Wilfred Middlebrooks
Wilfred Roland Middlebrooks (July 17, 1933, Chattanooga, Tennessee - March 13, 2008, Pasadena, California) was an American jazz double-bassist. Middlebrooks performed in a traveling show as a teenager and then worked with Tab Smith (1950-1953) before serving in the US Armed Forces. He moved to southern California and played in Los Angeles with Buddy Collette, Eric Dolphy, Frank Rosolino, Mel Lewis, Bill Holman, Billy Higgins, and Art Pepper in the 1950s. In 1958 he began accompanying Ella Fitzgerald and worked with her through 1963, including on a television performance alongside Dizzy Gillespie in 1959. Following this he worked with Paul Smith and Bobby Troup in California. When jazz work dwindled, he became a postal worker in 1978 and worked for the USPS until 1995, though he continued to play jazz on the side, and was active as a performer in local clubs into the 2000s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 17, 1933 (Chattanooga), Died March 13, 2008 (Pasadena)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1958
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | L 10744 | 1/30/1958 | Moonlight in Vermont | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10745 | 1/30/1958 | Robbin's nest | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10746 | 1/30/1958 | Gee baby, ain't I good to you? | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10747 | 1/30/1958 | Mood indigo | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10748 | 1/30/1958 | Mountain high, valley low | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10749 | 1/30/1958 | All the way | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10750 | 1/30/1958 | Get out of town | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10751 | 1/30/1958 | Bali Ha'i | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10769 | 2/5/1958 | Old devil moon | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10770 | 2/5/1958 | On the street where you live | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10771 | 2/5/1958 | Then I'll be tired of you | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | L 10772 | 2/5/1958 | A hundred years from today | Earl Grant | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Middlebrooks, Wilfred," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/331522.
Middlebrooks, Wilfred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/331522.
"Middlebrooks, Wilfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Middlebrooks, Wilfred, 1933-2008 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92004230
Wikidata: Wilfred Middlebrooks - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1634510
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/32186626
MusicBrainz: Wilfred Middlebrooks - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1eafb044-8887-4cc7-a37a-fed90b8b5440
ISNI: 0000 0000 7989 4174 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000079894174
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