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Henry Grimes Trio
Artist Biography For Henry Grimes Trio
As A Child Grimes Took Up The Violin Then Began Playing Tuba English Horn Percussion And Finally The Double Bass At Age 13 Or 14 While He Was In High School. Grimes Furthered His Musical Studies At The Juilliard School And Established A Reputation As A Versatile Bassist In The Mid 1950s. He Recorded Or Performed With Saxophonists Gerry Mulligan And Sonny Rollins Pianist Thelonious Monk Singer Anita O'Day Clarinetist Benny Goodman And Many Others. When Famed Bassist Charles Mingus Experimented With A Second Bass In His Band Grimes Was The Person He Selected For The Job.
Gradually Growing Interested In Free Jazz Grimes Performed With Most Of The Music's Important Names Including Pianist Cecil Taylor Trumpeter Don Cherry Saxophonists Steve Lacy Pharoah Sanders Archie Shepp And Albert Ayler And Clarinetist Perry Robinson. He Recorded One Album The Call 1965 As A Leader For The ESP-Disk Record Label.
Then In The Late 1960s Grimes Seemed To Disappear Completely After Moving To California. Many Assumed Grimes Was Dead He Was Listed As Such In Several Jazz Reference Works.
Marshall Marrotte A Social Worker And Jazz Fan Set Out To Discover Grimes's Fate Once And For All. To His Surprise He Found Grimes Alive But Nearly Destitute Renting A Tiny Apartment In Los Angeles California Writing Poetry And Doing Odd Jobs To Support Himself. Having Suffered From Bipolar Disorder And Long Ago Sold His Bass Grimes Had Fallen Out Of Touch With The Jazz World But Was Eager To Perform Again.
Word Spread Of Grimes's "resurrection" And Many Musicians Offered Their Help. Bassist William Parker Donated A Bass Nicknamed "Olive Oil" For Its Distinctive Greenish Color And Had It Shipped At Considerable Expense From New York To Los Angeles And Others Assisted With Travel Expenses And Arranging Performances. Grimes Received A Returning Hero's Welcome At The Free Jazz-Oriented Vision Festival And Is Teaching Lessons And Workshops For Bassists. His November 2003 Appearance On Trumpeter Dennis González' Nile River Suite Was The Bassist's First Recording In More Than 35 Years.
Grimes Is Now A Resident Of New York City And Has A Busy Schedule Of Performances Clinics And International Tours.
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As A Child Grimes Took Up The Violin Then Began Playing Tuba English Horn Percussion And Finally The Double Bass At Age 13 Or 14 While He Was In High School. Grimes Furthered His Musical Studies At The Juilliard School And Established A Reputation As A Versatile Bassist In The Mid 1950s. He Recorded Or Performed With Saxophonists Gerry Mulligan And Sonny Rollins Pianist Thelonious Monk Singer Anita O'Day Clarinetist Benny Goodman And Many Others. When Famed Bassist Charles Mingus Experimented With A Second Bass In His Band Grimes Was The Person He Selected For The Job.
Gradually Growing Interested In Free Jazz Grimes Performed With Most Of The Music's Important Names Including Pianist Cecil Taylor Trumpeter Don Cherry Saxophonists Steve Lacy Pharoah Sanders Archie Shepp And Albert Ayler And Clarinetist Perry Robinson. He Recorded One Album The Call 1965 As A Leader For The ESP-Disk Record Label.
Then In The Late 1960s Grimes Seemed To Disappear Completely After Moving To California. Many Assumed Grimes Was Dead He Was Listed As Such In Several Jazz Reference Works.
Marshall Marrotte A Social Worker And Jazz Fan Set Out To Discover Grimes's Fate Once And For All. To His Surprise He Found Grimes Alive But Nearly Destitute Renting A Tiny Apartment In Los Angeles California Writing Poetry And Doing Odd Jobs To Support Himself. Having Suffered From Bipolar Disorder And Long Ago Sold His Bass Grimes Had Fallen Out Of Touch With The Jazz World But Was Eager To Perform Again.
Word Spread Of Grimes's "resurrection" And Many Musicians Offered Their Help. Bassist William Parker Donated A Bass Nicknamed "Olive Oil" For Its Distinctive Greenish Color And Had It Shipped At Considerable Expense From New York To Los Angeles And Others Assisted With Travel Expenses And Arranging Performances. Grimes Received A Returning Hero's Welcome At The Free Jazz-Oriented Vision Festival And Is Teaching Lessons And Workshops For Bassists. His November 2003 Appearance On Trumpeter Dennis González' Nile River Suite Was The Bassist's First Recording In More Than 35 Years.
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Gradually Growing Interested In Free Jazz Grimes Performed With Most Of The Music's Important Names Including Pianist Cecil Taylor Trumpeter Don Cherry Saxophonists Steve Lacy Pharoah Sanders Archie Shepp And Albert Ayler And Clarinetist Perry Robinson. He Recorded One Album The Call 1965 As A Leader For The ESP-Disk Record Label.
Then In The Late 1960s Grimes Seemed To Disappear Completely After Moving To California. Many Assumed Grimes Was Dead He Was Listed As Such In Several Jazz Reference Works.
Marshall Marrotte A Social Worker And Jazz Fan Set Out To Discover Grimes's Fate Once And For All. To His Surprise He Found Grimes Alive But Nearly Destitute Renting A Tiny Apartment In Los Angeles California Writing Poetry And Doing Odd Jobs To Support Himself. Having Suffered From Bipolar Disorder And Long Ago Sold His Bass Grimes Had Fallen Out Of Touch With The Jazz World But Was Eager To Perform Again.
Word Spread Of Grimes's "resurrection" And Many Musicians Offered Their Help. Bassist William Parker Donated A Bass Nicknamed "Olive Oil" For Its Distinctive Greenish Color And Had It Shipped At Considerable Expense From New York To Los Angeles And Others Assisted With Travel Expenses And Arranging Performances. Grimes Received A Returning Hero's Welcome At The Free Jazz-Oriented Vision Festival And Is Teaching Lessons And Workshops For Bassists. His November 2003 Appearance On Trumpeter Dennis González' Nile River Suite Was The Bassist's First Recording In More Than 35 Years.
Grimes Is Now A Resident Of New York City And Has A Busy Schedule Of Performances Clinics And International Tours. read less
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