The Bass. – Los Angeles : ABC Impulse, 1974.

Album description

3 audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 r/min, stereo. ; 30 cm.
ABC Impulse: ASY 9284-3.
Various jazz bassists performing with ensembles.
Reissue of recordings previously released by Impulse and other companies.
Recorded 1939-73.
Program notes by Robert Palmer ([4] p.), laid in container.
Contents: Side 1. Plucked again / Duke Ellington (Jimmy Blanton, bass ; Duke Ellington, piano. Recorded November 22, 1939) (2:59) -- Tricrotism [sic] / Oscar Pettiford (4:33) ; The plain but simple truth / Lucky Thompson (4:43) (Oscar Pettiford, bass ; Lucky Thompson, tenor saxophone ; Skeeter Best, guitar. Recorded in New York, January 27, 1956) -- The very thought of you / Ray Noble (Ray Brown, bass ; Milt Jackson, vibes ; Monty Alexander, piano ; Dick Berk, drums. Recorded at Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Los Angeles, August 1-2, 1969) (8:35).

Side 2. II BS / Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop (Charles Mingus, bass ; with jazz ensemble. Recorded in New York, September 20, 1963 (4:47) -- Teenie’s blues / Oliver Nelson (Paul Chambers, bass ; Oliver Nelson, alto saxophone ; with jazz ensemble. Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., February 23, 1961) (6:33) -- Gloria’s step / Scott LaFaro (Scott LaFaro, bass ; Bill Evans, piano ; Paul Motian, drums. Recorded at the Village Vanguard, New York, June 25, 1961) (6:07).

Side 3. Jazz conversations / Bob Hammer, Stanley Clayton (Milt Hinton, bass ; Clark Terry, flugelhorn ; with jazz ensemble. Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., March 13, 1964) (4:25) -- The sicks of us / Shelly Manne, Eddie Costa, George Duvivier (George Duvivier, bass ; Shelly Manne, drums ; Eddie Costa, vibes. Recorded in New York, February 5 and 8, 1962) (6:04) -- Song of praise / John Coltrane (Jimmy Garrison, bass ; John Coltrane, tenor saxophone ; McCoy Tyner, piano ; Elvin Jones, drums. Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., February 17-18, 1965) (9:49).

Side 4. Long wharf / Roy Haynes (Henry Grimes, bass ; Roy Haynes, drums ; Roland Kirk, stritch ; Tommy Flanagan, piano. Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., May 16 and 23, 1962) (4:38) -- Song for Che / Charlie Haden (Charlie Haden, bass ; the Liberation Music Orchestra. Recorded at Judson Hall, New York, April 27-29, 1970) (9:33) -- Walls-bridges / Dewey Redman (Sirone, bass ; Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone ; with jazz ensemble. Recorded in New York, June 8-9, 1973) (4:09).

Side 5. Syeeda’s song flute / John Coltrane (Reggie Workman, bass ; Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone ; with jazz ensemble. Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., August 10, 1964) (8:28) -- Sophisticated lady / Duke Ellington (Ron Carter, bass ; Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone ; Roy Haynes, drums. Recorded in New York, January 29, 1968) (7:07) -- Black unity : part II / Pharoah Sanders (Stanley Clark, Cecil McBee, basses ; Pharoah Sanders, koto ; with jazz ensemble. Recorded in New York, 1971) (6:05).

Side 6. Summertime / George Gershwin. D. Heyward (Richard Davis, bass ; Elvin Jones, drums. Recorded in New York, ca. 1968) (11:35) -- The chased / Archie Shepp (David Izenzon, bass ; Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone ; J.C. Moses, drums. Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., March 9, 1965) (5:17) -- Love / Cecil McBee (Cecil McBee, bass ; Pharoah Sanders, koto. Recorded in Los Angeles, November 25, 1970) (5:18).