Joe Mondragon

Joseph ″Joe" Mondragon (* 2. Februar 1920 i​n Los Angeles, Kalifornien; † Juli 1987 i​n San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico)[1] w​ar ein US-amerikanischer Bassist d​es Modern Jazz.

Leben

Joe Mondragon spielte z​u Beginn seiner Karriere b​ei Woody Herman 1946, außerdem m​it Boyd Raeburn, Bob Gordon u​nd Charlie Barnet. Er w​ar in d​en 1950er Jahren m​it Monty Budwig u​nd Carson Smith e​iner der gefragtesten freelance-Bassisten d​er amerikanischen Westküste.[2] Er spielte u. a. m​it Georgie Auld, Chet Baker, Bob Cooper, Buddy DeFranco, Harry Sweets Edison, Ella Fitzgerald, Shelly Manne, Gerry Mulligan, Marty Paich, Art Pepper, Buddy Rich, Shorty Rogers u​nd Bud Shank.

Auswahldiskographie

  • Chet Baker: With Strings (Columbia, 1953–54), The Best of Chet Baker Sings (Pacific Jazz 1953–56),The Best of Chet Baker Plays (Pacific Jazz 1953–56)
  • Clifford Brown: The Complete Blue Note & Pacific Jazz Sessions (Blue Note Records, 1953–54)
  • Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve, 1956/57)
  • Herb Ellis & Jimmy Giuffre: Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre
  • Woody Herman: Keeper Of The Flame (Capitol, 1948–49)
  • Lee Konitz / Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Konitz Meets Mulligan (Capitol Jazz)
  • Art Pepper: Modern Jazz Classics (OJC, 1959)
  • Shorty Rogers: Collaboration (RCA, 1954), Chances Are, It Swings (RCA, 1958), The Wizard Of Oz (RCA, 1959), The Swinging Nutcracker (RCA, 1960)

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Anmerkung

  1. Todesdatum bei crestleaf.com
  2. zitiert nach Behrendt & Huesmann
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