Bob Cranshaw

bass, double bass, electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Sonny Rollins
Stanley Turrentine
Lee Morgan
Duke Pearson
Horace Silver

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Sonny Rollins bass, double bass, electric bass guitar A House Is Not a Home, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Amanda, Azalea, Best Wishes, Biji, Cabin in the Sky, Charles M., Coconut Bread, Darn That Dream, Dearly Beloved, Delia, Did You See Harold Vick?, Don't Stop the Carnival, Doxy, Falling in Love With Love, First Moves, G-Man, God Bless the Child, Good Morning Heartache, H.S., Here You Come Again, I See Your Face Before Me, I've Never Been in Love Before, Illusions, John S., Jojo, Joyous Lake, Keep Hold of Yourself, Kim, Little Girl Blue, Love Man, McGhee, Mona Lisa, My Little Brown Book, My Old Flame, My Reverie, Newkleus, Nishi, No Problem, Notes for Eddie, Oleo, Park Palace Parade, Penny Saved, Picture in the Reflection of a Golden Horn, Playin' in the Yard, Poinciana, Prelude to a Kiss, Reel Life, Remembering Tommy, Rosita's Best Friend, Sais, Salvador, Serenade, Sister, Skylark, Solo Reprise, Someday I'll Find You, Sonny Side Up, Sonny, Please, Stairway to the stars, Sweet Leilani, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Tennessee Waltz, Tenor Madness, The Bridge, The Cutting Edge, The Everywhere Calypso, The Moon of Manakoora, They Say It's Wonderful, Times Slimes, To a Wild Rose, What a Difference a Day Makes, Where Are You, Where or When, Without a Song, You Do Something to Me
Stanley Turrentine bass, double bass A Foggy Day, A Kettle of Fish, A Taste of Honey, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't No Way, Alone Together, Always Something There, And Satisfy, Baptismal, Bayou, Better Luck Next Time, Blowin' in the Wind, Bonita, Boogaloo, Buster Brown, Can't Buy Me Love, Common Touch, Dr. Feelgood, Dr. Feelgood (alternate take), Easy Walker, Feeling Good, Fool on the Hill, Fried Pies, Goin' Home, Gravy Train, Hey Jude, Home Town, I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone, In Memory Of, Jodie's Cha Cha, La Fiesta, Ladyfingers, Light My Fire, Little Green Apples, Little Sheri, Living Through It All, Lonely Avenue, Lonesome Lover, Love Letters, Make Someone Happy, Mattie T., Maybe September (Theme from "The Oscar"), Meat Wave, My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me, New Time Shuffle, Niger Mambo, Pres Delight (Flying Jumbo), Return of the Prodigal Son, River's Invitation, Sent for You Yesterday (and Here You Come Today), Shake, Shirley, Something Happens to Me, Song for Bonnie, Stoned Soul Picnic, Sunday in New York, Sunny, Tacos, The Feeling of Jazz, The Hustler, The Lamp Is Low, The Look of Love, The Magilla, They All Say I'm the Biggest Fool, Those Were the Days, Time After Time, Trouble (No. 2), Wahoo (a.k.a. Stanley's Blues), Walk on By, What Could I Do Without You, What the World Needs Now Is Love, When I Look Into Your Eyes, When The Sun Comes Out, You Want Me to Stop Loving You, You're Gonna Hear From Me, Yours Is My Heart Alone
Lee Morgan bass, double bass A Waltz for Fran, Boy, What a Night, Ca-Lee-So, Exotique, Fat Lady, Filet of Soul (a.k.a. Hoppin' John), Gary's Notebook, Hocus-Pocus, Lee-Sure Time, Little Spain, Need I?, Nite Flite, Peaches and Cream, Raggedy Ann, Riggarmortes, Scourn', Second's Best, Second's Best (take 1), Second's Best (take 5), Seeds of Sin, Speedball, Sunrise, Sunset, Take Twelve, That's Right, The Delightful Deggie, The Delightful Deggie (big band version), The Gigolo, The Gigolo (alternate take), The Sidewinder, Tom Cat, Totem Pole, Totem Pole (alternate take), Trapped, Twice Around, Twilight Mist, Yes I Can, No You Can't, Yesterday, You Go to My Head, Zambia, Zambia (big band version)
