Jimmy Lewis (bassist)


Jimmy Lewis was an American double bassist who worked with the Count Basie Orchestra and sextet in the 1950s and with Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Billie Holiday and Ivory Joe Hunter before moving to bass guitar during his time with King Curtis. He provided the basslines for the musical Hair. Lewis freelanced extensively and performed on many albums by soul and jazz musicians, including Horace Silver and the Modern Jazz Quartet up until the late 1980s. He died in 2000.

Discography

With Count Basie
With Billy Butler
With Al Casey
With David Clayton-Thomas
  • David Clayton-Thomas
With Sam Cooke
With King Curtis
With Lou Donaldson
  • Everything I Play Is Funky
  • Pretty Things
With Byrdie Green
  • The Golden Thursh Strikes at Midnight
  • I Got It Bad
  • Sister Byrdie!
With Grant Green
  • Carryin' On
  • Green Is Beautiful
With Tiny Grimes
  • Profoundly Blue
With John Hammond
  • Big City Blues
  • So Many Roads
  • Mirrors
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
  • Super Soul
  • Soul Power!
With Alberta Hunter
  • Downhearted Blues: Live at the Cookery
  • Look for the Silver Lining
With Willis Jackson
With Boogaloo Joe Jones
  • Right On Brother
  • No Way!
  • What It Is
  • Snake Rhythm Rock
With Charles Kynard
  • The Soul Brotherhood
  • Afro-Disiac
  • Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui
With Johnny Lytle
  • Good Vibes
With Freddie McCoy
  • Listen Here
With Galt MacDermot
With the Modern Jazz Quartet
  • Jazz Dialogue
With Idris Muhammad
  • Black Rhythm Revolution!
  • Peace and Rhythm
With Mark Murphy
  • Living Room
With Houston Person
  • Person to Person!
With Sonny Phillips
  • Black on Black!
With Wilson Pickett
With Dave Pike
  • Jazz for the Jet Set
With Arthur Prysock
With Otis Redding
  • Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding - features live recordings from the Apollo Theatre in 1963
With Horace Silver
With Johnny "Hammond" Smith
With Buddy Terry
With Charles Williams