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Bill Pemberton
Bill Pemberton is credited on 173 releases across 49 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
173
Pressings credited
49
Albums
8
Decades active
2
In collections
Biography
William McLane, better known as Bill Pemberton (March 5, 1918 in New York City – December 13, 1984 in New York City) was an American jazz double-bassist. Pemberton played violin as a child before switching to bass. He was in Frankie Newton's orchestra from 1941 to 1945 and then worked with Herman "Ivory" Chittison, Mercer Ellington, Eddie Barefield, and Billy Kyle later in the 1940s. In the 1950s he worked with Art Tatum and Rex Stewart, and from 1966 to 1969 was Earl Hines's bassist, including for international tours and at the 1967 Newport Jazz Festival and Monterey Jazz Festival. He also worked with Buck Clayton in 1967. In 1969 he joined the JPJ quartet alongside Budd Johnson, Oliver Jackson, and Dill Jones, and remained with the group until 1975; concomitantly he played with Ruby Braff, Max Kaminsky, and Vic Dickenson. He rejoined Hines in 1977, playing in Europe with him and Benny Carter. Late in his career he played with Panama Francis, Bill Coleman, and Doc Cheatham.
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Credited work
173 releases · 49 albums · active 1953–2022
- Performance · 303
- Production · 7
- Other credits · 2
Studios: Automated Sound Studios · Great South Bay Jazz Festival · Studios Barclay · Studio Antibes
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Earl Hines
- Vic Dickenson
- Various
- Little Willie John
- Panama Francis And The Savoy Sultans
- Annie Laurie
- Lee Wiley
- Earl Hines And His Quartet
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