Jymie Merritt (May 3, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an American jazz double-bassist, electric-bass pioneer, band leader and composer. Merritt was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers group from 1957 until 1962. The same year he left Blakey's band, Merritt formed his own group, The Forerunners, which he led sporadically until his death in 2020. Merritt also worked as a sideman for blues and jazz musicians such as Bullmoose Jackson, B.B. King, Chet Baker, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lee Morgan.
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Victor Sproles
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Bobby Timmons
American pianist
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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George Coleman
American musician
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Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Larry Ridley
American musician
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Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
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Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Walter Davis
American pianist
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Albert Heath
American drummer
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Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Percy Heath
American musician
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Bill Hardman
American musician
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
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Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
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Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Jimmy Bond
American jazz bassist
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James Williams
American jazz pianist
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Essiet Essiet
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Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
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Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
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Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
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Ray Bryant
American pianist
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Lennie McBrowne
American musician
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Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
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Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Tommy Potter
American musician
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Tommy Bryant
American musician