Duke Pearson bass Amanda, Angel Eyes, Bedouin, Blues for Alvina, Bonde Amarelo (Little Yellow Streetcar), Captain Bacardi, Clara, Cristo Redentor, ESP (Extrasensory Perception), Farewell Machelle, Fly Little Bird Fly, Give Me Your Love, Heavy Legs, Honeybuns, How Insensitive, Hush-A-Bye, I Don't Know, Is That So, Little Drummer Boy, Little Song, Little Waltz, Los Ojos Alegres (The Happy Eyes), My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera), New Girl, Once I Loved (O Amor En Paz), Our Love, Prairie Dog, Say you're mine, Sleigh Ride, Soulin', Stella by Starlight, The Fakir, The Moana Surf, The Phantom, Theme From Rosemary's Baby, Wahoo, Xibaba, You Know I Care
Horace Silver bass Acid, Pot Or Pills, Acid, Pot or Pills, All, Big Business, Cause and Effect, Forever Is a Long Long Time, From the Heart Through the Mind, Gregory Is Here, Horn of Life, I'm Aware of the Animals Within Me, I've Had A Little Talk, I've Had a Little Talk, In Pursuit of the 27th Man, It's Got to Be Funky, Kathy, Kissin' Cousins, Liberated Brother, Love Vibrations, My Soul Is My Computer, Nothin' Can Stop Me Now, Old Mother Nature Calls, Peace, Soul Searchin', Strange Vibes, Summary, Summer in Central Park, That Healin' Feelin', The Happy Medium, The Merger of the Minds, The Show Has Begun, The Sophisticated Hippie, The Walk Around - Look up and Down Song, Total Response, What Kind of Animal Am I, Who Has the Answer, Won't You Open Up Your Senses
Milt Jackson bass A -Tisket, A-Tasket, A Little Too Much, Blues for Queen "D", Clay's Blues, Don't Go to Strangers, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, For All We Know, Good Morning Heartache, I'm Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life, In Walked Bud, Ineffable, Lazy Melody, No Moon at All, Oh, Lady Be Good, Project "S", Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends), Send in the Clowns, Slow Death, Sonny's Blues, Spanish Fly, That's In, The Morning After, The Other Half of Me, This Bitter Earth, What a Difference a Day Made, You've Changed
Hank Mobley bass 3rd Time Around, A Caddy for Daddy, A Slice of the Top, A Touch of the Blues, Ace Duece Trey, Advance Notion, Beverly, Bossa De Luxe, Chain Reaction, Cute 'n Pretty, Flirty Gerty, Goin' Out Of My Head, Good Pickin's, Hank's Other Bag, High Voltage, Lookin' East, No More Goodbys, Reach Out I'll Be There, Soft Impressions, Straight No Filter, The Morning After, There's a Lull in My Life, Two and One, Up Over And Out, Venus Di Mildew
Sonny Criss bass Butt's Delight, Calidad, Eleanor Rigby, Georgia Rose, I Got It Bad, Indiana, Misty Roses, Ode to Billie Joe, Paris Blues, Rockin' Rhythm, Scrapple From the Apple, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, Somewhere My Love, Sonnymoon for Two, Sunny, Sweet Lorraine, Sylvia, The Beat Goes On, The Masquerade Is Over, This Is for Benny, Up, Up and Away, When the Sun Comes Out, Willow Weep for Me, Yesterdays, You Don't Know
Donald Byrd bass Angel Eyes (take 4), Blind Man, Blind Man, Boom, Boom, Brother Isaac, Child's Play (take 2), Child's Play (take 3), Friday's Child (take 1), Fufu, Groovin' for Nat, House of the Rising Sun, Hush! (take 1), Hush! (take 2), I'm Tryin' to Get Home, I've Longed and Searched for My Mother, March Children, My Babe, Noah, Out Of This World, Pearly Gates, See, See, Rider, Smoothie (take 4), Sudel (take 2), Sudel (take 4), You've Been Talkin' 'bout Me, Baby
Wes Montgomery bass A Quiet Thing, Born to Be Blue, Bumpin’, Caravan, Con Alma, Goin’ Out of My Head, Here’s That Rainy Day, In and Out, Just Walkin’, Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Mi Cosa, Moca Flor, Movin’ Wes (Part I), Movin’ Wes (Part II), Musty, My One and Only Love, People, Senza fine, Tear It Down, The Shadow of Your Smile, Theodora, West Coast Blues
James Moody bass, electric bass guitar Au Privave, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Cherokee, Clabber Biscuits, Darben the Redd Foxx, Don't Look Away Now, Easy Living, Hear Me, Hey Herb! Where's Alpert?, Last Train From Overbrook, Love, Where Are You?, Moody's Mood for Love, Never Again, Ruby, My Dear, Simplicity and Beauty, Smack-A-Mac, Sun Journey, Sun in Pisces, The Moon Was Yellow, This Masquerade, When I Fall in Love
