(1943-05-02)May 2, 1943 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
February 3, 2022(2022-02-03) (aged 78) New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Bass
Years active
1960s–2022
Website
www.rainbowjazz.com
Musical artist
Lee Odiss Bass III (May 2, 1943 – February 3, 2022), better known as Mickey Bass, was an American bassist, composer, arranger, and music educator. He played with Chico Freeman, John Hicks, and Kiane Zawadi.
Bass was a Pittsburgh bassist who worked with hard bop bandleaders and combos from the 1960s; he did not record often as a leader. His maternal grandmother, who performed in minstrel shows, taught him and his cousins Barbershop music. He played and recorded with Sonny Rollins, Bennie Green, and Charles Mingus. The New York Times declared: "When Mickey Bass and the Co-operation get in the right groove...it is doubtful if there is another jazz group in town that swings as hard as this one."[1]
He taught students at Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Hartt College of Music from 1975 to 1985. His students at Ellington included Wallace Roney, Gregory Charles Royal, Clarence Seay, and drummer Eric Allen. In 1980, he was given a National Endowment for the Arts Composers' Grant.[2]
Bass died in New York City on February 3, 2022, at the age of 78.[3]
^Wilson, John S. (September 13, 1979). "Jazz: Mickey Bass Sextet; 'Buried Child's to Close Sept.29 at the Circle Rep". The New York Times.
^"National Endowment for the Arts". Archived from the original on 2008-11-06.
^Mickey Bass, renaissance bassist/composer dies at 78
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