Jay Anderson (born October 24, 1955) is an American

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double-bassist and

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Career

Anderson received a bachelor's degree from

California State University, Long Beach California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), also known in athletics as Long Beach State University (LBSU), is a public teaching-focused institution in Long Beach, California, United States. The 322-acre campus is the second largest in the ...

in 1978, then worked with

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roo ...

(1978-1979),

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(1979-1981), and a quartet led by

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and

Red Rodney Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940 ...

(1981-1986). Anderson remained with Rodney through 1992, also working with

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during this time, and played with

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and

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for much of the 1990s. As a sideman, he played with

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, Brian Lynch,

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, Warren Bernhardt,

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, Dave Stryker,

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, Terumasa Hino,

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, Tiger Okoshi, Lynne Arriale,

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, Dr. John, Rich Perry,

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, and

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

. He was a professor at

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Discography

As leader

* ''Next Exit'' (DMP, 1992) * ''Local Color'' (DMP, 1994) * ''Deepscape'' (SteepleChase, 2019)

As sideman

With Lynne Arriale * ''The Eyes Have It'' (DMP, 1994) * ''Live at Montreux'' (TCB, 2000) * ''Inspiration'' (TCB, 2002) * ''Arise'' (In+Out, 2004) * ''Come Together'' (In+Out, 2004) * ''Live'' (Motema Music, 2005) With

* ''Straight to My Heart'' (Blue Note, 1991) * ''Puccini's Turandot'' (Blue Note, 1993) * ''Princejazz'' (Somethin' Else, 1994) * ''La Cigale'' (Sunnyside, 1998) With Warren Bernhardt * ''Heat of the Moment'' (DMP, 1989) * ''Ain't Life Grand'' (DMP, 1990) * ''Reflections'' (DMP, 1991) * ''So Real'' (DMP, 2001) * ''Amelia's Song'' (DMP, 2002) With

* ''If We May'' (SteepleChase, 1994) * ''Speechless'' (SteepleChase, 1995) * ''Reality Check'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * ''Notes On Ornette'' (SteepleChase, 1998) With

* ''I Mean You'' (SteepleChase, 1994) * ''Skylark'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * ''Dark Side, Light Side'' (SteepleChase, 1997) With

Stanley Cowell Stanley Cowell (May 5, 1941 – December 17, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Strata-East Records label. Early life Cowell was born in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing the piano around the age of four, and became intereste ...

* ''Are You Real?'' (SteepleChase, 2014) * ''Reminiscent'' (SteepleChase, 2015) * ''No Illusions'' (SteepleChase, 2017) With

Harold Danko Harold Danko (born June 13, 1947 in Ohio) is an American jazz pianist. Danko attended Youngstown State University. Among his credits are work in the big bands of Woody Herman and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, as well as smaller ensembles with Gerry Mull ...

* ''Unriched'' (SteepleChase, 2012) * ''Lost in the Breeze'' (SteepleChase, 2016) * ''Triple Play'' (SteepleChase, 2017) With Michael Davis * ''Midnight Crossing'' (Lipstick, 1994) * ''Brass Nation'' (Hip-Bone Music, 2000) * ''Trumpets Eleven'' (Hip-Bone Music, 2003) With Michael Franks * ''Watching the Snow'' (Koch, 2003) * ''Time Together'' (Shanachie, 2011) * ''The Music in My Head'' (P-Vine 2018) With

* ''For the Music'' (Jazzpoint, 1992) * ''Pastels'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * ''Moonscape'' (SteepleChase, 1997) * ''Remembering Eric Dolphy'' (SteepleChase, 1999) * ''Songbook'' (SteepleChase, 2000) * ''Blue Horizon'' (Zoho, 2004) * ''A Second Look'' (Mel Bay, 2005) * ''Omega Is the Alpha'' (SteepleChase, 2010) * ''Free Admission'' (SteepleChase, 2012) * ''Walking On Water'' (SteepleChase, 2014) * ''Blue'' (SteepleChase, 2015) * ''Vic Juris Plays Victor Young'' (SteepleChase, 2016) * ''Eye Contact'' (SteepleChase, 2018) * ''Let's Cool One'' (SteepleChase, 2020) With

Frank Kimbrough Frank Kimbrough (November 2, 1956 – December 30, 2020) was an American post-bop jazz pianist and composer. He was born and raised in Roxboro, North Carolina. He did some work at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill before moving to Washingt ...

* ''Live at Kitano'' (Palmetto, 2012) * ''Quartet'' (Palmetto, 2014) * ''Solstice'' (Pirouet, 2016) With

* '' Dearly Beloved'' (SteepleChase, 1997) * '' Out of Nowhere'' (SteepleChase, 1997) * '' RichLee!'' (SteepleChase, 1998) With

Andy LaVerne Andy LaVerne (born December 4, 1947) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. Education and musical career Born in New York City, LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservat ...

