Ben Tucker
Born: 13th December 1930, Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
Died: 4th June 2013, Hutchinson Island, Georgia, USA
Nationality: American
Benjamin M. Tucker was an American jazz bassist who appeared on hundreds of recordings. Tucker played on albums by Art Pepper, Billy Taylor, Quincy Jones, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Hank Crawford, Junior Mance, and Herbie Mann.
He was born in Tennessee. As bass player in the Dave Bailey Quintet in 1961, he wrote the instrumental version of the song "Comin' Home Baby!", first issued on the album Two Feet in the Gutter. Bob Dorough later wrote a lyric to the song, and the vocal version became a Top 40 hit for jazz singer Mel Tormé in 1962.
Tucker released the album Baby, You Should Know It (Ava, 1963) with Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker, Bobby Thomas, Ray Crawford, Tommy Tedesco, and Carlos "Patato" Valdes.
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Strings!
Pat Martino (guitar), Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone, flute), Cedar Walton (piano), Ben Tucker (upright bass), Walter Perkins (drums), Dave Levine (percussion), Ray Appleton (percussion)
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The Art Of Pepper
Art Pepper Quintet, Chuck Flores (drums), Ben Tucker (double bass), Art Pepper (alto saxophone), Carl Perkins (piano)
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Billy Taylor Trio: Sleeping Bee
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Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone), Grant Green (guitar), Baby-Face Willette (organ), Dave Bailey (drums), Ben Dixon (drums), Fred Jackson (tenor saxophone), Al Harewood (drums), Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone), Jack McDuff (organ), Jimmy Smith (organ), Donald Bailey (drums), Big John Patton (organ), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Harold Vick (tenor saxophone), Blue Mitchell (trumpet), George Braith (tenor saxophone), George Braith (soprano saxophone), Billy Gardner (organ), Hugh Walker (drums), Otis Finch (drums), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Richard Landrum (conga), Elvin Jones (drums), Larry Young (organ), Sam Rivers (tenor saxophone), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Ben Tucker (upright bass), Kenny Drew (piano), Ben Tucker (bass), Sonny Clark (piano), Sam Jones (bass), Louis Hayes (drums), Garvin Masseaux (percussion), Johnny Acea (piano), Wendell Marshall (bass), Willie Bobo (drums), Carlos "Patato" Valdez (conga), Herbie Hancock (piano), Reggie Workman (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), Garvin Masseaux (tambourine), Butch Warren (bass), McCoy Tyner (piano), Bob Cranshaw (upright bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (upright bass), Horace Parlan (piano), Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone), George Tucker (bass), Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Art Taylor (drums), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Ike Quebec (tenor saxophone), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), James Spaulding (alto saxophone)
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