Jimmy Woode | |
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 Sonya Hedenbratt and Jimmy Woode (right) in 1947 | |
| Born | James Bryant Woode (1926-09-23)September 23, 1926 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | April 23, 2005(2005-04-23) (aged 78) Lindenwold, New Jersey, US |
James Bryant Woode (September 23, 1926 – April 23, 2005) was an American jazzbassist.[1] He played and/or recorded in bands withFlip Phillips,Sarah Vaughan,Ella Fitzgerald,Charlie Parker,Duke Ellington,Coleman Hawkins,Nat Pierce,Sidney Bechet,Billie Holiday,Jaki Byard,Earl Hines,Jimmy Witherspoon,Mal Waldron,Clark Terry andMiles Davis.[1]
Woode was born September 23, 1926, inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, United States.[1] His father, also named Jimmy Woode, was a music teacher and pianist who had played withHot Lips Page. The younger Woode studied piano and bass in Boston atBoston University and at the Conservatory of Music, as well as at the Philadelphia Academy.
He joined theDuke Ellington Orchestra in 1955,[2] appearing on many of Ellington's recordings, includingSuch Sweet Thunder andElla Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, both from 1957, as well as the performance at the 1956Newport Jazz Festival issued onEllington at Newport. He stayed with the Orchestra until 1960, when he left to live in Europe.[1]
Jimmy Woode's song "Just Give Me Time" was covered byCarola in 1966, first released on her albumCarola & Heikki Sarmanto Trio, reaching the Finnish charts in 2004.
An original member ofThe Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band,[2] in 1995 he also toured withLionel Hampton's Golden Men of Jazz.
In 2003, Woode formed a trio with drummerPete York and German jazz musician/comedianHelge Schneider, touring inGermany with his interpretation of jazz classics such as "Georgia" and "Summertime". As a consequence of his co-operation with Schneider, Woode also starred in the feature filmJazzclub (2004).[3] in the role of Steinberg, a struggling jazz bassist.
He died April 23, 2005, at age 78 at his home inLindenwold, New Jersey, of complications following a surgery for astomach aneurysm.[4]
Woode was born on the same day, the same month, the same year as saxophonistJohn Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967).
With (groups led by)Don Byas,Albert Nicholas,Bud Powell,Idrees Sulieman
WithKenny Clarke
WithTed Curson
WithEddie "Lockjaw" Davis andJohnny Griffin
WithNathan Davis
WithEric Dolphy
WithDuke Ellington
WithArt Farmer
WithErich Kleinschuster (Sextett)
WithPaul Gonsalves
WithJohnny Griffin
WithJim Hall
WithJohnny Hodges
WithJohn Lewis andSvend Asmussen
WithMark Murphy
With Mythologie
WithSahib Shihab
With Sunbirds
WithClark Terry
WithMal Waldron
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