Bob Cranshaw

Bob Cranshaw
Cranshaw in 1976
Background information
Birth nameMelbourne Robert Cranshaw
Born(1932-12-03)December 3, 1932
Chicago, Illinois, US
DiedNovember 2, 2016(2016-11-02) (aged 83)
Manhattan, New York, US
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Double bass, electric bass
Formerly ofSonny Rollins

Melbourne Robert Cranshaw[1] (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016)[2] was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records as a house bassist to his later involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long association with Sonny Rollins.[3] Cranshaw performed in Rollins's working band on and off for over five decades, starting with a live appearance at the 1959 Playboy jazz festival in Chicago and on record with the 1962 album The Bridge.[4]

Cranshaw died at the age of 83 on November 2, 2016, in Manhattan, New York, from Stage IV cancer.[5]

Discography

As sideman

With Pepper Adams

  • Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Workshop Jazz, 1964)

With Nat Adderley

With Eric Alexander

  • Second Impression (HighNote, 2016)

With Mose Allison

  • Hello There, Universe (Atlantic, 1970)

With Gene Ammons

  • Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (Prestige, 1973)

With Carole Bayer Sager

With Kenny Barron

  • Sunset to Dawn (Muse, 1973)

With George Benson

  • Goodies (Verve, 1968)
  • Giblet Gravy (Verve, 1968)

With Walter Bishop Jr.

  • Cubicle (Muse, 1978)

With Paul Bley

  • BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop (SteepleChase, 1990)

With Jonathan Butler

  • Introducing Jonathan Butler (Jive, 1985)

With Jaki Byard

With Donald Byrd

  • Up with Donald Byrd (Verve, 1964)
  • I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Blue Note, 1965)

With Betty Carter

With Ray Charles

  • A Message from the People (ABC, 1972)

With Johnny Coles

  • Little Johnny C (Blue Note, 1963)

With Judy Collins

  • Running for My Life (Elektra, 1980)

With Hank Crawford

  • Wildflower (Kudu, 1973)

With Sonny Criss

  • Up, Up and Away (Prestige, 1967)
  • The Beat Goes On! (Prestige, 1968)
  • Rockin' in Rhythm (Prestige, 1969)

With Frank Foster

  • Manhattan Fever (Blue Note, 1968)

With George Freeman

  • Man & Woman (Groove Merchant, 1974)

With Debbie Gibson

  • Think with Your Heart (EMI, 1995)

With Dexter Gordon

  • Gettin' Around (Blue Note, 1965)
  • Blues à la Suisse (Prestige, 1973)
  • Clubhouse (Rec. 1965; Blue Note, 1979)

With Bunky Green

With Grant Green

  • Idle Moments (Blue Note, 1963)
  • Matador (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Solid (Blue Note, 1964)

With Friedrich Gulda

With Slide Hampton

  • Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (Atlantic, 1962)

With Barry Harris

  • Chasin' the Bird (Riverside, 1962)
  • Luminescence! (Prestige, 1967)

With Eddie Harris

  • Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Columbia, 1964)

With Hampton Hawes

  • Playin' in the Yard (Prestige, 1973)

With Coleman Hawkins

  • Sirius (Pablo, 1974)

With Jimmy Heath

  • The Gap Sealer (Cobblestone, 1972)
  • Love and Understanding (Muse, 1973)

With Joe Henderson

  • Inner Urge (Blue Note, 1964)

With Maurice Hines

  • To Nat "King" Cole with Love (Arbors, 2005)

With Johnny Hodges

  • Joe's Blues (Verve, 1965) with Wild Bill Davis
  • Blue Notes (Verve, 1966)

With Bobby Hutcherson

  • Happenings (Blue Note, 1966)
  • The Kicker (Rec. 1963; Blue Note, 1999)

With Milt Jackson

  • Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (Riverside, 1963)
  • In a New Setting (Limelight, 1964)
  • Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968)

