Lonnie Plaxico
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Background information | |
Birth name | Lonnie Luvell Plaxico |
Born | (1960-09-04) September 4, 1960 (age 63) Chicago, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Double bass |
Years active | 1982–present |
Labels | Muse |
Website | LonniePlaxico.com |
Lonnie Plaxico (born September 4, 1960) is an American jazz double bassist.
Biography
Plaxico was born in Chicago, into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing both double bass and bass guitar). His first recording was with his family's band, and by the time he was twenty he had moved to New York City, where he had stints playing with Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Junior Cook, and Hank Jones. He won the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award in 1978.
Plaxico first came to public attention through his work with the Wynton Marsalis group in 1982, though his first regular attachment was with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1983–86), with whom he recorded twelve albums.
In the mid-1980s Plaxico joined the M-Base collective and played on the debut-releases of Steve Coleman (Motherland Pulse, 1985), Cassandra Wilson (Point of View, 1986) and Greg Osby (Sound Theatre, 1987). On Wilson's recordings he appeared regularly ever since and is the musical director and first bassist of her tour band for more than 15 years.[1]
In 1986 Jack DeJohnette reformed his Special Edition and engaged beside guitarist Mick Goodrick the M-Base saxophonists Greg Osby and Gary Thomas and Plaxico on bass. The band existed until 1993, after three albums with pianist Michael Cain replacing Goodrick on the last.
Plaxico has also performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, David Murray, Alice Coltrane, Stanley Turrentine, Andrew Hill, Joe Sample, Abbey Lincoln, Bill Cosby, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ravi Coltrane, Scott Tixier, Barbara Dennerlein, Helen Sung and Nina Vidal.
Discography
As leader
- 1989: Plaxico (Muse)
- 1990: Iridescence (Muse)
- 1992: Short Takes (Muse)
- 1993: With All Your Heart (Muse)
- 2000: Emergence (Savant)
- 2001: Mélange (Blue Note)
- 2002: Live at the 5:01 Jazz Bar (Orchard, Plaxmusic)
- 2003: Rhythm and Soul (Sirocco Jazz)
- 2004: Live at Jazz Standard (Village, Japan)
- 2006: So Alive (Eighty-Eight's)
- 2006: West Side Stories (Plaxmusic)
- 2007: Live at the Zinc Bar NYC (Plaxmusic)
- 2009: Ancestral Devotion (Plaxmusic)
As sideman
With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Aurex Jazz Festival (Eastworld, 1983)
- New York Scene (Concord, 1984)
- Blue Night (Timeless, 1985)
- Live at Sweet Basil (Paddle Wheel, 1985)
- Live at Kimball's (Concord, 1985)
- Live at Ronnie Scott's (Wadham, 1985)
- Hard Champion (Paddle Wheel, 1985)
- Farewell (Paddle Wheel, 1985)
- New Year's Eve at Sweet Basil (King/ProJazz, 1985)
- Dr. Jeckyle - Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (ProJazz, 1985)
With Cindy Blackman
- Code Red (Muse, 1990 [1992])
With Cecil Brooks III
- The Collective (Muse, 1989)
- Smokin' Jazz (Muse, 1996)
With Steve Coleman
- Motherland Pulse (JMT, 1985)
- Five Elements, Sine Die (Pangaea, 1988)
With Ravi Coltrane
- Moving Pictures (RCA/BMG, 1998)
With Robin Eubanks
- Karma (JMT, 1991)
With Dizzy Gillespie
- New Faces (GRP, 1985)
With Bunky Green
- Another Place (Label Bleu, 2004 [2006])
With Cassandra Wilson
- Point of View (JMT, 1986)
- Blue Skies (JMT, 1988)
- Jumpworld (JMT, 1990)
- Blue Light 'til Dawn (Blue Note, 1993)
- New Moon Daughter (Blue Note, 1995)
- Rendezvous (Blue Note, 1997), with Jacky Terrasson
- Traveling Miles (Blue Note, 1999)
- Loverly (Blue Note, 2008)
- Coming Forth by Day (Legacy, 2015)
- 5 Original Albums (Blute Note, 2018)
With Greg Osby
- Greg Osby and Sound Theatre (JMT, 1987)
- Mindgames (JMT, 1988)
- Season of Renewal (JMT, 1990)
- Zero (Blue Note, 1998)
With Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
- Irresistible Forces (Impulse!/MCA, 1987)
- Audio-Visualscapes (Impulse!/MCA, 1988)
- Earthwalk (Blue Note, 1991)
With Ron Jackson
- A Guitar Thing You (Muse, 1991)
- Thinking of You (Muse, 1993)
With Don Byron
- Tuskegee Experiments (Nonesuch, 1992)
- Ivey-Divey (Blue Note, 2004)
With Bud Shank
- I Told You So (Candid, 1992)
With Carola Grey
- Noisy Mama (Jazzline, 1992)
With Lafayette Harris
- Lafayette Is Here (Muse, 1993)
- One with the Wind (Muse, 1993)
With Gust Tsilis
- Wood Music (Enja, 1993)
With Regina Carter
- Regina Carter (Atlantic, 1995)
With Talib Kibwe
- Introducing Talib Kibwe (Evidence, 1996)
With Barbara Dennerlein
- Take Off! (Verve, 1995)
With Jean-Paul Bourelly, Harry Sokal, and Ronnie Burrage
