Jimmy Woode

James Bryant Woode (September 23, 1926 – April 23, 2005) was an American jazz bassist. He played and/or recorded in bands with Flip Phillips, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Nat Pierce, Sidney Bechet, Billie Holiday, Jaki Byard, Earl Hines, Jimmy Witherspoon, Clark Terry and Miles Davis.

Jimmy Woode
Sonya Hedenbratt and Jimmy Woode (right) in 1947
Born
James Bryant Woode

(1926-09-23)September 23, 1926
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedApril 23, 2005(2005-04-23) (aged 78)
Lindenwold, New Jersey, US
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