 84148413 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Merritt, Jymie |
| Variant(s) | Merritt, James, 1926-2020 Merritt, Jimmy |
| See also | Corporate body: Jazz Messengers |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1926-05-03 |
| Death date | 2020-04-10 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Double bassists Bass guitarists Jazz musicians Band directors Composers |
| Found in | Golson, B. Blues on down [SR] p1978: container (Jymie Merritt, bass) Blakey, A. Hard bop, p1995: insert (Jimmy Merritt, bass) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Merritt, Jymie (James); b. May 3, 1926, Philadelphia; double bass player) Wikipedia, April 14, 2020 (Jymie Merritt; born May 3, 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died April 10, 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; American jazz double-bassist, electric-bass pioneer, band leader, and composer; member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, 1957-1962) |
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