- Mag Five (PAO, 1998)
With LaMont Johnson
- 241 East 3rd St. (Orchard, 1998)
With Ray Anderson
- Lapis Lazuli Band, Funkorific (Enja, 1998)
With Mark Ledford
- Miles to Go (Verve Forecast, 1998)
With Ravi Coltrane
- Moving Pictures (RCA, 1998)
With Jason Moran
- Soundtrack to Human Motion (Blue Note, 1999)
With Teri Thornton
- I'll Be Easy to Find (Verve, 1999)
With Bunky Green
- Another Place (Label Bleu, 2006)
With Brian Landrus
- Traverse (BlueLand, 2012)
With Yukiko Onishi aka Yucco Miller
- Yucco Miller (King, 2016[2])
References
External links
- Carr, Ian, Digby Fairweather, & Brian Priestley. Jazz: The Rough Guide. London: Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-528-3
- Plaxico's Web site
- Lonnie Plaxico on Allmusic
- Brief bio by Chris Parker for the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club pages
- Interview with Plaxico for 441 Records
- v
- t
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- Dale Barlow
- Mickey Bass
- Terence Blanchard
- Joanne Brackeen
- Cameron Brown
- Donald Brown
- Bobby Broom
- Donald Byrd
- George Cables
- Buck Clarke
- Chick Corea
- Steve Davis
- Spanky DeBrest
- Sam Dockery
- Kenny Dorham
- Essiet Essiet
- Robin Eubanks
- Charles Fambrough
- Curtis Fuller
- Carlos Garnett
- John Gilmore
- Benny Golson
- Benny Green
- Johnny Griffin
- Bill Hardman
- Donald Harrison
- Philip Harper
- John Hicks
- Freddie Hubbard
- Dennis Irwin
- Javon Jackson
- Carter Jefferson
- Geoffrey Keezer
- Frank Lacy
- Brian Lynch
- Branford Marsalis
- Wynton Marsalis
- Jackie McLean
- Jymie Merritt
- Mulgrew Miller
- Hank Mobley
- Lee Morgan
- Billy Pierce
- Lonnie Plaxico
- Valery Ponomarev
- Wallace Roney
- Gregory Charles Royal
- David Schnitter
- Woody Shaw
- Clarence Seay
- Wayne Shorter
- Horace Silver
- Victor Sproles
- Bobby Timmons
- Jean Toussaint
- McCoy Tyner
- Cedar Walton
- Peter Washington
- Doug Watkins
- Bobby Watson
- James Williams
- Reggie Workman
albums
- The Jazz Messengers (1956)
- Hard Bop (1957)
- Ritual (1957)
- Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957)
- Cu-Bop (1957)
- Hard Drive (1957)
- A Night in Tunisia (1958)
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958)
- Moanin' (1959)
- The Big Beat (1960)
- A Night in Tunisia (1961)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
- Mosaic (1962)
- Buhaina's Delight (1963)
- Caravan (1963)
- The Freedom Rider (1964)
- Free for All (1964)
- Kyoto (1964)
- Golden Boy (1964)
- Indestructible (1965)
- 'S Make It (1965)
- Soul Finger (1965)
- Tough! (1966)
- Like Someone in Love (1967)
- The Witch Doctor (1969)
- Roots & Herbs (1970)
- Child's Dance (1972)
- Buhaina (1973)
- Anthenagin (1973)
- In Walked Sonny (1975)
- Backgammon (1976)
- Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)
- In My Prime Vol. 1 (1978)
- In My Prime Vol. 2 (1978)
- Reflections in Blue (1979)
- Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording (1979)
- Album of the Year (1981)
- Oh-By the Way (1984)
- Blue Night (1985)
- Feeling Good (1986)
- Not Yet (1988)
- I Get a Kick Out of Bu (1988)
- Chippin' In (1990)
- One for All (1990)
albums
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1956)
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1956)
- A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (1957)
- 1958 – Paris Olympia (1959)
- At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 (1959)
- Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1960)
- Paris Jam Session (1960)
- Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 (1960)
- A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March (1961)
- Three Blind Mice (1962)
- Ugetsu (1963)
- Buttercorn Lady (1966)
- Jazz Messengers '70 (1970)
- In This Korner (1978)
- Live at Montreux and Northsea (1980)
- One by One (1981)
- Art Blakey in Sweden (1981)
- Straight Ahead (1981)
- Keystone 3 (1982)
- Live at Kimball's (1985)
- The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)
albums
- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1956)
- The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Drum Suite (1957)
- Pisces (1979)
- Africaine (1981)
- Originally (1982)
albums
- Des Femmes Disparaissent (1959)
- Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 (1960)
solo albums
- Blakey (1954)*
- A Night at Birdland Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 (1954)
- Orgy in Rhythm (1957)
- Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
- Holiday for Skins (1958)
- Drums Around the Corner (1959)
- The African Beat (1962)
- A Jazz Message (1963)
- Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
- Killer Joe (1981)
- Bluesiana Triangle (1990)