Jimmy "Spanky"DeBrest (April 24, 1937 inPhiladelphia – March 2, 1973 in Philadelphia) was an Americanjazzbassist.^[1]

DeBrest played withLee Morgan in his early years in Philadelphia. In 1957 he was a member ofRay Draper's Quintet,Jackie McLean, pianistMal Waldron, and drummerBen Dixon.^[2]

He played withArt Blakey's Jazz Messengers until 1958 which includedBill Hardman on trumpet and certain sessions withThelonious Monk on piano. Other credits include work withJohn Coltrane,Clifford Jordan,Ray Draper,Lee Morgan, andJ. J. Johnson. His last recordings were made in 1971.

WithArt Blakey

• Hard Bop (Columbia, 1956)
• Originally (Columbia, 1956 [1982])
• Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Pacific Jazz, 1957)
• Drum Suite (Columbia, 1956)
• Mirage (Savoy, 1957)
• Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (Vik, 1957)
• Tough! (Cadet, 1957 [1966])
• A Night in Tunisia (Vik, 1957) - reissued asTheory of Art (Bluebird)
• Cu-Bop (Jubilee, 1957)
• Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic, 1957) - withThelonious Monk
• Hard Drive (Bethlehem, 1957)

WithJohn Coltrane

• Like Sonny (Capitol, 1960)

WithRay Draper

• Tuba Sounds (Prestige, 1957)
• The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane (New Jazz, 1957) - withJohn Coltrane
• A Tuba Jazz (Jubilee, 1958)

WithJ. J. Johnson

• Really Livin' (Columbia, 1959)

WithClifford Jordan

• Spellbound (Riverside, 1960)

WithHarold Corbin

• Soul Brother (Roulette – Birdland Series, 1960)

WithLee Morgan

• We Remember You (Fresh Sound, 1991; recorded 1962)

• 1937 births
• 1973 deaths
• American jazz double-bassists
• American male double-bassists
• The Jazz Messengers members
• Jazz musicians from Philadelphia
• 20th-century American double-bassists
• American male jazz musicians
• 20th-century American male musicians

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