James Alfred Conrad Cammack Jr. (born April 15, 1956) is an American jazz bassist from

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Career

For nearly thirty years, he played bass for

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Biography Early life Jamal was born Fr ...

. His debut solo album, ''Both Sides of the Coin'', was released in 2012. Before joining Jamal in 1983, he played in U.S. Army bands. At the age of eighteen in 1974, he became a member of the West Point Army Band as a trumpeter, though he was learning bass. He played for

the Jazz Knights The Jazz Knights was the jazz ensemble of the United States Military Academy Band stationed at West Point, New York; it was one of the premiere jazz ensembles of the United States Army Special Bands. Originally created in 1972, they carried the ...

and on weekends performed at resorts in the Catskill mountains of New York. For biggest influences on bass, he lists

Israel Crosby Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. One of the finest to emerge during the 1930s, he was also a member of the Ahmad Jamal trio for most of 1954 ...

George Duvivier George Duvivier (August 17, 1920 – July 11, 1985) was an American jazz double-bassist. Biography Duvivier was born in New York City, the son of Leon V. Duvivier and Ismay Blakely Duvivier. He attended the Conservatory of Music and Art, where ...

, and

Milt Hinton Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...

Discography

With

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Rossiter Road ''Rossiter Road'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1986 and released on the Atlantic label.

'' (Atlantic, 1986) * ''

Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 ''Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival'' is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1985 and released on the Atlantic label.Crystal A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macros ...

'' (Atlantic, 1987) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1989) * '' Live in Paris 1992'' (Birdology, 1993) * ''

The Essence Part One ''The Essence Part One'' is an album by the American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, containing performances recorded in Paris in 1994 and New York City in 1995. It was released on the Verve Records, Birdology label in 1995.Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2'' (Verve, 1997) * '' Nature: The Essence Part Three'' (Atlantic, 1998) * ''Picture Perfect'' (Birdology, 2000) * ''A L'Olympia'' (Dreyfus, 2001) * ''In Search of Momentum'' (Dreyfus, 2003) * ''After Fajr'' (Dreyfus, 2005) * ''It's Magic'' (Dreyfus, 2008) * ''A Quiet Time'' (Dreyfus, 2009) * ''Marseille'' (Jazz Village, 2017) * Ballades (Jazz Village, 2019) With

Malachi Thompson Malachi Richard Thompson (August 21, 1949, Princeton, Kentucky — July 16, 2006), was an American avant-garde jazz trumpet player. In addition to his own work as a bandleader, Thompson was known for his work in the brass ensemble led by fellow tr ...

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Freebop Now! ''Freebop Now!'' (subtitled ') is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1998.Rising Daystar'' (Delmark, 1999) With others *

Alexis Cole Alexis Cole is an American jazz singer. Career Cole was born in Queens, New York. Her father and grandmother were both jazz singers and pianists. She grew up in South Florida, where she studied Musical Theater at the New World School of the Arts ...

, ''Close Your Eyes'' (Venus, 2014) *

Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. Early life Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He w ...

, ''Montgomery'' (Patuxent, 2011) * Mac Chrupcala,

Bernard Purdie Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul and funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdie ...

, ''One More for the Road'' (2013) * Howard Johnson, ''Right Now!'' (Verve, 1997) * Shahin Novrasli, ''Emanation'' (Jazz Village, 2017) * Roberto Tarenzi,

Jorge Rossy Jorge "Jordi" Rossy (born August 21, 1964) is a jazz drummer, pianist and vibraphonist. Early life Rossy was born in Barcelona. He started playing drums at age 11. Later life and career Between 1980 and 1989, Rossy toured and recorded extensiv ...

, ''Love and Other Simple Matters'' (Via Veneto, 2018)

References

1956 births Living people American double-bassists Male double-bassists United States Military Academy people United States Army Band musicians 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century American male musicians