Jamil Nasser

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Jamil Nasser (born George Joyner, June 21, 1932 – February 13, 2010)[1] and also credited on some of Ahmad Jamal's recordings as Jamil Sulieman, was an American jazz musician. He played double bass, electric bass, and tuba.

Biography[]

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Nasser learned piano from his mother as a child and started playing bass at age 16. As a student at Arkansas State University, he led the school band, and played bass and tuba in bands while stationed in Korea as a member of the U.S. Army. Following his discharge, he played with B.B. King in 1955 and 1956.

He moved to New York City in 1956, and played with Phineas Newborn and Sonny Rollins before the end of the decade. He toured Europe and North Africa with Idrees Sulieman in 1959, then visited Paris and recorded with Lester Young. Nasser moved to Italy briefly from 1961 to 1962; after returning to New York he formed his own trio, playing with the ensemble until 1964. Following this, he began work with Ahmad Jamal; the two men performed together until 1972. He worked with Al Haig through the rest of the decade.

In the 1980s and 1990s, he participated in many sessions with musicians such as George Coleman, Clifford Jordan, Jimmy Raney, Harold Mabern Gene Ammons and . Nasser never recorded as a leader.

His son is an alto saxophonist based in New York City. His son, Muneer Nasser, is a musician, historian, and author of Jamil Nasser's book called Upright Bass, The Musical Life and Legacy of Jamil Nasser, published 2018.

Discography[]

As sideman[]

With Gene Ammons

With Evans Bradshaw

With George Coleman

With Eric Dolphy

  • Berlin Concerts (Enja, 1961)

With Lou Donaldson

With Red Garland

With Al Haig

  • Strings Attached (Choice, 1975)
  • Chelsea Bridge (East Wind, 1975)
  • Interplay (Sea Breeze, 1976)
  • Serendipity (Interplay, 1977)
  • Manhattan Memories (Sea Breeze, 1977 [1983])
  • A Portrait of Bud Powell (Interplay, 1977)
  • Reminiscence (Progressive, 1977)
  • Ornithology (Progressive, 1977)
  • Expressly Ellington (Spotlite, 1978)

With Ahmad Jamal

With Melba Liston

With Harold Mabern

With Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse, Kenny Burrell and Mal Waldron

With Phineas Newborn, Jr.

With Randy Weston

  • New Faces at Newport (MetroJazz, 1958)
  • Little Niles (United Artists, 1958)
  • Portraits of Duke Ellington (1989)
  • Portraits of Monk (1989)
  • Self Portraits (1989)
  • Spirits of Our Ancestors (1991)
  • Volcano Blues (1993)

With Hideaki Yoshioka

  • Moment to Moment (Venus, 2000)

References[]

  1. ^ Obituary at All About Jazz Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
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