Jymie Merritt

Jymie Merritt (born 3 May 1926) is an American jazz double-bassist.

Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he has worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, and blues. He has worked with Bull Moose Jackson, B. B. King, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach, among others.

He was an early adopter of the Ampeg bass (a hybrid acoustic-electric instrument) and founded Forerunner, a community organization in Philadelphia.

He is the father of a bassist Mike Merritt from Conan.

Discography

As sideman

With Art Blakey

• Moanin' (1958)
• Africane (1959)
• At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
• Paris Jam Session (1959)
• The Big Beat (1960)
• Like Someone in Love (1960)
• A Night In Tunisia (1960)
• Mosaic (1961)
• Paris Jam Session (1961)
• A Day with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
• Pisces (1961)
• The Freedom Rider (1961)
• Roots & Herbs (1961)
• Three Blind Mice (1962)

With Sonny Clark

• Standards (Blue Note, 1959)

With Curtis Fuller

• South American Cookin' (Epic, 1961)
• Soul Trombone (Impulse!, 1961)

With Benny Golson

• The Other Side of Benny Golson (Riverside, 1958)

With Lee Morgan

• Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1969)

With Max Roach

• Drums Unlimited (Atlantic, 1965)
• Members, Don't Git Weary (Atlantic, 1968)

References

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