Oscar Pettiford

bass, double bass, cello, strings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra
Lucky Thompson
Thelonious Monk
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Gigi Gryce clarinet, saxophone Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Gigi Gryce clarinet, saxophone Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Erik Nordström tenor saxophone Back in Paradise, Blue Brothers, Laverne Walk, Montmartre Blues, My Little Cello, Straight Ahead, There Will Never Be Another You, Two Little Pearls, Why Not? That's What!, Willow Weep for Me
Jorn Elniff drums Back in Paradise, Blue Brothers, Laverne Walk, Montmartre Blues, My Little Cello, Straight Ahead, There Will Never Be Another You, Two Little Pearls, Why Not? That's What!, Willow Weep for Me
Louis Hjulmand vibraphone Back in Paradise, Blue Brothers, Laverne Walk, Montmartre Blues, My Little Cello, Straight Ahead, There Will Never Be Another You, Two Little Pearls, Why Not? That's What!, Willow Weep for Me
Allan Botschinsky trumpet Back in Paradise, Blue Brothers, Laverne Walk, Montmartre Blues, My Little Cello, Straight Ahead, There Will Never Be Another You, Two Little Pearls, Why Not? That's What!, Willow Weep for Me
Jan Johansson piano Back in Paradise, Blue Brothers, Laverne Walk, Montmartre Blues, My Little Cello, Straight Ahead, There Will Never Be Another You, Two Little Pearls, Why Not? That's What!, Willow Weep for Me
Don Abney piano Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Bob Brookmeyer trombone Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Ernie Royal trumpet Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Osie Johnson drums Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Jerome Richardson clarinet Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) trumpet Another One, Bohemia After Dark, Don't Squawk, Kamman's A' Comin', Minor Seventh Heaven, Oscalypso, Scorpio, Stardust, Titoro
Tal Farlow (Jazz Guitar Player) guitar Burt's Pad, Burt's Pad (alternate take), E-Lag, E-Lag (alternate take), Marcel The Furrier, Ondine, Rhumblues, Stardust
Kai Winding trombone Burt's Pad, Burt's Pad (alternate take), E-Lag, E-Lag (alternate take), Marcel The Furrier, Ondine, Rhumblues, Stardust
Ole Vestegaard Jensen recording Back in Paradise, Blue Brothers, Laverne Walk, Montmartre Blues, My Little Cello, Straight Ahead, Two Little Pearls, Willow Weep for Me
Max Roach drums Burt's Pad, Burt's Pad (alternate take), E-Lag, E-Lag (alternate take), Marcel The Furrier, Ondine, Rhumblues, Stardust
Al Cohn tenor saxophone Burt's Pad, Burt's Pad (alternate take), E-Lag, E-Lag (alternate take), Marcel The Furrier, Ondine, Rhumblues, Stardust
Alan Bates (Producer, possibly other roles) producer Back in Paradise, Blue Brothers, Laverne Walk, Montmartre Blues, My Little Cello, Straight Ahead, Two Little Pearls, Willow Weep for Me
Henri Renaud piano Burt's Pad, Burt's Pad (alternate take), E-Lag, E-Lag (alternate take), Marcel The Furrier, Ondine, Rhumblues, Stardust

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra bass Aw! Come On, Deep Passion, I Remember Clifford, Laura, Little Niles, Nica's Tempo, Not So Sleepy, Now See How You Are, Perdido, Seabreeze, Smoke Signal, Somewhere, Speculation, Sunrise-Sunset, The Gentle Art of Love, The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair, Two French Fries
Lucky Thompson double bass A Lady's Vanity, Bo-Bi My Boy, Dancing Sunbeam, Deep Passion, Good Luck, Little Tenderfoot, Mister Man, N R #1, N R #2, OP Meets LT, Old Reliable, Once There Was, The Plain but the Simple Truth, Tom-Kattin', Translation, Tricotism
Thelonious Monk double bass Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are, Black and Tan Fantasy, Brilliant Corners, Caravan, Darn That Dream, Honeysuckle Rose, I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good), I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), Just You, Just Me, Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away), Mood Indigo, Pannonica, Sophisticated Lady, Tea for Two, You Are Too Beautiful
Phineas Newborn, Jr. bass, double bass Afternoon in Paris, All of You, All the Things You Are, Barbados, Celia, Confirmation, Dahoud, I Remember April, I'm Beginning to See the Light, It's You Or No One, Lady Bird, My Ship, Undecided, Vierd Blues, Walkin, Woody 'n' You
Gigi Gryce bass (You'll Always Be) The One I Love, In a Meditative Mood, Kerry Dance, Smoke Signal, Social Call, Speculation
Urbie Green bass How About You?, Just One of Those Things, Love Locked Out, Melody in BBb, Mutation, On Green Dolphin Street, Sassafras, Sneaky Pete, Three Little Words, Undulation (Melody In Bb), When Your Lover Has Gone
Milt Jackson bass, double bass Blues at Twilight, Bright Blues, Hello, How High The Moon, Ignunt Oil, Sermonette, So In Love, Solitude, The Spirit-Feel, They Didn't Believe Me
Miles Davis bass, double bass A Gal in Calico, Chance It, Dear Old Stockholm, Donna (alternate take), Green Haze, How Deep Is the Ocean, I See Your Face Before Me, Would'n You (alternate take), Yesterdays
Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra bass Barefoot Boy With Cheek, Blue Moon, I'll Always Be in Love With You, Interlude, Lonely Serenade, Sequence, Solitude, Summertime, Who's to Answer?
