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Jimmy Garrison

1934 - 1976

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James Emory Garrison (March 3, 1934 – April 7, 1976) was an American jazz double bassist. He is best remembered for his association with John Coltrane from 1961 to 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Garrison is the 1,829th most popular musician (down from 1,810th in 2024), the 9,732nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,136th in 2019) and the 703rd most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jimmy Garrison ranks 1,829 out of 3,175Before him are Carey Bell, George Gruntz, Bill Black, Tadd Dameron, Tobias Sammet, and Christopher Franke. After him are Toshio Masuda, Utada Hikaru, Bobby Hutcherson, Pino Palladino, Bootsy Collins, and LiSA.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jimmy Garrison ranks 474Before him are David Halberstam, Giuseppina Leone, Curtis Fuller, Evy Berggren, Stanton T. Friedman, and Vladislav Illich-Svitych. After him are Tom Heinsohn, Johnny Burnette, Alberto Bevilacqua, Ulf Schmidt, Jagdish Bhagwati, and Michel Vermeulin. Among people deceased in 1976, Jimmy Garrison ranks 247Before him are Martín Luis Guzmán, Clarice Benini, Francisco Pagazaurtundúa, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, Antoni Słonimski, and James Wong Howe. After him are Zofia Stryjeńska, John A. Costello, Franciszek Szymczyk, Andrei Fayt, Walter Janssen, and Carlo Mattrel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Garrison ranks 9,736 out of 20,380Before him are Howard Deutch (1950), Warren Kealoha (1903), Tadd Dameron (1917), Ashley Graham (1987), Franklin Graham (1952), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Robert F. Overmyer (1936), and Anna J. Harrison (1912). After him are David Hess (1936), Herbert Boyer (1936), Steven Mnuchin (1962), and Daniel Kelly (1883).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jimmy Garrison ranks 703Before him are Booker T. Jones (1944), Kim Kashkashian (1952), Magic Slim (1937), Carey Bell (1936), Bill Black (1926), and Tadd Dameron (1917). After him are Utada Hikaru (1983), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Bootsy Collins (1951), Percy Heath (1923), Otis Spann (1924), and Craig Jones (1972).