HENRY GRIMES

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Henry Grimes (November 3, 1935 – April 17, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist, violinist, and poet.

After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz, Grimes completely disappeared from the music scene by 1970. Grimes was often presumed to have died, but he was rediscovered in 2002 and returned to performing.

Henry Grimes was born in Philadelphia. He took up the violin at the age of 12, then began playing tuba, English horn, percussion, and finally the double bass in high school. He furthered his musical studies at Juilliard and established a reputation as a versatile bassist by the mid-1950s. He recorded or performed with saxophonists Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, pianist Thelonious Monk, singer Anita O'Day, clarinetist Benny Goodman and many others. At a time when bassist Charles Mingus was experimenting with a second bass player in his band, Grimes was
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HENRY GRIMES The Call album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Call
Avant-Garde Jazz 1966
HENRY GRIMES Solo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
HENRY GRIMES Henry Grimes, Roberto Pettinato, Tyshawn Sorey, Dave Burrell : Purity album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Henry Grimes, Roberto Pettinato, Tyshawn Sorey, Dave Burrell : Purity
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
HENRY GRIMES Grimes - Pettinato - Sorey : My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Grimes - Pettinato - Sorey : My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
HENRY GRIMES Henry Grimes, Dave Burrell, Roberto Pettinato, Tyshawn Sorey : Same Egg album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Henry Grimes, Dave Burrell, Roberto Pettinato, Tyshawn Sorey : Same Egg
Avant-Garde Jazz 2013

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HENRY GRIMES More Call album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
More Call
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
HENRY GRIMES Henry Grimes Trio Featuring Andrew Lamb & Newman Taylor Baker : Sublime Communication album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Henry Grimes Trio Featuring Andrew Lamb & Newman Taylor Baker : Sublime Communication
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
HENRY GRIMES The Henry Grimes Trio: For Ibn Pori album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Henry Grimes Trio: For Ibn Pori
Avant-Garde Jazz 2005
HENRY GRIMES Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival
Avant-Garde Jazz 2005
HENRY GRIMES Sublime Communication 2: Live at Edgefest, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sublime Communication 2: Live at Edgefest, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2005
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
HENRY GRIMES Going to the Ritual album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Going to the Ritual
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
HENRY GRIMES Henry Grimes / Rashied Ali ‎: Spirits Aloft album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Henry Grimes / Rashied Ali ‎: Spirits Aloft
Avant-Garde Jazz 2010
HENRY GRIMES The Tone of Wonder album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Tone of Wonder
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
HENRY GRIMES Henry Grimes & Max Johnson : Olive Oil album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Henry Grimes & Max Johnson : Olive Oil
Avant-Garde Jazz 2023

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