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Jay Anderson
Jay Anderson in 2011
Jay Anderson in 2011
Background information
Born (1955-10-24) October 24, 1955 (age 69)
Upland, California
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
LabelsSteepleChase
Websitejayandersonbass.com

Jay Anderson (born October 24, 1955) is an American jazz double-bassist and studio musician.

Career

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Anderson received a bachelor's degree from California State University, Long Beach in 1978, then worked with Woody Herman (1978-1979), Carmen McRae (1979-1981), and a quartet led by Ira Sullivan and Red Rodney (1981-1986). Anderson remained with Rodney through 1992, also working with Michael Brecker during this time, and played with Toots Thielemans and Joe Sample for much of the 1990s. As a sideman, he played with Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Eliane Elias, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bennie Wallace, Brian Lynch, Bob Belden, Warren Bernhardt, Joey Calderazzo, Dave Stryker, Mike Stern, Chaka Khan, Terumasa Hino, Michel Legrand, Tiger Okoshi, Lynne Arriale, Bob Mintzer, George Cables, Paul Bley, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Dr. John, Rich Perry, Vic Juris, and Lee Konitz. He was a professor at Manhattan School of Music.

Discography

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As leader

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  • Next Exit (DMP, 1992)
  • Local Color (DMP, 1994)
  • Deepscape (SteepleChase, 2019)

As sideman

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With Lynne Arriale

  • The Eyes Have It (DMP, 1994)
  • Live at Montreux (TCB, 2000)
  • Inspiration (TCB, 2002)
  • Arise (In+Out, 2004)
  • Come Together (In+Out, 2004)
  • Live (Motema Music, 2005)

With Bob Belden

  • Straight to My Heart (Blue Note, 1991)
  • Puccini's Turandot (Blue Note, 1993)
  • Princejazz (Somethin' Else, 1994)
  • La Cigale (Sunnyside, 1998)

With Warren Bernhardt

  • Heat of the Moment (DMP, 1989)
  • Ain't Life Grand (DMP, 1990)
  • Reflections (ESA, 1991)
  • Amelia's Song (DMP, 2002)

With Paul Bley

  • If We May (SteepleChase, 1994)
  • Speechless (SteepleChase, 1995)
  • Reality Check (SteepleChase, 1996)
  • Notes On Ornette (SteepleChase, 1998)

With George Cables

  • I Mean You (SteepleChase, 1994)
  • Skylark (SteepleChase, 1996)
  • Dark Side, Light Side (SteepleChase, 1997)

With Stanley Cowell

  • Are You Real? (SteepleChase, 2014)
  • Reminiscent (SteepleChase, 2015)
  • No Illusions (SteepleChase, 2017)

With Harold Danko

  • Unriched (SteepleChase, 2012)
  • Lost in the Breeze (SteepleChase, 2016)
  • Triple Play (SteepleChase, 2017)

With Michael Davis

  • Midnight Crossing (Lipstick, 1994)
  • Brass Nation (Hip-Bone Music, 2000)
  • Trumpets Eleven (Hip-Bone Music, 2003)

With Michael Franks

  • Watching the Snow (Koch, 2003)
  • Time Together (Shanachie, 2011)
  • The Music in My Head (P-Vine 2018)

With Vic Juris

  • For the Music (Jazzpoint, 1992)
  • Pastels (SteepleChase, 1996)
  • Moonscape (SteepleChase, 1997)
  • Remembering Eric Dolphy (SteepleChase, 1999)
  • Songbook (SteepleChase, 2000)
  • Blue Horizon (Zoho, 2004)
  • A Second Look (Mel Bay, 2005)
  • Omega Is the Alpha (SteepleChase, 2010)
  • Free Admission (SteepleChase, 2012)
  • Walking On Water (SteepleChase, 2014)
  • Blue (SteepleChase, 2015)
  • Vic Juris Plays Victor Young (SteepleChase, 2016)
  • Eye Contact (SteepleChase, 2018)
  • Let's Cool One (SteepleChase, 2020)

With Frank Kimbrough

  • Live at Kitano (Palmetto, 2012)
  • Quartet (Palmetto, 2014)
  • Solstice (Pirouet, 2016)

With Lee Konitz

With Andy LaVerne

  • Between Earth & Mars (SteepleChase, 2000)
  • Know More (SteepleChase, 2001)
  • Pianissimo (SteepleChase, 2002)

With Bob Mintzer

  • Only in New York (DMP, 1994)
  • Big Band Trane (DMP, 1996)
  • Latin from Manhattan (DMP, 1998)
  • Quality Time (TVT 1998)
  • Gently (DMP, 2002)
  • In the Moment (Art of Life, 2006)
  • Old School New Lessons (MCG Jazz, 2006)
  • Swing Out (MCG Jazz, 2008)

With Rich Perry

  • Beautiful Love (SteepleChase, 1995)
  • What Is This? (SteepleChase, 1996)
  • Left Alone (SteepleChase, 1997)
  • At the Kitano 2 (SteepleChase, 2008)
  • Gone (SteepleChase, 2009)
  • Time Was (SteepleChase, 2012)
  • Mood (SteepleChase, 2016)
  • Other Matters (SteepleChase, 2019)

With Red Rodney

  • Spirit Within (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
  • Sprint (Elektra/Musician, 1983)
  • One for Bird (SteepleChase, 1988)
  • No Turn On Red (Denon, 1989)
  • Red Snapper (SteepleChase, 1989)
  • Then and Now (Chesky, 1992)

With Joe Sample

  • Old Places Old Faces (Warner Bros., 1996)
  • Sample This (Warner Bros., 1997)
  • The Song Lives On (PRA, 1999)
  • The Pecan Tree (Videoarts, 2002)

With Maria Schneider

  • Evanescence (Enja, 1994)
  • Concert in the Garden (ArtistShare, 2004)
  • Sky Blue (ArtistShare, 2007)
  • The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare, 2015)
  • Data Lords (ArtistShare, 2020)

With Louis Smith

  • There Goes My Heart (SteepleChase, 1997)
  • Soon (SteepleChase, 1998)
  • The Bopsmith (SteepleChase, 2000)

With Mark Soskin

  • 17 (TCB, 2001)
  • Man Behind the Curtain (Kind of Blue, 2009)
  • Hearts and Minds (SteepleChase, 2017)
  • Upper West Side Stories (SteepleChase, 2018)
  • Everything Old Is New Again (SteepleChase, 2020)

With Dave Stryker

  • Passage (SteepleChase, 1993)
  • Full Moon (SteepleChase, 1994)
  • Blue to the Bone (SteepleChase, 1996)
  • Blue to the Bone III (SteepleChase, 2002)
  • Latest Outlook (Zoho, 2007)
  • The Scene (Zoho, 2008)
  • Keeper (Panorama, 2010)

With Frank Zappa

  • Thing-Fish (EMI, 1984)
  • Cheap Thrills (Rykodisc, 1998)
  • The Man from Utopia (Limited Edition, 1999)

With others

References

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