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Rufus Reid
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
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- Rufus Reid Bass Lines
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- The evolving bassist
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944
jazzpost-bop
Discography
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Rufus Reid (b. February 10, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.[1] Rufus Reid was raised in Sacramento, California where he played the trumpet through junior high and high school. Upon graduation from Sacramento High School, he entered the United States Air Force as a trumpet player. During that period he began to be seriously interested in the bass. After fulfilling his duties in the military, Rufus had decided he wan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rufus
- Family name
- Reid
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Educated at
- Northwestern University
- Genre
- bebop
- Instrument
- bass
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- date of birth
- 1944-02-10
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
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