Wilbur Bernard Ware (September 8, 1923 – September 9, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist. He was a staff bassist at Riverside in the 1950s, recording with J.R. Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, and Grant Green.
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Ben Riley
American drummer
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Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Walter Davis
American pianist
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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Sonny Clark
American musician
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Ahmed Abdul-Malik
bassist
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Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Gene Ramey
American musician
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Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Curley Russell
American jazz musician
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Larry Gales
American musician
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Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Tommy Potter
American musician
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Victor Sproles
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
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Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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George Tucker
American musician
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Albert Heath
American drummer
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Percy Heath
American musician
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Sonny Red
American musician
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Teddy Kotick
American musician
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John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Ernie Henry
American musician
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Ray Copeland
American musician
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Frank Rehak
American musician
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Al McKibbon
American musician
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Matthew Gee
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Bill Hardman
American musician
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Pete La Roca
American drummer
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John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Nick Travis
American jazz musician
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Harold Land
American musician