John Kirby

double bass, bass, synthesizer, tuba, piano, vibraphone

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Billie Holiday
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
Lionel Hampton
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
Nat King Cole

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Billie Holiday double bass Eeny Meeny Miney Mo, I Cried For You, I Wished on the Moon, I'm Painting the Town Red, If You Were Mine, It's Like Reaching for the Moon, It's Too Hot for Words, Miss Brown to You, These Foolish Things, Twenty Four Hours a Day, What a Little Moonlight Can Do, What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl, Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
Chick Webb and His Orchestra bass, double bass Blue Lou, Blue Minor, Don't Be That Way, Down Home, I'll Chase the Blues Away, If Dreams Come True, I’ll Chase the Blues Away, Let's Get Together, Love and Kisses, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Rhythm and Romance, Stompin' at the Savoy, What a Shuffle
Lionel Hampton bass Any Time at All, Buzzin' 'Round With the Bee, China Stomp (Chinatown, My Chinatown), I Know That You Know, I’m in the Mood for Swing, Muskrat Ramble, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Rhythm, Rhythm (I Got Rhythm), Shoe Shiner’s Drag, Stompology, Whoa Babe
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra bass, double bass A Sunbonnet Blue, I Wished on the Moon, If You Were Mine, Miss Brown to You, Sweet Lorraine, What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Nat King Cole bass Baby, Riffamarole, If I Could Be With You, Riffamarole (alternate take), Stormy Weather, You Can Depend on Me, You Can Depend on Me (alternate take)
Marc Degelabert bass, double bass Dedication, I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me, I Surrender Dear, Smack, Smack!
Norah Jones piano, synthesizer Chasing Pirates, Even Though, Light as a Feather, Stuck
The Chocolate Dandies double bass, tuba Bugle Call Rag, Dee Blues, I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
Frankie Newton and His Orchestra double bass Romping (excerpt), The Blues My Baby Gave to Me
Mildred Bailey double bass 'Tain't What You Do, A Ghost of a Chance
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra bass Blue Lou, Stealin' Apples
John Kirby and His Orchestra double bass Royal Garden Blues
Must Blaze double bass Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
Priscilla Ahn vibraphone Dream
Rise as One double bass Queer Notions
Fimbulwinta double bass The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
Lake People tuba The House of David Blues