Tim de Paravicini bass Anthropology, Body and Soul, Chance It, Donna, How Deep Is the Ocean, How High the Moon, The Squirrel, Would'n You, Yesterdays
Frank Foster bass Baby Grand, Bumpkins, Bumpkins (alt. take), Christina, Festival, Frankie And Johnnie, Summertime, Summertime (alt. take)
Herbie Mann bass Lazy Bones, Let Me Tell You, Little Man You've Had a Busy Day, One Morning in May, Professor, Sultry Serenade, Swing 'til the Girls Come Home, When the Sun Comes Out
Konrad Wojciechowski bass Background Music, Don't Squawk, Donna Lee, I Can't Get Started, Ronnie's Line, There Will Never Be Another You, Topsy, Two Not One
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra double bass Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5, Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise, Perdido
Billy Taylor Trio bass Come Rain Or Come Shine, How About You?, If I Love Again, In A Mellow Tone, Laura, Nearness Of You, Stella By Starlight
Wynton Kelly bass Blue Moon, Born To Be Blue, Born To Be Blue (Alternate Take), If I Should Lose You, Moonglow, Moonglow (Alternate Take), Where Or When
Kenny Dorham bass Afrodisia, Basheer's Dream, Basheer’s Dream, Lotus Flower, Minor's Holiday, Minor's Holiday (alternate take)
Gil Mellé double bass Long Ago and Far Away, Moonlight in Vermont, Nice Question, The Arab Barber Blues, The Set Break, Weird Valley
Sonny Rollins bass Shadow Waltz, Someday I'll Find You, The Freedom Suite, Till There Was You (take 3), Till There Was You (take 4), Will You Still Be Mine?
Coleman Hawkins bass Blue Lights, Chant, Juicy Fruit, Laura, Sancticity, Think Deep
Eve & The Travelers bass Burt's Pad, East Lag, Marcel the Furrier, Ondine, Rhumblues, Stardust
Rebekka bass, cello Cable Car, Edge of Love, Golden Touch, Oscar Rides Again, Sextette, Trictrotism
Red Rodney bass Box 2000, Red Arrow, Star Eyes, Stella by Starlight, Ubas, You Better Go Now
Frank Wess double bass All My Life, Basie Ain't Here, Pretty Eyes, Some Other Spring, Wess Point
Jimmy Cleveland bass Bone Brother, Count 'em, My One and Only Love, Our Love Is Here to Stay, Vixen
Ray Charles bass, double bass Black Coffee, Dawn Ray, Music, Music, Music, The Man I Love
About E double bass Boff Boff, Esquire Blues, Esquire Bounce, My Ideal
Gun double bass Everybody Boogie, I Gotta Lyin' Woman, Rebecca's Blues, Time to Change Your Town
Serge Chaloff double bass Bopscotch, Chasin’ the Bass, Chickasaw, The Most!
Earl Hines bass Honeysuckle Rose, I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling, Squeeze Me
The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble strings Cubano Chant, Oscalypso, The Sacrifice
Candido bass Lady in Red, Take the "A" Train, Tin-Tin-Deo
Ben Webster bass Body and Soul, Honeysuckle Rose
Phillip D. Guillory double bass Everybody's Boogie (alternate take), I Gotta Lyin' Woman (alternate take)
Roy Eldridge bass Tea for Two
Nana-Zhami cello Falling in Love With Love
Lucky Thompson Trio double bass Tricroism
Feux bass Bags of Blues
Ernie Henry bass Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are (excerpt)
Earl Hines and His Orchestra bass My Fate Is in Your Hands
Dizzy Gillespie double bass Sweet Georgia Brown
Dennis O'Keeffe double bass Blues Riff
Ciaran Fletcher bass If I Had You
AKIO double bass Hy'a Sue