Harrison Bankhead
American jazz musician (1955–2023) Harrison Bankhead |
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Birth name | Harrison Napoleon Bankhead III |
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Born | (1955-03-01)March 1, 1955 Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. |
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Died | April 5, 2023(2023-04-05) (aged 68) |
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Genres | Jazz |
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Instrument | Double bass |
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Musical artist
Harrison Napoleon Bankhead III[1] (March 1, 1955 – April 5, 2023) was an American jazz double-bassist.
Life and career
Bankhead became associated with the Chicago jazz scene in the early-1980s.[2] Early in his career, he performed with Fred Anderson on tour and at Anderson's Chicago club, the Velvet Lounge.[3] Bankhead has worked with Oliver Lake, Roscoe Mitchell, Von Freeman, Malachi Thompson, 8 Bold Souls, and Hamid Drake, and was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. His first album as a leader, Morning Sun/Harvest Moon, was released on Engine, a sub-label of ESP-Disk, in 2011, and featured sidemen Edward Wilkerson, Jr., Mars Williams, James Sanders, Avreeayl Ra, and Ernie Adams.[4] He followed this with Velvet Blue, with Wilkerson, Williams, and Ra, whose name and title track pay tribute to Fred Anderson and the Velvet Lounge.[5]
Bankhead died on April 5, 2023, at the age of 68.[6][7]
Discography
As leader
With Malachi Thompson
With 8 Bold Souls
With Dee Alexander
With others
- Frequency (Edward Wilkerson, Nicole Mitchell, Harrison Bankhead, and Avreeayl Ra) - Frequency (Thrill Jockey, 2006)
- Fred Anderson/Harrison Bankhead - The Great Vision Concert (Ayler Records, 2007)
- Nicole Mitchell, Harrison Bankhead, Hamid Drake - Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal (2007)
- The Turbine! (Harrison Bankhead, Benjamin Duboc, Hamid Drake, Ramon Lopez) - Entropy/Enthalpy (RogueArt, 2015)
- Shanta Nurullah's Sitarsys, Sitar Black (Storywiz, 2016)
References
- ^ "Harrison Bankhead Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ Piotr Michalowski, Bass Is The Place Archived 2019-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Ann Arbor Observer, October 2014.
- ^ Lyn Horton, Review of Morning Sun/Harvest Moon. JazzTimes, August 9, 2011.
- ^ Peter Margasak, Three Beats: Bassist Harrison Bankhead finally releases an album of his own. Chicago Reader, July 28, 2011.
- ^ Peter Margasak, Bassist Harrison Bankhead, back in front. Chicago Reader, January 24, 2014.
- ^ "Harrison Napoleon Bankhead III". Legacy. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Harrison Napoleon Bankhead, III". Bradshaw & Range Funeral Home PC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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