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American musician (1919–2005)

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Al McKibbon (January 1, 1919 - July 29, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz. In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols and Hawkins. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Instance of
human
Given name
Benjamin
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
jazz musician
Instrument
double bass
Record label
Mainstream Records
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date of birth
1919-01-01
date of death
2005-07-29
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Al McKibbon
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