Dwayne Dolphin is a jazz and funk bassist.

Biography

Dolphin plays acoustic bass and bass guitar (including

piccolo bass A piccolo bass is either an electric bass or acoustic double bass which has been tuned to a higher frequency, usually one octave higher than conventional bass tuning. This allows bass players to use higher registers during soloing while retaining ...

)."Mr. Bass strikes again – Dwayne Dolphin"
(August 22, 2012). New Pittsburgh Courier. He played locally in Pittsburgh from the age of 15. After high school he joined

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's band. The

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reviewer of his 1993 album ''Portrait of Adrian'' observed that "Dolphin's tone is round and full, and he's got an agile technique. Certainly the late

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

must have been an influence; like Chambers, Dolphin tends to place his unfussy improvisations in the instrument's lower register. Consequently, his lines are solidly melodic and generally to the point." Dolphin played piccolo bass on his 2006 album ''Ming''."Dwayne Dolphin"
Bonedog Records. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

*''Portrait of Adrian'' (Minor Music, 1993) *''Three Of A Kind'', Madsen - Dolphin - Cox, (Minor Music, 1994) *''Meets Mister T.'', Three Of A Kind, (Minor Music 1994) *''4 Robin'' (AAM, 2004) *''Ming'' (Bonedog, 2006) *''Pretty Girl'' (Bonedog, 2008) *''Essence of an Angel'' (Corona)

As sideman

With

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, 1992) With

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'' (Savant, 2001) With

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*''Twelve and More Blues'' (Minor Music, 1993) With

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*'' Something to Live For: A Billy Strayhorn Songbook'' (

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, 1997) *'' Nightwind: An Erroll Garner Songbook'' (HighNote, 1997) *''

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'' (HighNote, 1998) *'' Music in the Key of Clark'' (HighNote, 2001) *'' Fatha's Day: An Earl Hines Songbook'' (HighNote, 2003) With Jimmy Ponder *'' James Street'' (HighNote, 1997) With

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*''Swing & Be Funky'' (Minor Music, 1993) *''Amalgamation'' (Minor Music, 1994) With Nancy Wilson *'' R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)'' (

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, 2004)

References

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