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Walter Booker (December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006) was an American jazz, jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable Double bass, bass player and an underrated stylist. His playing was marked by voice-like inflections, glissandos and tremolo techniques.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Booker, Walter American jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists 1933 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American musicians People from Prairie View, Texas Musicians from Washington, D.C. Jazz musicians from Texas 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Cannonball Adderley Quintet members Mapleshade Records artists
Walter Booker (December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006) was an American jazz, jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable Double bass, bass player and an underrated stylist. His playing was marked by voice-like inflections, glissandos and tremolo techniques.
Biography
Booker moved with his family to Washington, D.C. in the mid-1940s. He played clarinet and alto sax in college with a concert band. In 1959 he began on bass while in the US Army while serving in the same unit as Elvis Presley. He worked with Andrew White (saxophonist), Andrew White in Washington after his discharge, playing in the ''JFK Quintet'' during the early 1960s. In 1964 Booker moved to New York City, being hired by Donald Byrd. After that, he recorded and toured with Ray Bryant, Betty Carter, Chick Corea, Stan Getz, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins, before joining the Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1969, starting an association which lasted until Adderley's death in 1975. He then toured the United States with the Shirley Horn, Shirley Horn Trio, along with Billy Hart on Drum kit, drums. During the same time, Booker designed, built, and ran the ''Boogie Woogie Studio'' in NYC, a mecca for musicians from all over the world, and through the 1980s, he played and recorded with Nat Adderley, Nick Brignola, Arnett Cobb, Richie Cole (musician), Richie Cole, John Hicks (pianist), John Hicks, Billy Higgins, Clifford Jordan, Pharoah Sanders, Sarah Vaughan, and Phil Woods. Booker was married to the pianist Bertha Hope with whom he played in a trio that included drummer Jimmy Cobb. Booker died in his Manhattan, New York home on November 24, 2006, at the age of 72.Discography
As leader
*2000: ''Bookie's Cookbook'' (with Leroy Williams, Cecil Payne, Marcus Belgrave, Roni Ben-Hur, Larry Willis)[ Allmusic review]As sideman
;With Cannonball Adderley *''Country Preacher'' *''The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra'' (Capitol, 1970) *''Love, Sex, and the Zodiac'' (Fantasy, 1970) *''The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free'' (Capitol, 1970) *''The Happy People'' (Capitol, 1970) *''The Black Messiah'' (Capitol, 1972) *''Inside Straight (album), Inside Straight'' (Fantasy, 1973) *''Pyramid (Cannonball Adderley album), Pyramid'' (Fantasy, 1974) *''Phenix (album), Phenix'' (Fantasy, 1975) *''Music You All'' 1976 ;With Nat Adderley *''Soul Zodiac'' (Capitol Records, 1972) *''Soul of the Bible'' (Capitol, 1972) *''Double Exposure (Nat Adderley album), Double Exposure'' (Prestige, 1975) *''On the Move (Nat Adderley album), On the Move'' (Theresa, 1983) *''Blue Autumn'' (Theresa, 1983) *''We Remember Cannon'' (In + Out, 1989) *''Autumn Leaves (Nat Adderley album), Autumn Leaves'' (Sweet Basil, 1990) *''Work Song: Live at Sweet Basil'' (Sweet Basil, 1990 [1993]) *''Talkin' About You'' (Landmark, 1990 [1991]) *''Mercy Mercy Mercy'' (Evidence) With Nick Brignola *''Burn Brigade'' (Bee Hive, 1979) With Ray Bryant *''Gotta Travel On (album), Gotta Travel On'' (Cadet, 1966) With Donald Byrd *''Mustang! (Donald Byrd album), Mustang!'' (Blue Note, 1966) *''Blackjack (Donald Byrd album), Blackjack'' (Blue Note, 1967) *''Slow Drag (album), Slow Drag'' (Blue Note, 1967) With Junior Cook *''Good Cookin''' (Muse, 1979) *''On a Misty Night'' (SteepleChase, 1989) With Art Farmer *''The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert'' (Mosaic, 1966 [2007]) *''The Time and the Place (Art Farmer album), The Time and the Place'' (Columbia, 1967) *''The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits'' (Columbia, 1967) With Ricky Ford *''Flying Colors (Ricky Ford album), Flying Colors'' (Muse, 1980) *''Interpretations (album), Interpretations'' (Muse, 1982) With John Hicks (pianist), John Hicks *''After the Morning (1979 John Hicks album), After the Morning'' (West 54, 1979) *''Some Other Time (album), Some Other Time'' (Theresa, 1981) *''In Concert (John Hicks album), In Concert'' (Theresa, 1984 [1986]) *''Inc. 1'' (DIW, 1985) *''Rhythm-a-Ning (album), Rhythm-a-Ning'' (Candid, 1989) with Kenny Barron *''Single Petal of a Rose'' (Mapleshade, 1992) *''Gentle Rain (John Hicks album), Gentle Rain'' (Sound Hills, 1994) With Ronnie Mathews *''Legacy (Ronnie Mathews album), Legacy'' (Bee Hive, 1979) With David "Fathead" Newman *''Still Hard Times'' (Muse, 1982) With Harold Vick *''The Caribbean Suite'' (RCA Victor, 1966) *''Straight Up (Harold Vick album), Straight Up'' (RCA Victor, 1967) ;Others *Gene Ammons: ''Brasswind'' (Prestige, 1974) *Kenny Barron: ''Kenny Barron / John Hicks Quartet - Rhymthm-A-Ning'' (Candid, 1989) *Joe Chambers: ''The Almoravid'' (Muse, 1974) *Stanley Cowell: ''Departure No. 2'' (Steeplechase, 1990) *Stan Getz: ''What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David'' (Verve, 1968) *Roy Hargrove: ''Family'' (Verve, 1995) *John Hicks (pianist), John Hicks and Elise Wood: ''Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood album), Luminous'' (Nilva, 1985–88) *Andrew Hill (jazz musician), Andrew Hill: ''Change (Andrew Hill album), Change'' (Blue Note, 1966 [2007]) *Billy Higgins: ''The Soldier (album), The Soldier'' (Timeless, 1979 [1981]) *Milt Jackson: ''Born Free (Milt Jackson album), Born Free'' (Limelight, 1966) *Clifford Jordan: ''Repetition (Clifford Jordan album), Repetition'' (Soul Note, 1984) *Pete La Roca – ''Turkish Women at the Bath'' (Douglas, 1967) *Charles McPherson (musician), Charles McPherson: ''Horizons (Charles McPherson album), Horizons'' (Prestige, 1968) *Hank Mobley – ''Third Season (album), Third Season'' (Blue Note, 1967) *Lee Morgan: ''The Procrastinator'' (Blue Note, 1967) *Pharoah Sanders: ''Pharoah Sanders Live...'' (Theresa, 1982) *Archie Shepp: ''The Way Ahead (album), The Way Ahead'' (Impulse!, 1968) *Wayne Shorter: ''Super Nova (Wayne Shorter album), Super Nova'' (Blue Note, 1969) *Norris Turney: ''Big, Sweet 'n Blue'' – with Larry Willis and Jimmy Cobb (Mapleshade Records, 1993) *Joe Williams (jazz singer), Joe Williams: ''Joe Williams Live'' (Fantasy, 1973) *Joe Zawinul: ''Zawinul'' (Atlantic, 1970)References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Booker, Walter American jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists 1933 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American musicians People from Prairie View, Texas Musicians from Washington, D.C. Jazz musicians from Texas 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Cannonball Adderley Quintet members Mapleshade Records artists