John Ore (December 17, 1933 – August 22, 2014) 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 roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

bassist. Ore attended the New School of Music in Philadelphia from 1943 to 1946, studying cello and followed this with studies on bass at

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. In the 1950s he worked with

Tiny Grimes Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes (July 7, 1916 – March 4, 1989) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He was a member of the Art Tatum Trio from 1943 to 1944, was a backing musician on recording sessions, and later led his own bands, including a rec ...

George Wallington George Wallington (October 27, 1924 – February 15, 1993) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Born in Sicily, his career as a pianist began in the early 1940s, when he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and contributed to ...

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Ben Webster Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor Saxophone, saxophonist. He performed in the United States and Europe and made many recordings with Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Johnny Hodges, a ...

Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first ...

Elmo Hope St. Elmo Sylvester Hope (June 27, 1923 – May 19, 1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, chiefly in the bebop and hard bop genres. He grew up playing and listening to jazz and classical music with Bud Powell, and both were ...

Bud Powell Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory,Grove Powell's application of complex phrasing to ...

and

Freddie Redd Freddie Redd (May 29, 1928 – March 17, 2021) was an American hard-bop pianist and composer. He is best known for writing music to accompany '' The Connection'' (1959), a play by Jack Gelber. According to Peter Watrous, writing in ''The New Y ...

. From 1960 to 1963 he played in

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's quartet, and then with the Les Double Six of Paris in 1964. Later in the 1960s he played again with Powell and also recorded with

Teddy Wilson Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive Swing music, swing pianist", Wilson's piano style was gentle, elegant, and virtuosic. His style was high ...

. In the 1970s he worked with

Earl Hines Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, " ...

. He was with the

Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...

Arkestra in 1982. He never recorded an album as a leader. In a blindfold test with ''

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'' in 1963, fellow bassist Ray Brown praised Ore's playing on an album with Monk's quartet, giving the bassist "four stars...for clean playing."

Discography

With

* ''

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'' (Prestige, 1955) * '' Hope Meets Foster'' (Prestige, 1956) * ''Last Sessions'' (Inner City, 1977) * ''Elmo Hope Trio'' (RCA, 1978) * '' The Final Sessions'' (Evidence, 1996) With

Hank Mobley Henry Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neithe ...

* ''

No Room for Squares ''No Room for Squares'' is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on March 7 & October 2, 1963 and released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Mobley, trumpeters Lee Morgan and Donald Byrd, pianists Andrew Hill ...

'' (Blue Note, 1964) * ''

Straight No Filter ''Straight No Filter'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, recorded mostly in 1963 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1985. The CD edition compiles performances recorded at four different sessions from 1963 to 1966. Receptio ...

'' (Blue Note, 1986) With

* '' Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk'' (Riverside, 1960) * ''

Thelonious Monk in Italy ''Thelonious Monk in Italy'' is a live album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk featuring tracks recorded in Italy in 1961 and released on the Riverside label in 1963.Monk's Dream'' (Columbia, 1963) * '' Criss Cross'' (Columbia, 1963) * ''Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 1'' (Riverside, 1963) * ''Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 2'' (Riverside, 1964) * ''Thelonious Monk in Europe Vol. 3'' (Riverside, 1964) * '' Monk in France'' (Riverside, 1965) * ''Two Hours with Thelonious'' (Riverside, 1969) * ''In Person'' (Milestone, 1976) * ''Always Know'' (Columbia, 1979) * ''April in Paris/Live'' (Milestone, 1981) * ''The Thelonious Monk Memorial Album'' (Milestone, 1982) * ''Evidence'' (Milestone, 1983) * ''Blues Five Spot'' (Milestone, 1984) * ''European Tour'' (Denon/LRC, 1985) * ''Live! at the Village Gate'' (Xanadu, 1985) * ''The First European Concert '61'' (Magnetic, 1988) * ''Live at Monterey Jazz Festival 1963 Volume 1'' (Jazz Unlimited 1993) With

Cecil Payne Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gilles ...

* '' Cerupa'' (Delmark, 1995) * ''

Scotch and Milk ''Scotch and Milk'' is an album by the American jazz saxophonist/flautist Cecil Payne, recorded in 1996 and released by the Delmark label the following year.

'' (Delmark, 1997) With

* '' The Return of Bud Powell'' (Roulette, 1964) * ''Simply Amazing!!'' (Accord, 1982) * ''Bud Powell Vol. 2'' (Jazz Reactivation, 1983) With

* '' Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow'' (El Saturn, 1965) * ''Just Friends'' (El Saturn, 1983) * '' Blue Delight'' (A&M, 1989) * '' Purple Night'' (A&M, 1990) * '' Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy/Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow'' (Evidence, 1992) * ''At the Village Vanguard'' (Rounder, 1993) * ''Friendly Galaxy'' (Leo, 1993) * ''Pleiades'' (Leo, 1993) * '' Somewhere Else'' (Rounder, 1993) With

* ''Introducing Freddie Redd'' (Prestige, 1955) * ''Freddie Redd in Sweden'' (Baybride, 1973) With

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* ''

Saga of the Outlaws ''Saga of the Outlaws'' (subtitled "Ride of the Marauders: a polyphonic sonic tale of the old & new West") is a live album by saxophonist Charles Tyler. It was recorded on May 20, 1976, at Studio Rivbea in New York City, and was released in 1978 ...

'' (Nessa, 1978) * ''Folk and Mystery Stories'' (Sonet, 1980) With

* ''It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'' (Verve, 1957) * ''Mean to Me'' (Verve, 1980) With others * Eric Alexander, '' Up, Over & Out'' (Delmark, 1995) *

Billy Bang Billy Bang (September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011), born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer. Biography Bang's family moved to New York City's Bronx neighborhood while he was still an infant, and as a ...

with Sun Ra, John Ore, Andrew Cyrille, '' A Tribute to Stuff Smith'' (Soul Note, 1993) *

and

Marva Josie Marva Josie (also known as Marva Josie Spurling) is an American jazz singer who was a longtime vocalist for Earl Hines. Biography Josie was born on December 9, 1939, in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Josie first met Hines in 19 ...

, ''Jazz Is His Old Lady...and My Old Man'' (Catalyst, 1977) *

Steve Lacy Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He gained recognition as the guitarist of the alternative R&B band the Internet, which he joined in 2015. His self-produced debut EP, '' ...

, ''

The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy ''The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy'' is the third album by Steve Lacy and the first to be released on the Candid label in 1961. It features performances of tunes written by Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Miles Davis, by Lacy, Charles Davis, John ...

'' (Candid, 1962) *

Hampton Hawes Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir ''Raise Up Off Me'', which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Early life Hampton Hawes was born on No ...

, ''Piano: East/West'' (Prestige, 1956)

References

External links

Sun Ra discusses John Ore in a 1988 interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ore, John 1933 births 2014 deaths American jazz double-bassists American male double-bassists American male jazz musicians