Essiet Essiet
Essiet Okon Essiet (born September 1, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz double-bassist. He is the leader of the group "Intercontinental Bush Orchestra", founded in 1995.[1]
Essiet's parents were Nigerian immigrants to the United States.[2] He studied violin as a child, then learned both bass guitar and stand-up bass as a high schooler in Portland, Oregon. After attending Mount Hood Community College, he played briefly in Los Angeles before working in Europe during the early 1980s with fellow American jazz musician Famoudou Don Moye. In 1983 he moved to New York City, playing with Abdullah Ibrahim, Art Blakey, Marty Cook, and Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Essiet Essiet has had many collaborations, including with George Adams, Ron Affif, Kenny Barron, the Blue Note All-Stars, Paul Bollenback, Donald Brown, Bruce Cox, Kurt Elling, Kenny Garrett, Benny Golson, Jim Hartog, David Hazeltine, Freddie Hubbard, Victor Jones, Joe Locke, Kevin Mahogany, Cedar Walton, and Bobby Watson.
Discography
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2018) |
With Bluesiana Triangle (Dr. John and David "Fathead" Newman)
- Bluesiana Triangle (Windham Hill, 1990)
- Bluesiana II (Windham Hill, 1991)
With George Cables
- My Muse (HighNote, 2012)
- In Good Company (HighNote, 2015)
- The George Cables Songbook (HighNote, 2016)
With Vincent Herring
- Ends and Means (HighNote, 2006)
With Frank Morgan
- Reflections (HighNote, 2006)
With Benny Powell
- Nextep (Origin, 2008)
References
- ^ "Official website of jazz bassist Essiet Okon Essiet". ESSIET OKON ESSIET, Jazz Bass. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ Lara Pellegrinelli, "Essiet Essiet". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- BLP articles lacking sources from July 2017
- All BLP articles lacking sources
- Articles to be expanded from December 2018
- All articles to be expanded
- Articles using small message boxes
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with PLWABN identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
- American jazz double-bassists
- American male double-bassists
- Mt. Hood Community College alumni
- Musicians from Portland, Oregon
- Jazz musicians from Nebraska
- American male jazz musicians
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American musicians of Nigerian descent
- All stub articles
- American bass guitarist stubs
- American jazz musician stubs