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Mickey Bass
Birth nameLee Oddis Bass III
Born(1943-05-02)May 2, 1943
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
GenresHard Bop
Occupation(s)Bassist, Composer, Arranger, Educator
Instrument(s)Bassist, Saxophone
Years active1960s-1980s
Websitemickeybass.com

Mickey Bass (born May 02, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American bassist, composer, arranger, and music educator. He was born Lee Odiss Bass III. He’s played with Chico Freeman, John Hicks, Kiane Zawadi among others, and cut sessions for Chiaroscuro and Early Bird.

Biography

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Mickey Bass is a Pittsburgh bassist who’s worked with hard bop bandleaders and combos since the ‘60s; he hasn’t recorded often as a leader. His maternal grandmother who performed in minstrel shows taught Mickey and his cousins Barbershop Harmony. He has played and recorded with Sonny Rollins, Bennie Green, Charles Mingus and so on. The The New York Times declared: “When Mickey Bass& “The Co-operation” get in the ‘right groove’…it is doubtful if there is another jazz group in town that swings as hard as this one.” [1] He has taught students at Ellington School of the Arts and Hartt College of Music from 1975 to 1985. During these ten years, he has affected people include Eric Aleen, Gary Bartz, Marc Cary and so on. As a director of “The Jazz Ensemble,” he helped this ensemble gradually to an eventual state of maturity and sophistication. In 1980, he was awarded: A National Endowment for the Arts, Composers’ Grant. [2]

Discography

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As sideman

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With Hank Mobley

With Art Blakey

With Jimmy McGriff

With Reuben Wilson

With Ramon Morris

With Various

  • The Freedom Jazz Dance Series! (album)| The Freedom Jazz Dance Series]] (1995, PHO Records)

With Various

  • Vintage James and Serious Grooves! (album)| Vintage James and Serious Grooves]] (1998, LaserLight Digital)

With Lee Morgan

  • The Sixth Sense! (album)| The Sixth Sense]] (1999, Lee Morgan)

As Leader

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Early Bird Records
  • 1991: The Co-operation

Reference

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  1. ^ ""Jazz: Mickey Bass Sextet; 'Buried Child's to Close Sept.29 at the Circle Rep"".
  2. ^ ""National Endowment for the Arts"".
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