Al McKibbon

Al McKibbon (January 1, 1919 – July 29, 2005) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.

In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols and Hawkins. McKibbon was credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Shearing's group.

McKibbon has always been highly regarded (among other signs of this regard, he was the bassist for the Giants of Jazz), and continued to perform until 2004. In 1999, at age 80, he recorded his first album in his own name, Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida (Blue Lady Records), which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Performance. McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid (Nine Yards Music), was released in 2004. He also wrote the Afterword to Raul Fernandez' book, Latin Jazz, part of the Smithsonian Institution's series of exhibitions on jazz.

As Sideman
With Nat Adderley With Lorez Alexandria With Sonny Criss With Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Carter With Thelonious Monk With Randy Newman With The Night Blooming Jazzmen With Herbie Nichols With Shuggie Otis With George Shearing
 * To the Ivy League from Nat (1956)
 * Alexandria the Great (Impulse!, 1964)
 * More of the Great Lorez Alexandria (Impulse!, 1964)
 * Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Prestige, 1968)
 * Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Pablo, 1976)
 * Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 (1955)
 * The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic) with Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt and Kai Winding
 * 12 Songs (1970)
 * The Night Blooming Jazzmen (1971)
 * The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 (1955)
 * The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 2 (1955)
 * Herbie Nichols Trio (1956)
 * "Here Comes Shuggie Otis" (1969)
 * On the Sunny Side of the Strip (1960)
 * Latin Escapade (1956 )