* ''Between Earth & Mars'' (SteepleChase, 2000) * ''Know More'' (SteepleChase, 2001) * ''Pianissimo'' (SteepleChase, 2002) With

* ''Only in New York'' (DMP, 1994) * ''Big Band Trane'' (DMP, 1996) * ''Latin from Manhattan'' (DMP, 1998) * ''Quality Time'' (TVT 1998) * ''Gently'' (DMP, 2002) * ''In the Moment'' (Art of Life, 2006) * ''Old School New Lessons'' (MCG Jazz, 2006) * ''Swing Out'' (MCG Jazz, 2008) With Rich Perry * ''Beautiful Love'' (SteepleChase, 1995) * ''What Is This?'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * ''Left Alone'' (SteepleChase, 1997) * ''At the Kitano 2'' (SteepleChase, 2008) * ''Gone'' (SteepleChase, 2009) * ''Time Was'' (SteepleChase, 2012) * ''Mood'' (SteepleChase, 2016) * ''Other Matters'' (SteepleChase, 2019) With

* '' Spirit Within'' (Elektra/Musician, 1982) * '' Sprint'' (Elektra/Musician, 1983) * ''One for Bird'' (SteepleChase, 1988) * ''No Turn On Red'' (Denon, 1989) * ''Red Snapper'' (SteepleChase, 1989) * ''Then and Now'' (Chesky, 1992) With

* ''Old Places Old Faces'' (Warner Bros., 1996) * ''Sample This'' (Warner Bros., 1997) * ''The Song Lives On'' (PRA, 1999) * ''The Pecan Tree'' (Videoarts, 2002) With Maria Schneider * ''Evanescence'' (Enja, 1994) * ''Concert in the Garden'' (ArtistShare, 2004) * ''Sky Blue'' (ArtistShare, 2007) * ''The Thompson Fields'' (ArtistShare, 2015) * ''Data Lords'' (ArtistShare, 2020) With Louis Smith * ''There Goes My Heart'' (SteepleChase, 1997) * ''Soon'' (SteepleChase, 1998) * ''The Bopsmith'' (SteepleChase, 2000) With Mark Soskin * ''17'' (TCB, 2001) * ''Man Behind the Curtain'' (Kind of Blue, 2009) * ''Hearts and Minds'' (SteepleChase, 2017) * ''Upper West Side Stories'' (SteepleChase, 2018) * ''Everything Old Is New Again'' (SteepleChase, 2020) With Dave Stryker * ''Passage'' (SteepleChase, 1993) * ''Full Moon'' (SteepleChase, 1994) * ''Blue to the Bone'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * ''Blue to the Bone III'' (SteepleChase, 2002) * ''Latest Outlook'' (Zoho, 2007) * ''The Scene'' (Zoho, 2008) * ''Keeper'' (Panorama, 2010) With

* ''Thing-Fish'' (EMI, 1984) * ''Cheap Thrills'' (Rykodisc, 1998) * ''The Man from Utopia'' (Limited Edition, 1999) With others *

, ''Wishing Peace'' (Ken Music, 1986) *

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, ''Undercurrents'' (Konnex, 1992) * Burak Bedikyan, ''New Beginning'' (SteepleChase, 2018) *

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, ''Nothing Has Changed'' (Columbia, 2014) * David Bowie, ''Sue (or in a Season of Crime)'' (Parlophone, 2014) *

, ''Now You See It... Now You Don't'' (GRP, 1990) * Michael Brecker, ''The Cost of Living'' (Jazz Door, 1994) *

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, ''The Gift'' (Naxos, 1997) *

, ''In the Door'' (Blue Note, 1991) * Joey Calderazzo, ''The Traveler'' (Blue Note, 1993) * John Campbell, ''Turning Point'' (Contemporary, 1990) * John Campbell, ''Workin' Out'' (Criss Cross, 2001) * Jay Clayton, ''In and Out of Love'' (Sunnyside, 2010) *

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, ''Falling Into You'' (Columbia, 1996) * Pierre Dorge, ''Soundscapes'' (SteepleChase, 2018) * Mike Fahn, ''Close Your Eyes and Listen'' (Sparky 1, 2002) * Boulou Ferre & Elios Ferre, ''New York N.Y.'' (SteepleChase, 1997) *

Greg Gisbert Gregory Lyle Gisbert (born February 2, 1966, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.Gary W. Kennedy, ''"Greg Gisbert''. '' Grove Jazz'' online Early years and school Gisbert played drums with his father as a child ...

