Don Cherry and Other People Who Have Played with Everyone

[Д.Д.]

Paul Bley played with both Chalrie and Evan Parker - how about that? With Ornette too.

Buell Neidlinger played with a lot of people.

[Guest Bill Barton]

A very short sample of Davis' credits: Compulsion, Born To Run, Astral Weeks, Out To Lunch, Creative Construction Company, Color Me Barbra

And in duo with Jayne Cortez on Celebrations and Solitudes. I heard them in live performance shortly after this album was released. Their interaction was brilliant and just this side of telepathic. Davis would rank pretty high on the list partly because of the variety of styles/genres he has worked in.

If we're sticking strictly to jazz I'd cast another vote for the incomparable Milt Hinton.

[Dan Gould]

How 'bout Ray Brown?

[Hot Ptah]

Not on record, but didn't Richard Davis very temporarily hold the bass chair in Miles's 2nd quintet? For that matter, wasn't he in Coltrane's group at some point (in lieu of Garrison)?

That is interesting that you would mention Richard Davis with Coltrane. He told our jazz history class that it was all set up that he would join John Coltrane's group in the fall of 1967, as the regular bassist. Of course, Coltrane died earlier that year.

[mjzee]

In terms of range of different styles of jazz, we must consider Gary Peacock. I notice that he's on the Carmell Jones Mosaic. A short bio from AMG:

A subtle but adventurous bassist, Gary Peacock's flexibility and consistently creative ideas have been an asset to several important groups. He was originally a pianist, playing in an Army band while stationed in Germany in the late '50s. Peacock switched to bass in 1956, staying on in Germany after his discharge to play with Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Tony Scott, and Bud Shank. In 1958 he moved to Los Angeles where he performed with Barney Kessel, Don Ellis, Terry Gibbs, Shorty Rogers, and (most importantly) Paul Bley, among others. After moving to New York in 1962, Peacock worked with Bill Evans (1962-1963), the Paul Bley trio, Jimmy Giuffre, Roland Kirk, and George Russell. In 1964, after a brief stint with Miles Davis, Peacock started an association with Albert Ayler in Europe, also playing with Roswell Rudd and Steve Lacy. Peacock alternated between Ayler and Paul Bley for a time and returned briefly to Miles Davis in the late '60s. After a period in Japan (1969-1972), Peacock studied biology (1972-1976), worked with Bley, and off and on from the late '70s has played (and recorded) in a trio with Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette.

[fkimbrough]

Paul Bley has played with the following:

Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Evan Parker, Rich Perry, John Surman, Eric Dolphy, Yusef Lateef, Jimmy Giuffre, Albert Ayler, Jane Bunnett, Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Sam Rivers, Booker Ervin, Joe Farrell, Jackie McLean, Charles McPherson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Steve Lacy, Jimmy Lyons, Archie Shepp, Perry Robinson, Marion Brown, Don Cherry, Don Ellis, Ted Curson, Chet Baker, Kenny Wheeler, Donald Byrd, Herbie Spanier, Herb Robertson, Ray Codrington, Bill Evans, Marian McPartland, Satoko Fuji, Frank Kimbrough, NHOP, Gary Peacock, Steve Swallow, Charlie Haden, Mario Pavone, Charles Mingus, Barre Phillips, Bob Cranshaw, Ron McClure, Jaco Pastorius, Red Mitchell, Dave Holland, Glen Moore, Percy Jones, Doug Watkins, Scott LaFaro, Jay Anderson, Percy Heath, Milt Hinton, Henry Grimes, Eddie Gomez, Art Blakey, Paul Motian, Masahiko Togashi, Roy McCurdy, Barry Altschul, Danny Richmond, Tony Oxley, Pete LaRoca, Bruce Ditmas, Sunny Murray, Victor Lewis, Keith Copeland, Jeff Hirshfield, Jeff Williams, Han Bennink, Billy Hart, Billy Higgins, Bob Moses, Art Taylor, Milford Graves, Steve McCall, Betty Carter, Annette Peacock, Bill Conners, Sonny Greenwich, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie,

Gary Burton, Dave Pike, Bobby Hutcherson, George Russell, Michal Urbaniak, Jimmy Knepper, Julian Priester, David Baker, Roswell Rudd,Willie Ruff.

not too shabby.........