Bob Bates (musician)
{{Short description|American jazz bassist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bob Bates
| birth_date = September 1, 1923
| birth_place = Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
| death_date = September 13, 1981 (aged 58)
| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
| instrument = Double bass
}}
Bob Bates (September 1, 1923 – September 13, 1981) was an American jazz bassist.{{cite web |last=Chadbourne |first=Eugene |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-bates-mn0001453781/biography |title=Bob Bates |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 3, 2021}}
Early life
Bates was born in Pocatello, Idaho. His mother was an organist, while his brothers Norman and Jim were also bassists.{{Cite Grove |last=Koch |first=Lawrence |date=2003 |title=Bates Family |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J031300 }} As a youth, he played tuba, trumpet, and trombone. He then studied classical bass from 1944 to 1948 and played with Sonny Dunham in 1946 and 1947. Bates began performing with Jack Fina in the late 1940s.
Career
Early in the 1950s, Bates played in the Two Beaux & a Peep Trio. He was the bassist in the popular Dave Brubeck Quartet between 1953 and 1955. In addition to Brubeck, Bates also recorded with Paul Desmond in 1954, and Dave Pell in 1956. He stopped playing at around this time.
Personal life
Discography
With Dave Brubeck
- Dave Brubeck at Storyville: 1954 (Columbia, 1954){{cite web |title=Paul Desmond Discography |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-desmond/discography/ |website=jazzdisco |access-date=February 3, 2021}}
- Jazz Goes to College (Columbia, 1954){{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=189 }}
- Brubeck Time (Columbia, 1954)
- Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (Columbia, 1954–55)
With Paul Desmond
With Dave Pell
- Jazz Goes Dancing (1956){{cite web |last=Rickert |first=David |date=March 29, 2013 |title=Dave Pell: Dave Pell – Four Classic Albums |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dave-pell-four-classic-albums-by-david-rickert.php?width=1366 |website=All About Jazz |access-date=February 3, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Dave Pell – Jazz Goes Dancing: Prom to Prom & Campus Hop (2 LP on 1 CD) |url=https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/dave-pell-albums/5787-jazz-goes-dancing-prom-to-prom-campus-hop-2-lps-on-1-cd.html |website=Fresh Sound Records |access-date=February 3, 2021}}
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Category:American jazz double-bassists
Category:American male double-bassists
Category:People from Pocatello, Idaho
Category:Jazz musicians from San Francisco
Category:20th-century American double-bassists
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Category:American male jazz musicians