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Larry Gray
Larry Gray
American musician
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Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
2
Joe Tarto
Joe Tarto
American musician
3
Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
4
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
American jazz bassist
5
Brian Lynch
Brian Lynch
American musician
6
Herman Autrey
Herman Autrey
American jazz musician
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Rent Romus
Rent Romus
American musician
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Rick Laird
Rick Laird
Irish musician
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
American musician
13
Joe Gallivan
Joe Gallivan
American musician
14
Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
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Hayes Alvis
Hayes Alvis
musician
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Oliver Jackson
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Pat Smythe
Pat Smythe
British musician
18
Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
19
Vernon Alley
Vernon Alley
American jazz bassist
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
US musician
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Joe Venuti
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
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John Simmons
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago
American avant-garde group
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Fareed Haque
Fareed Haque
American musician
26
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Pete Cosey
Pete Cosey
American guitarist
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Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
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Eddie Higgins
Eddie Higgins
American musician
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Cliff Leeman
Cliff Leeman
American musician
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Frank Signorelli
Frank Signorelli
American jazz musician, songwriter
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Eddie Safranski
Eddie Safranski
American musician
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby
American jazz musician
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Donald Garrett
Donald Garrett
American musician and clarinetist
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Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Al Hall
Al Hall
American musician
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Paul Motian
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Dick Oatts
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
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Charlie Byrd
Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
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Nicole Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell
American jazz flutist
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Vinnie Burke
Vinnie Burke
American musician
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Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
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Martin Drew
Martin Drew
British musician
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Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Larry Gales
Larry Gales
American musician
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Victor Sproles
Victor Sproles
American musician
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Haywood Henry
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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Nilson Matta
Nilson Matta
Brazilian jazz bassist and educator
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Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips
American bassist
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Al Lucas
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Hugo Rasmussen
Hugo Rasmussen
Danish musician
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
Bob Casey
Jazz musician

Bob Casey

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Robert Hanley Casey (February 11, 1909, Johnson County, Illinois - April 9, 1986, Marion, Illinois) was an American jazz double-bassist.

Casey learned to play banjo and guitar as a child, playing both in regional ensembles in the Midwest. He began playing bass at age 20 and continued as a guitarist for some time after. In the mid-1930s he played in NBC radio ensembles and worked with Wingy Manone, and in 1939 joined Muggsy Spanier's Ragtimers band. The group soon split, after which he played with Charlie Spivak, Brad Gowans, Eddie Condon, Miff Mole, and Joe Marsala. He played extensively on radio with several of these ensembles. He was also a prolific session bassist, recording with Wild Bill Davison, Bobby Hackett, Cliff Jackson, Max Kaminsky, Eddie Edwards, Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, Georg Brunis, George Wettling, Ralph Sutton, Joe Sullivan, and Boyce Brown in the 1940s and 1950s.

Casey relocated to Florida in 1957, where he played with the Dukes of Dixieland. By the 1970s he was playing only occasionally.