Oscar Pettiford

double bass, cello · 1922–1960 · Okmulgee (Oklahoma)

Double bassist and composer, one of the first bebop musicians. He is also considered a pioneer of the cello as a solo voice in jazz and died in Copenhagen, where he had settled in 1958.

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Styles

• Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's)
• Hard bop

Landmark tracks

• Another One (1955)
• Minor Seventh Heaven (1955)
• Bohemia After Dark (1955)
• Oscalypso (1955)
• Kamman's a-Comin' (1955)

Sources

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