Joe Benjamin (04 Nov 1919 - 26 Jan 1974)
Male Person - United States US jazz bassist
Relationships (5)
Member Of
- Arnold Ross Trio
- Ruby Braff Quintet double bass
- George Russell Orchestra bass
- Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet bass
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
On Recordings (50)
Instruments
- Say Eh! ?:?? Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (1952) double bass
- Miss Mopsy 5:02 Roy Haynes (1954) bass
- Little Leona 4:50 Roy Haynes (1954) bass
- Gone Again 5:56 Roy Haynes (1954) bass
- Hagnes 5:31 Roy Haynes (1954) bass
- Jim 5:52 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955) double bass
- You’re Not the Kind 4:44 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955) double bass
- I’m Glad There Is You 5:10 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955) double bass
- September Song 5:46 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955) double bass
- He’s My Guy 4:13 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955) double bass
- Embraceable You 4:50 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955) double bass
- It’s Crazy 4:55 Sarah Vaughan (Apr 1955) double bass
- Sometimes I’m Happy 2:56 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Cherokee 2:32 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Don’t Be on the Outside 3:01 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- An Occasional Man 2:33 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Why Can’t I 2:54 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- I’ll Never Smile Again 2:35 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Soon 2:37 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Oh My 2:21 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Maybe 2:34 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- How High the Moon 2:37 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream 3:20 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Over the Rainbow 3:30 Sarah Vaughan (1955) double bass
- Fall Out 5:47 Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond (Dec 1957) double bass
- Blues in Time 9:01 Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet (Dec 1957) double bass
- Line for Lyons 3:08 Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet (Dec 1957) double bass
- Battle Hymn of the Republican 7:45 Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet (Dec 1957) double bass
- Body and Soul 9:39 Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet (Dec 1957) double bass
- Wintersong 6:58 Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet (Dec 1957) double bass
- Stand Still 3:28 Gerry Mulligan – Paul Desmond Quartet (Dec 1957) double bass
- Body and Soul 3:14 Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio (1957) double bass
- Do It Again 2:38 Beverly Kenney (1957) bass
- You’re My Boy 3:00 Beverly Kenney (1957) bass
- What Is There to Say 3:56 Beverly Kenney (1957) bass
- A Summer Romance 3:08 Beverly Kenney (1957) bass
- Life Can Be Beautiful 2:59 Beverly Kenney (1957) bass
- Santa Claus Blues 5:43 Bob Brookmeyer Quintet (1957) bass
- Ain't Misbehavin' 2:56 Dizzy Gillespie (1957) bass
- Cognac Blues 2:36 Dizzy Gillespie (1957) bass
- Blues Chante 3:56 Dizzy Gillespie (1957) bass
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South 2:54 Dizzy Gillespie (1957) bass
- Just Blues 2:56 Dizzy Gillespie (1957) bass
- Lullaby in Rhythm 4:22 Dizzy Gillespie (1957) bass
- Try a Little Tenderness 3:14 Beverly Kenney (1957) bass
- It’s a Most Unusual Day 1:47 Beverly Kenney (1957) bass
- Shulie a Bop 2:41 Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio (1957) double bass
- You Hit the Spot 3:02 Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio (1957) double bass
- They Can’t Take That Away From Me 2:43 Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio (1957) double bass
- Prelude to a Kiss 2:46 Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio (1957) double bass
Credited as (7)
- Hank Garland, Gary Burton, Joe Morello & Joe Benjamin
- Duke Ellington, Joe Benjamin, Rufus Jones
- Cliff Jackson, Joe Benjamin & J.C. Heard
- Everett Barksdale, Joe Benjamin, Garvin Bushell, Dick Cary, Hilton Jefferson, Mickey Sheen, Rex Stewart
- Mal Waldron, Joe Benjamin & Jo Jones
- Mal Waldron, Joe Benjamin, Jo Jones & Willis Conover
- Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Don Abney, Mal Waldron, Wendell Marshall, Joe Benjamin, Jo Jones
Links (10)
Other Databases
- https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138913497
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80144178
- https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80144178
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/303857
- https://d-nb.info/gnd/134326059