John Ore (December 17, 1933^[1] – August 22, 2014) was an Americanjazz bassist.

Ore attended the New School of Music in Philadelphia from 1943 to 1946,^[1] studying cello and followed this with studies on bass atJuilliard.^[1]

In the 1950s he worked withTiny Grimes,George Wallington,Lester Young,Ben Webster,Coleman Hawkins,Elmo Hope,Bud Powell andFreddie Redd.^[2] From 1960 to 1963 he played inThelonious Monk's quartet, and then with theLes Double Six of Paris in 1964. Later in the 1960s he played again with Powell and also recorded withTeddy Wilson. In the 1970s he worked withEarl Hines. He was with theSun Ra Arkestra in 1982. He never recorded an album as a leader.

In a blindfold test withDownBeat in 1963, fellow bassistRay Brown praised Ore's playing on an album with Monk's quartet, giving the bassist "four stars...for clean playing."^[3]

WithElmo Hope

• Meditations (Prestige, 1955)
• Hope Meets Foster (Prestige, 1956)
• Last Sessions (Inner City, 1977)
• Elmo Hope Trio (RCA, 1978)
• The Final Sessions (Evidence, 1996)

WithHank Mobley

• No Room for Squares (Blue Note, 1964)
• Straight No Filter (Blue Note, 1986)

WithThelonious Monk

• Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (Riverside, 1960)
• Thelonious Monk in Italy (Riverside, 1963)
• Monk's Dream (Columbia, 1963)
• Criss Cross (Columbia, 1963)
• Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 1 (Riverside, 1963)
• Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 2 (Riverside, 1964)
• Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 3 (Riverside, 1964)
• Monk in France (Riverside, 1965)
• Two Hours with Thelonious (Riverside, 1969)
• In Person (Milestone, 1976)
• Always Know (Columbia, 1979)
• April in Paris/Live (Milestone, 1981)
• The Thelonious Monk Memorial Album (Milestone, 1982)
• Evidence (Milestone, 1983)
• Blues Five Spot (Milestone, 1984)
• European Tour (Denon/LRC, 1985)
• Live! at the Village Gate (Xanadu, 1985)
• The First European Concert '61 (Magnetic, 1988)
• Live at Monterey Jazz Festival 1963 Volume 1 (Jazz Unlimited 1993)

WithCecil Payne

• Cerupa (Delmark, 1995)
• Scotch and Milk (Delmark, 1997)

WithBud Powell

• The Return of Bud Powell (Roulette, 1964)
• Simply Amazing!! (Accord, 1982)
• Bud Powell Vol. 2 (Jazz Reactivation, 1983)

WithSun Ra

• Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (El Saturn, 1965)
• Just Friends (El Saturn, 1983)
• Blue Delight (A&M, 1989)
• Purple Night (A&M, 1990)
• Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy/Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (Evidence, 1992)
• At the Village Vanguard (Rounder, 1993)
• Friendly Galaxy (Leo, 1993)
• Pleiades (Leo, 1993)
• Somewhere Else (Rounder, 1993)

WithFreddie Redd

• Introducing Freddie Redd (Prestige, 1955)
• Freddie Redd in Sweden (Baybride, 1973)

WithCharles Tyler

• Saga of the Outlaws (Nessa, 1978)
• Folk and Mystery Stories (Sonet, 1980)

WithLester Young

• It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Verve, 1957)
• Mean to Me (Verve, 1980)

With others

• Eric Alexander,Up, Over & Out (Delmark, 1995)
• Billy Bang with Sun Ra, John Ore, Andrew Cyrille,A Tribute to Stuff Smith (Soul Note, 1993)
• Earl Hines andMarva Josie,Jazz Is His Old Lady...and My Old Man (Catalyst, 1977)
• Steve Lacy,The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy (Candid, 1962)
• Freddie Redd/Hampton Hawes,Piano: East/West (Prestige, 1956)

• Sun Ra discusses John Ore in a 1988 interview

• 1933 births
• 2014 deaths
• American jazz double-bassists
• American male double-bassists
• American male jazz musicians

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