Elisabeth Alberdingk Thijm bass Acid, Pot or Pills, All, Big Business, Cause and Effect, Forever Is a Long Long Time, From the Heart Through the Mind, Horn of Life, I'm Aware of the Animals Within Me, I've Had a Little Talk, My Soul Is My Computer, Old Mother Nature Calls, Soul Searchin', Summary, The Merger of the Minds, Total Response, What Kind of Animal Am I, Who Has the Answer, Won't You Open Up Your Senses
Shirley Scott bass Blue Bongo, Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova, Downtown, Dreamsville, Everybody Loves a Lover, Five O'Clock Whistle, Hanky Panky, I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You, Little Miss Know It All, Make Someone Happy, Noche Azul, Sent for You Yesterday (and Here You Come Today), Shirley, The Blues Ain't Nothin' but Some Pain, The Feeling of Jazz, The Lamp Is Low, This Love of Mine
Grant Green bass Bedouin, Django, Django (alternate take), Ezz-Thetic, Grant's Tune, Green Jeans, Idle Moments, Jean de Fleur, Jean de Fleur (alternate take), Kicker, Matador, Minor League, My Favorite Things, Nomad, Solid, Wives and Lovers
The Duke Pearson Big Band bass A Taste of Honey, Bedouin, Disapproachment, Ground Hog, Here's That Rainy Day, Make It Good, Minor League, Mississippi Dip, New Girl, New Time Shuffle, Ready When You Are C.B., Straight Up and Down, The Days of Wine and Roses, Time After Time, Tones for Joan's Bones
Dexter Gordon bass Clubhouse, Everybody's Somebody's Fool, Flick of a Trick, Hanky Panky, Heartaches, I'm a Fool to Want You, Jodi, Lady Iris B., Le Coiffeur, Manha de Carnaval, Shiny Stockings, Very Saxily Yours, Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
Paul Bley double bass 52nd Street Theme, A Night in Tunisia, Barbados, Bebop, Don't Blame Me, Ladybird, My Little Suede Shoes, Nows the Time, Ornithology, Steeplechase, Tenderly, The Theme
Jimmy Heath bass A Sound for Sore Ears, Alkebu-Lan (Land of the Blacks), Angel Man, Far Away Lands, Gap Sealer, Gemini, Heads Up! Feet Down!, Heritage Hum, In a Sentimental Mood, Invitation, One for Juan, Smilin' Billy
Eddie Harris bass Days of Wine and Roses, From Russia With Love, Groove Movies, I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, Little Lo Lo, Night Must Fall, On Green Dolphin Street, People, Sarah's Theme, Theme From Malamondo, Topkapi, Who Can I Turn To
Walter Perkins bass Big Hands, Brother Spike, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Love Letters, Make Everybody Happy, My Buddy, Richie's Dilemma, Rochelle, Sleepy, Sweet Silver, The Trolley Song, Whiffenpoof Song
Harold Vick bass Angel Eyes, Autumn Sunset, Eloquence, Guava Jelly, If Ever I Would Leave You, Ode to Trane, Serenata, This Hotel, Watch What Happens, Where Butterflies Play, Whisper Not
Wayne Shorter bass, double bass Getting to Know You, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, Mister Chairman, Mr. Chairman, Pay as You Go, Second Genesis, Tenderfoot, The Albatross, The Ruby and the Pearl
Barry Harris Trio bass 'Round Midnight, Around the Corner, Bish, Bash, Bosh, Chasin' the Bird, Indiana, Just as Though You Were Here, Stay Right With It, The Breeze and I, The Way You Look Tonight
Coleman Hawkins bass Don't Blame Me, Exactly Like You, Just a Gigolo, Street of Dreams, Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'Mine), Sweet and Lovely, The Man I Love, The One I Love (Belongs to Someone Else), Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)
George Coleman double bass Blondie’s Waltz, Blues for B.B., Darn That Dream, Invitation, Sonny’s Playground, The Shadow of Your Smile, These Foolish Things, Time to Get Down, You’ll Never Know What You Mean to Me
Anders Elmén bass Bemsha Swing, El Camino Real, My Little Suede Shoes, So What, Stolen Moments, Stratusphunk, Swing Spring, Train Samba, Winter's Waif
Milt Jackson & His Gold Medal Winners bass Back to Bologna, Brother Jim, How High the Moon, Ill Wind, Lullaby of the Leaves, Rhythm-a-ning, Sleeves, Sudden Death, The Weasel