, ''The Court Jester'' (Criss Cross, 1996) *

Osvaldo Golijov Osvaldo Noé Golijov (; born December 5, 1960) is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor, known for his vocal and orchestral work. Biography Osvaldo Golijov was born in and raised in La Plata, Argentina, to a Jewish family ...

, ''Oceana'' (Deutsche Grammophone, 2007) * Terumasa Hino, ''Live in Warsaw'' (Century, 1991) * Mark Isaacs, ''Keeping the Standards'' (Vorticity, 2004) * Mark Isaacs, ''Resurgence'' (ABC, 2007) * Sara K., ''Play On Words'' (Chesky, 1994) *

, ''Classikhan'' (AGU/Earthsong/Sanctuary Urban, 2004) *

Tony Lakatos Antal "Tony" Lakatos (born 13 November 1958 in Budapest) is a Hungarian Jazz saxophonist (tenor, soprano saxophone). He lives in Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Germany). Lakatos attended the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest from 1975 to 1980, then m ...

, ''Standard Time'' (Skip, 2014) * Brian Landrus, ''Generations'' (BlueLand, 2017) *

Rudy Linka Rudy Linka (born 29 May 1960) is a Czech jazz guitarist. Biography From 1975 to 1979, he studied classical guitar as a teenager at the Prague Conservatory and learned jazz through his mentor, Karel Velebný. After travelling to Germany in 198 ...

, ''News from Home'' (Arta, 1992) * Joe Locke, ''Sticks and Strings'' (Jazz Eyes, 2007) * Brian Lynch, ''Peer Pressure'' (Criss Cross, 1987) * Phil Markowitz, ''Catalysis'' (Sunnyside, 2008) * Phil Markowitz, ''Perpetuity'' (Dot Time, 2014) *

Nellie McKay Eleanora Marie McKay (born April 13, 1982) is an English–American singer and songwriter. She made her Broadway debut in ''The Threepenny Opera#United States 2, The Threepenny Opera'' (2006). Early life and education McKay was born in London ...

, ''Normal As Blueberry Pie'' (Verve, 2009) *

, ''Carmen McRae Live at Bubba's'' (CMA, 1988) * Tiger Okoshi, ''Echoes of a Note'' (JVC, 1993) * Tiger Okoshi, ''Color of Soil'' (JVC, 1998) * Dave Panichi, ''Blues for McCoy'' (Spirit Song, 1995) * Mike Richmond, ''Tones for Joan's Bones'' (SteepleChase, 2018) * Mike Richmond, ''La Vie En Rose'' (SteepleChase, 2019) *

Tim Ries Timothy M. Ries (born 15 August 1959) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate/conservatory level. Ries is in his year as a professor of jazz studies at the University of Toronto. His u ...

, ''Stones World'' (Sunnyside, 2008) * Terre Roche, ''Imprint Earth'' (Rock Wreckerds, 2015) * Hal Schaefer, ''Solo Duo Trio'' (Discovery, 1992) * Ken Schaphorst, ''How to Say Goodbye'' (JCA, 2016) * Larry Schneider, ''Ali Girl'' (SteepleChase, 1997) *

Steve Slagle Steve Slagle (born September 18, 1951) is an American jazz saxophonist. Biography Slagle was born in Los Angeles and grew up in suburban Philadelphia. He received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music and received a master's degree in ...

, ''Smoke Signals'' (Panorama, 1991) * Steve Slagle, ''Steve Slagle Plays Monk'' (SteepleChase, 1998) * Leni Stern, ''When Evening Falls'' (Leni Stern, 2004) *

, ''Standards (and Other Songs)'' (Atlantic, 1992) *

, '' Ira Sullivan Does It All'' (Muse, 1983) *

, ''The Live Takes Vol. 1'' (In+Out, 2000) *

Artie Traum Arthur Roy Traum (April 3, 1943 – July 20, 2008) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. Traum's work appeared on more than 35 albums. He produced and recorded with The Band, Arlen Roth, Warren Bernhardt, Pat Alger, Tony Levin, ...

, ''Meetings with Remarkable Friends'' (Narada, 1999) *

Dawn Upshaw Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contempo ...

, Maria Schneider, ''Winter Morning Walks'' (ArtistShare, 2013) *

Roseanna Vitro Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas. Biography Born Roseanna Elizabeth VitroScott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy.Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna" In ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2 ...

, ''Softly'' (Concord Jazz, 1993) *

, ''Franks Wild Years'' (Island, 1987) * Jeremy Wall, ''Stepping to the New World'' (Amherst, 1992) *

, ''Brilliant Corners'' (Denon, 1988) * Walt Weiskopf, ''Exact Science'' (Iris, 1989) * Walt Weiskopf, ''Mindwalking'' (Iris, 1990) * Peter Zak, ''Standards'' (SteepleChase, 2016)

References

*Gary W. Kennedy, "Jay Anderson". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at ...

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