Wilbur Bernard Ware was an American jazz double bassist.
12 Facts About Wilbur Ware
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Wilbur Ware was a regular bassist for the Riverside record label in the 1950s, and recorded regularly in that decade with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, and Thelonious Monk.
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Wilbur Ware appeared on records released by JR Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, and Grant Green, among others.
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Wilbur Ware recorded with Sun Ra in the early 1950s.
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Later in the 1950s, settling in New York City, Wilbur Ware played with Eddie Vinson, Art Blakey, and Buddy DeFranco.
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Wilbur Ware made jazz instructional albums for Music Minus One.
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In 1958, Wilbur Ware was one of 57 jazz musicians to appear in the photograph A Great Day in Harlem.
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Wilbur Ware was a member of the Thelonious Monk quartet from 1957 to 1958.
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Wilbur Ware performed and recorded in 1957 with the Sonny Rollins Trio at the Village Vanguard.
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Largely self taught, Wilbur Ware had an unorthodox but highly unique and percussive approach to the bass.
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In 1969, Wilbur Ware played with Clifford Jordan, Elvin Jones and Sonny Rollins.
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Wilbur Ware died from emphysema in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1979.