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R. Victor Gaskin was an American jazz bassist
Roderick Victor Gaskin (November 23, 1934 – July 14, 2012) was an American jazz bassist.
Gaskin was born in The Bronx, New York and moved to Los Angeles in 1962. He started playing with Paul Horn and Red Mitchell and went on to become one of many bass players for the Jazz Crusaders. He also recorded with Curtis Amy and Dupree Bolton,[1] before becoming a part of the West Coast jazz scene, accompanying Buddy Collette, Shelly Manne, and Bud Shank.
Between 1966 and 1970, he was a member of Cannonball Adderley's groups, and in 1970 recorded with Duke Ellington's octet, quintet, quartet and trio.[2]
He started playing with the Billy Taylor Trio in the late 1970s,[3] continuing until 1993,[4] as well as with Johnny Hartman and Hank Jones.
Between 1994 and 2001 Gaskin was in Singapore and performed regularly at The Four Seasons Hotel with Boni de Souza & Friends for the iconic Sunday Jazz Brunch. They were pioneers of the Sunday Jazz Brunch scene in Singapore, setting the trend for other similar hotel offerings for years to come. During Gaskin's stay in Singapore, he was also featured on two jazz albums produced by Boni de Souza. The first was a Latin jazz-infused CD featuring Wendy Low (flute), Boni de Souza (piano), Gaskin (bass) and Sanip Ismail (drums). The second and more definitive offering was Eau de Vie featuring some original compositions by Boni de Souza as well as alternative arrangements of jazz standards which featured Gaskin, Farid Ali (guitar), de Souza, Low and Ismail, with various guest musicians.
Gaskin died in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands.[5]
^Curtis Amy obituary at The Last Post
^Fantasy Records at Jazz Discography
^Billy Taylor official web site
^Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford University Press US, 2007 ISBN 9780195320008
^"Roderick Victor Gaskin Dies at 77". Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
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