Wilbur Ware

bass, double bass

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Johnny Griffin tenor saxophone 31st and State, Be-Ware, Body and Soul, Desert Sands, Latin Quarters, Lullaby of the Leaves, Mamma-Daddy, The Man I Love
Ernie Henry
Sonny Rollins
Kenny Drew
Clifford Jordan tenor saxophone By Myself (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (alt tk) (F), Symphony For JR (F), Wilber Reflects (F), Wilbur’s Red Cross (F)

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Johnny Griffin tenor saxophone 31st and State, Be-Ware, Body and Soul, Desert Sands, Latin Quarters, Lullaby of the Leaves, Mamma-Daddy, The Man I Love
Clifford Jordan tenor saxophone By Myself (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (alt tk) (F), Symphony For JR (F), Wilber Reflects (F), Wilbur’s Red Cross (F)
Junior Mance piano 31st and State, Be-Ware, Body and Soul, Desert Sands, Latin Quarters, Lullaby of the Leaves, Mamma-Daddy, The Man I Love
John Jenkins (American jazz saxophonist) alto saxophone 31st and State, Be-Ware, Body and Soul, Desert Sands, Latin Quarters, Lullaby of the Leaves, Mamma-Daddy, The Man I Love
Wilbur Campbell drums 31st and State, Be-Ware, Desert Sands, Latin Quarters, Lullaby of the Leaves, Mamma-Daddy
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) trumpet By Myself (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (alt tk) (F), Symphony For JR (F), Wilber Reflects (F), Wilbur’s Red Cross (F)
Ed Blackwell drums By Myself (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (F), For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (alt tk) (F), Symphony For JR (F), Wilber Reflects (F), Wilbur’s Red Cross (F)
Frankie Dunlop drums Body and Soul, The Man I Love

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Johnny Griffin bass Catharsis, Cherokee, Hot Sausage, Johnny G.G., Little John, Stix' Trix, Sunny Monday, Teri's Tune, What's New, Where's Your Overcoat, Boy?, Woody'n You
Ernie Henry bass Active Ingredients, Checkmate, Cleo's Chant, Free Flight, Gone With the Wind, I Get a Kick Out of You, I Should Care, I've Got the World on a String, Like Someone in Love, Like Someone in Love (alternate take), Lover Man, My Ideal, Orient, Soon, Specific Gravity, Sweet Lorraine
Sonny Rollins double bass A Night in Tunisia (Evening take), All the Things You Are, Four, Get Happy, Get Happy (short version), I Can't Get Started, I'll Remember April, I've Got You Under My Skin, Old Devil Moon, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (alternate take), Sonnymoon for Two, Striver's Row, What Is This Thing Called Love, Woody 'N' You
Kenny Drew bass Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Carol, Do It the Hard Way, Happy Hunting Horn, I Could Write a Book, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, It's You or No One, Little T, My Funny Valentine, Paul's Pal, The Lady Is a Tramp, This Is New, What Is a Man?, Why Do I Love You?, You're My Thrill
Clifford Jordan bass 872 (A), A Real Nice Lady (F), Doug’s Prelude (A), Mod House (F), Mod House (incomplete alt tk) (F), Ouagoudougou, Ouagoudougou (A), Vienna, Vienna (A)
Cassilis bass Abide With Me, Crepuscule With Nellie, Epistrophy, Epistrophy (alternate take), Epistrophy (fragment), Functional (alternate take), Monk's Mood, Nutty, Off Minor (alternate take 4), Off Minor (master take), Off Minor (take 4), Ruby My Dear, Ruby, My Dear, Trinkle, Tinkle, Well You Needn't
Ivan Štrpka bass 'Round Midnight, Decidedly (take 4), Decidedly (take 5), I Mean You (take 1), I Mean You (take 2), I Mean You (take 4), Rhythm-A-Ning, Straight, No Chaser (take 1), Straight, No Chaser (take 3), Sweet & Lovely
Katie Shorey double bass Crepuscule With Nellie (edited re-take 6), Crepuscule With Nellie (edited re-takes 4 & 5), Monk's Mood, Monk's Mood (false start), Nutty, Off Minor (take 4), Off Minor (take 5), Ruby, My Dear, Trinkle, Tinkle
Sanja Tišma double bass Abide With Me, Blues for Tomorrow (first stereo release), Crepuscule With Nellie (breakdown), Crepuscule With Nellie (take 1), Crepuscule With Nellie (take 2), Epistrophy, Epistrophy (short version), Well, You Needn't, Well, You Needn't (opening)
Kenny Dorham bass 'Sposin' (alternate take), I'll Be Seeing You, Is It True What They Say About Dixie?, Jazz-Classic, Lotus Blossom, Noosebloos, S'Posin', Soon, The End of a Love Affair
Lee Morgan double bass Gaza Strip, Lady, Little T, Little T (alternate take), Reggie of Chester, Roccus, Stand By, The Lady
Grant Green double bass All the Things You Are, I Remember You, I'll Remember April, If I Had You, If I Had You - (alternate take), Love Walked In, You Stepped Out of a Dream, You and the Night and the Music
Blue Mitchell bass Big Six, Blues March, Brother 'Ball, Jamph, Promenade, Sir John, There Will Never Be Another You
Sonny Clark bass Bootin' It, Bootin' It (mono take), Dial "S" for Sonny, It Could Happen to You, Love Walked In, Shoutin' on a Riff, Sonny's Mood
Zoot Sims bass Echoes of You, Fools Rush In, Here and Now, Osmosis, Swim, Jim, Taking a Chance on Love, Why Cry?
Tina Brooks bass David the King, Dhyana, One for Myrtle, Stranger in Paradise, Talkin' About, The Waiting Game
Thelonious Monk double bass Crepuscule With Nellie, Crepuscule With Nellie (take 6), Crepuscule With Nellie (takes 4 and 5), Monk's Mood, Off Minor, Off Minor (take 4)
Hank Mobley bass Dance of the Infidels, Easy to Love, Fit for a Hanker, Hi Groove, Low Feedback, Time After Time
Da Body bass Blue Jay, Cliff's Edge, Princess, Soft Talk, Tenderly
Cecil Payne bass Flying Fish (B), Follow Me (B), Girl, You Got A Home (B), Martin Luther King, Jr./I Know Love (B), Slide Hampton (B)
コンベアーCONVEYOR bass Farid (D1), That Moment of Glance (D1)
Olli Kivistö bass Is It True What They Say About Dixie?, Jazz-Classic
Artjom Jurov bass My One and Only Love, Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
Sun Ra bass Can This Be Love
Josh Steelman bass Coming on the Hudson
Nonfuture double bass Ruby, My Dear