(1933-12-17)December 17, 1933 Prairie View, Texas, U.S.
Died
November 24, 2006(2006-11-24) (aged 72) Manhattan, New York
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Double bass
Formerly of
Cannonball Adderley
Musical artist
Walter Booker (December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006) was an American jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable bass player and an underrated stylist. His playing was marked by voice-like inflections, glissandos and tremolo techniques.
WalterBooker (December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006) was an American jazz musician. A native of Prairie View, Texas, Booker was a reliable bass player...
wins. Booker also won a gold medal on the 2020 U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo. Booker is the son of Veronica Gutiérrez, a cosmetologist, and Melvin Booker, who...
hearing. Booker was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, suspending his campaign on January 13, 2020. Booker was...
the prize's fortieth anniversary, for "The Best of the Booker". In 2018 a special "Golden Booker" was awarded celebrating 50 years of the award; this was...
leader and additionally worked with her second husband, bassist WalterBooker. Hope-Booker was born in Los Angeles in 1936. Both of her parents worked in...
Hendricks, Joe Henderson, Fathead Newman, Geri Allen, Larry Willis, WalterBooker, Red Garland, Richie Cole, Ernie Royal, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Cleveland...
the quintet: Cannonball Adderley on saxophone, George Duke on piano, WalterBooker on string bass, Roy McCurdy on drums and Nat Adderley on cornet, with...
Nat Adderley on cornet, George Duke on Fender Rhodes electric piano, WalterBooker on string bass and guitar, Roy McCurdy on drums, Mike Deasy on guitar...
Walter Jackson Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's first short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," first published in The New Yorker...
won Costa Book of the Year 2017, the Walter Scott Prize, and The Independent Booksellers' Prize, and was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Barry's...
Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW; alluding to the Research and Analysis Wing) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Robbie...
The album features Adderley with brother Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul, WalterBooker and Roy McCurdy and guest appearances by Bob West and Cannon's 15-year-old...
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