With Willis Jackson

  • West Africa (Muse, 1973)
  • Headed and Gutted (Muse, 1974)

With Antônio Carlos Jobim

  • Terra Brasilis (RCA Victor, 1980)

With Howard Johnson and Gravity

  • Gravity!!! (Verve, 1996)

With J. J. Johnson

  • J.J.! (RCA Victor, 1964)

With Quincy Jones

  • Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964)
  • I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965)

With Clifford Jordan

  • Soul Fountain (Vortex, 1970)

With Eddie Kendricks

  • Vintage '78 (Arista, 1978)

With Morgana King

  • New Beginnings (Paramount Records, 1973)

With Eric Kloss

  • We're Goin' Up (Prestige, 1967)
  • Sky Shadows (Prestige, 1968)

With Irene Kral

  • Better Than Anything (Äva, 1963)

With Yusef Lateef

With Mike Longo

  • Talk with the Spirits (Pablo, 1976)

With Johnny Lytle

  • The Village Caller! (Riverside, 1963)
  • The Loop (Tuba, 1965)
  • People & Love (Milestone, 1972)

With Junior Mance

  • Junior's Blues (Riverside, 1962)
  • That Lovin' Feelin' (Milestone, 1972)

With Barry Manilow

  • Barry Manilow II (Bell, 1974)

With Jack McDuff

  • Magnetic Feel (Cadet, 1975)

With Jimmy McGriff

  • Stump Juice (Groove Merchant, 1975)
  • The Groover (JAM, 1982)

With Jackie McLean

  • Right Now! (Blue Note, 1965)

With Carmen McRae

  • Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics (Columbia Records, 1962)

With MJT + 3

  • Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 (Vee-Jay, 1959)
  • Make Everybody Happy (Vee-Jay, 1960)
  • MJT + 3 (Vee-Jay, 1960)
  • Message from Walton Street (Rec. 1960; Koch Jazz, 2000)

With Hank Mobley

  • A Caddy for Daddy (Blue Note, 1966)
  • Hi Voltage (Blue Note, 1967)
  • Reach Out! (Blue Note, 1968)

With Grachan Moncur III

  • Evolution (Blue Note, 1963)

With Wes Montgomery

  • Movin' Wes (Verve, 1964)
  • Bumpin' (Verve, 1965)

With James Moody

  • Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone, 1966)
  • Don't Look Away Now! (Prestige, 1969)

With Lee Morgan

  • Take Twelve (Jazzland, 1962)
  • The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Delightfulee (Blue Note, 1966)
  • The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1966)

With Oliver Nelson

  • Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)

With Duke Pearson

  • Hush! (JazzLine, 1962)
  • Wahoo! (Blue Note, 1965)
  • Honeybuns (Atlantic, 1965)
  • Prairie Dog (Atlantic, 1966)
  • Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (Blue Note, 1967)
  • The Phantom (Blue Note, 1968)
  • Now Hear This (Blue Note, 1968)
  • How Insensitive (Blue Note, 1969)
  • It Could Only Happen with You (Blue Note, 1970)

With Houston Person

  • Chocomotive (Prestige, 1967)
  • Blue Odyssey (Prestige, 1968)

With Esther Phillips

  • Esther Phillips Sings (Atlantic, 1966)

With Dave Pike

  • Jazz for the Jet Set (Atlantic, 1966)

With Sonny Red

With Leon Redbone

  • From Branch to Branch (Atco, 1981)

With Irene Reid

  • Room for One More (Verve, 1965)

With Max Roach

  • Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (EmArcy, 1958)

