Jymie Merritt (Double Bass)
Born: 3rd May 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 10th April 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality: American
Jymie Merritt was an American jazz double-bassist, electric-bass pioneer, band leader and composer. Merritt was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers group from 1957 until 1962. The same year he left Blakey's band, Merritt formed his own group, The Forerunners, which he led sporadically until his death in 2020. Merritt also worked as a sideman for blues and jazz musicians such as Bull Moose Jackson, B.B. King, Chet Baker, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lee Morgan.
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