Eric Alexander bass Blues for Mo, Everything Happens to Me, Frenzy, Full House, Jennie’s Dance, Second Impression, Secret Love, So Many Stars, T-Bone Steak
Mary Lou Williams bass, double bass, electric bass guitar Gloria, Holy Ghost, Intermission, Medi I, Medi II, Olinga, Rosa Mae, Syl-O-Gism, Zoning Fungus II
Betty Carter bass Beware My Heart, Look No Further, My Favorite Things, Open the Door, Some Other Time, Something Big, Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, This Is Always
Milt Jackson Quintet bass All Members, Bags Of Blue, Gemini, Gerri's Blues, Ignunt Oil, Little Girl Blue, Time After Time, Willow Weep For Me
Billy Taylor bass At La Carousel, Capricious, Don't Go Down South, Empty Ballroom, Free & Oozy, Impromptu, Muffle Guffle, Paraphrase
Barry Harris bass Dance of the Infidels, Even Steven, Like This!, Luminescence, My Ideal, Nicaragua, Webb City
Sal Nistico bass Ariescene, By Myself, Cheryl, Comin' On Up, Down, Easy Living, Samicotico
Buddy Rich acoustic bass guitar, bass Alright, Courage, How Long, Loot to Boot, Racquet Club, Soft Winds, Sweet Georgia Brown
Kenny Barron bass A Flower, Al-Kifha, Dawn, Delores Street, S.F., Sunset, Swamp Demon
Bobby Hutcherson bass Bedouin, For Duke P., If Ever I Would Leave You, Mirrors, Step Lightly, The Kicker
Frank Foster bass Little Miss No Nose, Loneliness, Manhattan Fever, Seventh Avenue Bill, Stammpede, You Gotta Be Kiddin'
Oliver Nelson bass Beautiful Music, Fantastic, That's You, Flowers on the Wall, Island Virgin, Once Upon a Time, These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Sonny Rollins Quintet bass A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Global Warming, Introductions, Where or When, Why Was I Born?, Without a Song
Max Roach bass Memo: To Maurice (mono version), My Old Flame (mono version), Shirley (mono version), Sporty, Stella by Starlight, Stompin' at the Savoy (mono edit)
Houston Person bass Blue Odyssey, Funky London, Holy Land, I Love You, Yes I Do, Please Send Me Someone to Love, Starrburst
Johnny Coles double bass Heavy Legs, Hobo Joe, Jano, Little Johnny C, My Sweet Passion, So Sweet My Little Girl
Kai Winding electric bass guitar Blind Man, Cantalupe Island, Dirty Dog, Something You Go, Sunrise, Sunset, The Sidewinder
Lionel Hampton bass Blues for Jazz Beaux, Bye Bye Blues, Someday My Prince Will Come, Take the "A" Train, Walkin' Uptown
Kirsten Manville bass Five Spot After Dark, Flamingo, Grand Street, Hips Knees an' Legs, The Funky Fox
The Horace Silver Quintet bass Love Vibrations, Peace, That Healin' Feelin', The Happy Medium, The Show Has Begun
George Benson bass Doobie, Doobie Blues, Giblet Gravy, Low Down and Dirty, Sunny, Walk on By
McCoy Tyner bass All of You, Monk's Blues, My Funny Valentine, Newport Romp, Woody 'n You
Joe Henderson double bass El Barrio, Inner Urge, Isotope, Night and Day, You Know I Care
Jaki Byard bass European Episode, Lush Life, Out Front, Searchlight, Two Different Worlds
Jackie McLean bass Christel's Time, Eco, Poor Eric, Right Now, Right Now (alternate take)
Amani A.W.-Murray bass Blues, for the Blues, Knarf, The Eternal Triangle, The Everywhere Calypso
Morgana King bass As Long as He Will Stay, Jennifer Had, Like a Seed, You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra double bass Cotton Tail, Mack the Knife, On the Sunny Side of the Street, You've Changed
Nat Adderley bass Cantaloupe Island, Hippodelphia, The Other Side, Walls Of Jericho
Ranch Ghost bass Fat Lady (alternate), Scourn', Scourn' (alternate), Seens of Sin (alternate)
Dreams After Death bass Fat Lady, Peaches & Cream, Seeds of Sin, That's Right
Grachan Moncur III bass Air Raid, Evolution, Monk in Wonderland, The Coaster
Quincy Jones bass Addie's at It Again, Almost, I Had a Ball
Freddie Hubbard bass Cunga Black, Jodo, Outer Forces
Pepper Adams double bass Better Git in Your Soul, Haitian Fight Song, Portrait
Rešo Kopčalić bass Psychedelic Sally, Rain Dance, Serenade to a Soul Sister
Alexandra Lowe bass E.G., Fum
Ray Charles bass America the Beautiful
Megue double bass Haig & Haig