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Aaron Bell (24 Apr 1922 - 28 Jul 2003)

Male Person - United States jazz double bassist

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
  2. Falls-Web Ensemble
  3. Aaron Bell Trio
  4. Charlie Shavers’ Sextet bass
  5. The Clark Terry Spacemen

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Kandee 7:54 Buck Clayton (1954) bass
  2. Under the Sweetheart Tree 5:25 Coleman Hawkins & Sir Charles Thompson And His Band (1954) double bass
  3. Dynaflow 4:52 Coleman Hawkins & Sir Charles Thompson And His Band (1954) double bass
  4. Love Is Just Around the Corner 3:52 Buck Clayton (1954) bass
  5. Just a Groove 7:45 Buck Clayton (1954) bass
  6. Fore! 6:55 Coleman Hawkins & Sir Charles Thompson And His Band (1954) double bass
  7. It's the Talk of the Town 4:37 Coleman Hawkins & Sir Charles Thompson And His Band (1954) double bass
  8. Ready for Freddie 2:59 Coleman Hawkins & Sir Charles Thompson And His Band (1954) double bass
  9. I Can't Get Started 10:58 Buck Clayton (1954) bass
  10. Dark Eyes 4:22 Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  11. Young Man With a Horn ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  12. After You've Gone ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  13. Echoes of Harlem ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  14. And the Angels Sing ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  15. Salt Peanuts ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  16. Moten Swing 6:12 Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  17. Desert Dawn 3:37 Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  18. When It's Sleepy Time Down South ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  19. Cheribiribin ?:?? Charlie Shavers (1955) bass
  20. Lady Sings the Blues 3:46 Billie Holiday (1956) double bass
  21. Good Morning, Heartache 3:31 Billie Holiday (1956) double bass
  22. Travelin' Light 3:10 Billie Holiday with Tony Scott and His Orchestra (1956) bass, double bass
  23. God Bless the Child 4:01 Billie Holiday with Tony Scott and His Orchestra (1956) double bass
  24. Bernie's Tune 10:05 Friedrich Gulda (1957) bass guitar
  25. Night in Tunisia 4:20 Friedrich Gulda (1957) bass guitar
  26. Scruby 5:21 Friedrich Gulda (1957) bass guitar
  27. Vienna Discussion (Theme) 0:40 Friedrich Gulda (1957) bass guitar
  28. New Shoes 3:25 Friedrich Gulda (1957) bass guitar
  29. Dark Glow 4:28 Friedrich Gulda (1957) bass guitar
  30. Air From Other Planets 5:12 Friedrich Gulda (1957) bass guitar
  31. Moon Eyes 7:36 Buddy Tate (1958) bass
  32. If I Were a Bell 3:39 The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars (1959) bass
  33. A Bushel and a Peck 3:24 The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars (1959) bass
  34. Fugue for Tinhorns 2:54 The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars (1959) bass
  35. I'll Know 3:41 The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars (1959) bass
  36. The Nutcracker Suite: Peanut Brittle Brigade 4:40 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1960) bass
  37. The Nutcracker Suite: Arabesque Cookie (Arabian dance) 5:46 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1960) bass
  38. Stardust ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass
  39. Paris Blues ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass
  40. Take the a Train ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass
  41. The Nutcracker Suite: Overture 3:23 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1960) bass
  42. The Nutcracker Suite: Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) 4:07 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1960) bass
  43. The Nutcracker Suite: Entr’acte 1:55 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1960) bass
  44. Overture (Nutcracker Suite) ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass
  45. Jeeps Blues ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass
  46. Come on Children, Let's Sing 1:56 Mahalia Jackson (1960) bass
  47. Portrait of Louis Armstrong (Such Sweet Thunder) ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass
  48. The Nutcracker Suite: Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) 3:08 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1960) bass
  49. Tenderly ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass
  50. Black and Tan Fantasy / Creole Love Call / The Mooche ?:?? Duke Ellington (1960) double bass

Credited as (6)

  1. Sonny Greer, Cat Anderson, Aaron Bell, Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby, Earl Hines, Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Russell Procope, Pee Wee Russell
  2. Aaron Bell, Jimmy Hamilton, Earl Hines, Elvin Jones
  3. Cat Anderson, Aaron Bell, Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Paul Gonsalves, Earl Hines, Elvin Jones, Ray Nance, Pee Wee Russell
  4. Paul Gonsalves, Cat Anderson, Aaron Bell, Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Harold Ashby, Sonny Greer, Earl Hines, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Pee Wee Russell
  5. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, Elvin Jones / Aaron Bell / Jimmy Garrison / Sam Woodyard
  6. Billie Holiday, Paul Quinichette, Charlie Shavers, Tony Scott, Wynton Kelly, Kenny Burrell, Lenny McBrowne, Aaron Bell

Works (2)

Wrote

  1. Let the Rain Fall on Me

Composed

  1. Cong-Go

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13891306z
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no88003541
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no88003541
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6r522kk
  5. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=81297
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134590058
  7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/303696

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Bell_(musician)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/282553

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000449439

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/195290

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254460