Oscar Pettiford

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Oscar Pettiford was an influential American jazz bassist and cellist, renowned as a pioneer of bebop and a key figure in modern jazz ensembles of the 1940s and 1950s.

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instanceOf bandleader
cellist
composer
double bassist
human
jazz musician
activeYearsEnd 1960
activeYearsStart 1930s
associatedAct Art Blakey NERFINISHED
Ben Webster NERFINISHED
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
Coleman Hawkins NERFINISHED
Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Kenny Clarke NERFINISHED
Miles Davis NERFINISHED
Milt Jackson NERFINISHED
Thelonious Monk NERFINISHED
Woody Herman NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath polio
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1922-09-30
dateOfDeath 1960-09-08
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Pettiford NERFINISHED
fullName Oscar Collins Pettiford NERFINISHED
genre bebop
jazz
givenName Oscar NERFINISHED
influenced Charles Mingus NERFINISHED
Paul Chambers NERFINISHED
Ray Brown NERFINISHED
modern jazz bass playing
instrument bass
cello
double bass
movement modern jazz
notableEvent was a key figure in New York bebop jam sessions in the 1940s
was one of the first jazz musicians to record on cello in a bebop context
notableFor being an early bebop bassist
pioneering the use of the cello in jazz
notableWork Another One (album) NERFINISHED
Bohemia After Dark (as sideman) NERFINISHED
Oscar Pettiford (1954 album) NERFINISHED
Oscar Pettiford Sextet (album) NERFINISHED
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi NERFINISHED
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi, Vol. 2 NERFINISHED
occupation bandleader
composer
musician
performedAt 52nd Street jazz clubs in New York
Minton's Playhouse NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Copenhagen, Denmark NERFINISHED
recordLabel ABC-Paramount Records NERFINISHED
Debut Records NERFINISHED
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED
residence Copenhagen NERFINISHED
New York City

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Helen Merrill recordedWith Oscar Pettiford