Oklahoma Musicians

Musician

Cecil McBee

Blue Note and New England Conservatory identify Cecil McBee as born in Tulsa in 1935 and as a major jazz double bassist; his biography records early clarinet study before the switch to bass.

Musical work

double bassist; composer; educator. Instruments recorded in the collection: double bass; clarinet (early study). Genres: jazz; post-bop; free jazz.

Evidence and identity

Tulsa birth and bass career are supported by a label biography and institutional conservatory biography, with the artist biography as corroboration.

Cecil McBee

Cecil McBee Tulsa birth, bass role, early clarinet study, jazz career

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Cecil McBee

Cecil McBee identity, double bass career, Oklahoma Jazz Hall recognition

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Cecil McBee biography

Cecil McBee Tulsa connection and instrument transition

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Sources

  1. www.bluenote.com/artist/cecil-mcbee/
  2. necmusic.edu/faculty/cecil-mcbee/
  3. cecilmcbeejazz.net/biography

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.