More or less since I first heard it, I've thought that Jimmy on Art Pepper's Intensity is what quarter notes should sound like
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Double Bass Jimmy Bond, James E. Bond,jr QUESTIONS
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Hello there folks, I attended Jimmy's memorial service today. All I can say is! you would had to have been there. Hazel Bond Jimmy's wife put on a wonderful afternoon of great LA entertainment. From Ernie Andrews to the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. There were many greats there. I even saw Francis Davis (being Miles Davis birthday) why not yes the wife who was on the Album "Someday My Prince Will Come" was there. Also the very lovely Nancy Wilson was there. She didn't sing but It was so good seeing her there to support Jimmy's event. Ernie Andrews sung some blues like there was no tomorrow. Jimmy would have been proud to see all or most of his old buddies.
wow, RIP Jimmy Bond. couple months ago, i guess around or shortly before the time of his passing, I had re-discovered my cd of Chet in Paris and was playing it in my ride everywhere I went for weeks... Jimmy's bass sounds great pumping through the speakers... a golden sound from a golden age. I'm glad to know of a few more records to check him out on now.
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Bond Jr., James E.
January 27, 1933 - April 26, 2012
James Edward Bond Jr., 79, has passed away due to complications from cardio-pulmonary disease. Jimmy was a prominent musician and real estate developer who lived in Los Angeles since the late 1950's. Educated at the Julliard School, Jimmy gained an appreciation for fine arts and culture for which he remained passionate throughout his life. Jimmy is survived by his former wife Hazel, daughter Heather, son James, granddaughters Morgan and Sydney, and a host of friends and family who played very important roles in his life.
(There's a tiny photo of Jimmy on this site.)
Published in "The Los Angeles Times" on May 27, 2012
Bond Jr., James E.
January 27, 1933 - April 26, 2012
James Edward Bond Jr., 79, has passed away due to complications from cardio-pulmonary disease. Jimmy was a prominent musician and real estate developer who lived in Los Angeles since the late 1950's. Educated at the Julliard School, Jimmy gained an appreciation for fine arts and culture for which he remained passionate throughout his life. Jimmy is survived by his former wife Hazel, daughter Heather, son James, granddaughters Morgan and Sydney, and a host of friends and family who played very important roles in his life.
(There's a tiny photo of Jimmy on this site.)
Published in "The Los Angeles Times" on May 27, 2012
Does anyone know whether that's Jimmy Bond and Albert "Tootie" Heath on the Nina Simone CD "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" on the label Get Back, GET2037? It's a trio CD with Nina Simone, and the bassist and drummer are unnamed on the packaging. (Lord, people, at the very least, print their names!!! -- not to mention paying them.)
I've been playing bass for over 40 years and my favorite jazz bass solo is still Jimmy Bond with the Jazz Crusaders on the tune The Freedom Sound. His solo tells a story, one that you gotta hear!
If you want to see a pretty neat clip of Jimmy Bond in action, go to moviepowder.com ( a free, safe , movie site ) and click on the Mysteries box on the menu. Scroll down to Night Tide, a very early (1961) Dennis Hopper flick. Jimmy Bond wrote and performs the title song for the film. You can see him and his quintet playing in the first ten minutes or so in the opening scenes which take place in a beachfront jazz club. There are some clear shots of him and the other band members. Some of you old timer west coast guys might be able to identify them. The band sounds tight, so they're real players not actors. The movie itself is an interesting oddity for movie buffs.
This info is a "tad" dated, but the last time I saw him was at the KC Jazz Festival 1964 (gulp!)He was with Clare Fischer. I forget who was on drums. I do remember that I was disappointed since I was expecting to see Gary Peacock who was just getting popular at the time because of the album First Time Out..
Jimmy Bond did, however , prove to be a great sub and played beautifully. I think there is a tune by them on the limited edition album from the KC Festval.
So much for fifty plus years of memory! I was wrong about the above post. I guess I was flabbergasted with my first big Jazz Fesival. I couldn't believe that I was sharing the stage with such an enormous array of jazz heavy weights. I was playing with Mike Ning on piano and the late Chuck Gray on drums. We performed in the early afternoon and we were anxiously waiting for Clare Fischer's trio to come on in the evening. I couldn't wait to see Gary Peacock who I knew from "First Time Out." I don't know why, but during all these years Mike and I have always thought it was Jimmy Bond on bass and neither of us remembered the drummer, but we knew it wasn't Gene Stone. Well, today I was looking through a box of old news clippings and music reviews when I found the original guide to the festival and artists from K.C. Jazz Week 65 (not 64!). There were photos and short bios of Count Basie, Buddy DeFranco and low and behold, Clare Fischer. At the end of his blurb were the words: "The group consists of Fischer on piano, Bobby West, bass, and ( I should have remembered him from "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," my red vinyl Vince Guaraldi record) Colin Bailey on drums."
I deleted the rest of the extraneous BS. This is a Jimmy Bond site after all!
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