With Sonny Rollins

  • The Bridge (RCA, 1962)
  • What's New? (RCA Victor, 1962)
  • Our Man in Jazz (RCA Victor, 1962)
  • Sonny Meets Hawk! (RCA Victor, 1963)
  • Now's the Time! (RCA Victor, 1964)
  • The Standard Sonny Rollins (RCA Victor, 1965)
  • Next Album (Milestone, 1972)
  • Horn Culture (Milestone, 1973)
  • Sonny Rollins in Japan (Victor, 1973)
  • The Cutting Edge (Milestone, 1974)
  • Nucleus (Milestone, 1975)
  • No Problem (Milestone, 1981)
  • Reel Life (Milestone, 1982)
  • G-Man (Milestone, 1986)
  • Falling in Love with Jazz (Milestone, 1989)
  • Here's to the People (Milestone, 1991)
  • Old Flames (Milestone, 1993)
  • Sonny Rollins + 3 (Milestone, 1995)
  • Global Warming (Milestone, 1998)
  • This Is What I Do (Milestone, 2000)
  • Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert (Rec. 2001; Milestone, 2005)
  • Sonny, Please (EmArcy, 2006)
  • Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy, 2008)
  • Road Shows, Vol. 2 (Doxy, 2008)

With Charlie Rouse

  • Moment's Notice (Storyville, 1978)

With Lalo Schifrin

  • Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965)

With Shirley Scott

  • Great Scott!! (Impulse!, 1959)
  • Blue Flames with Stanley Turrentine (Prestige, 1964)
  • Queen of the Organ (Impulse!, 1964)
  • Latin Shadows (Impulse!, 1965)
  • Soul Song (Atlantic, 1968)

With Wayne Shorter

  • Second Genesis (Vee-Jay, 1960)

With Horace Silver

  • The Cape Verdean Blues (Blue Note, 1965)
  • Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note, 1968)
  • In Pursuit of the 27th Man (Blue Note, 1972)
  • Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note, 1975)

With Paul Simon

With Frank Sinatra

  • L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest, 1984)

With Jimmy Smith

  • Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)

With Rod Stewart

With Billy Taylor

  • Impromptu (Mercury, 1962)

With Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer

  • Gingerbread Men (Mainstream, 1966)

With Bobby Timmons

  • Do You Know the Way? (Milestone, 1968)

With Stanley Turrentine

  • Hustlin' (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Joyride (Blue Note, 1965)
  • Rough 'n' Tumble (Blue Note, 1966)
  • Easy Walker (Blue Note, 1966)
  • The Spoiler (Blue Note, 1966)
  • Always Something There (Blue Note, 1968)

With McCoy Tyner

  • Live at Newport (Impulse!, 1963)

With Harold Vick

  • Watch What Happens (RCA Victor, 1968)

With Loudon Wainwright III

  • Loudon Wainwright III (Atlantic, 1970)

With Cedar Walton

  • The Electric Boogaloo Song (Prestige, 1969)

With Cris Williamson

  • Cris Williamson (Ampex Records, 1971)

With Joe Williams

  • Me and the Blues (RCA Victor, 1964)
  • That Holiday Feelin' (Verve, 1990)

With Mary Lou Williams

  • Zoning (Mary, 1974)

With Victoria Williams

  • Happy Come Home (Geffen, 1987)

With Larry Willis

  • Just in Time (SteepleChase, 1989)

With Gerald Wilson

  • New York, New Sound (Mack Avenue, 2003)

With Jack Wilson

  • Easterly Winds (Blue Note, 1967)

With Reuben Wilson

  • The Cisco Kid (Groove Merchant, 1973)

With Kai Winding

  • The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones (Impulse!, 1960)
  • Dirty Dog (Verve, 1966)

With The Young Lions

With Joe Zawinul

  • Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)

References

  1. ^ "Cranshaw, Bob - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress". Id.loc.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Chinen, Nate (November 10, 2016). "Bob Cranshaw, Bassist From Jazz to Pop to Broadway, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 577. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  4. ^ "The Bridge - Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins Quartet | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  5. ^ Gil Kaufman (November 3, 2016). "Jazz Bassist Bob Cranshaw Dies at 83". Billboard. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
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