Al McKibbon


Al McKibbon was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.
In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, Mongo Santamaria, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols and Hawkins. McKibbon was credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Shearing's group.
McKibbon has always been highly regarded, and continued to perform until 2004.
In 1999, the first album in his own name, Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida, was released. McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid, was released in 2004 and was recorded at Icon Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. The album was recorded and mixed by studio owner Andrew Troy and Assistant Engineer - Aaron Kaplay, 2nd Assistant Engineer - Pablo Solorzano. He also wrote the Afterword to Raul Fernandez' book, Latin Jazz, part of the Smithsonian Institution's series of exhibitions on jazz.

Discography

As leader

With Nat Adderley
With Lorez Alexandria
With Sonny Criss
With Miles Davis
With Victor Feldman
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Coleman Hawkins
With Johnny Hodges
With The Jazz Crusaders
With Charles Kynard and Buddy Collette
With Thelonious Monk
With Randy Newman
  • 12 Songs
With The Night Blooming Jazzmen
With Herbie Nichols
  • The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1
  • The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 2
  • Herbie Nichols Trio
With Shuggie Otis
  • "Here Comes Shuggie Otis"
With Freddie Redd
  • Live at the Studio Grill
With George Shearing
With George Shearing and Dakota Staton
With Robert Stewart
  • The Movement
With Billy Taylor
  • Piano Panorama
With Cal Tjader
With Jack Wilson'