Andre St. James (bassist from Portland Oregon)

[randyhersom]

A friend in Portland reported the passing of Andre St. James, bassist, educator and bandleader.  I'm not familiar with his work.  Anybody know of any recordings?

 

[clifford_thornton]

He's on the George Sams record on Hat Hut, not sure beyond that.

[danasgoodstuff]

http://www.espdisk.com/5020.html 

he's on this one with my friend Tim DuRoche, I think I met Andre on the #19 bus a couple of times - nice guy

[clifford_thornton]

just got that today. Looking forward to giving it a listen.

[mjazzg]

Listening to it now. Strong

[ep1str0phy]

He was a really cool guy--and a great player. Never actually played with him, but shared a bill with him once (with the similarly great Tim DuRoche), and we had plenty of mutual friends. He was a light out in Portland. Many of the guys emanating from that 70-80's WC scene--all on records that might now only seem legendary/obscure--are still very active. India Cooke was on the Mills faculty while I was there, and virtually all of the folks from United Front are still active in the Bay.