Nat Reeves

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{{Short description|American jazz bassist}}
[[File:0669 Nat Reeves.jpg|thumb|425x425px|Nat Reeves, Arts for Art - Vision Festival 2024. Photo by Marek Lazarski]]
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nat Reeves
| image = Nat Reeves (cropped).jpg
| caption = Reeves in 2013
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|5|27}}
| birth_place = [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], [[Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| instrument = [[Double bass]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
*[[Musician]]
*[[Teacher|educator]]
}}
| website = {{url|natreeves.com}}
| years_active = 1982–present
}}

'''Nat Reeves''' (born May 27, 1955) is an American [[jazz]] bassist. He resides in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], and teaches at [[The Hartt School]] of the [[University of Hartford]]. He also performs internationally with a number of jazz artists.

==Band leaders==
Reeves has worked with [[Jackie McLean]], [[Kenny Garrett]], [[Joe Farnsworth]], and others.<ref name="BogdanovWoodstra2001">{{cite book|last1=Bogdanov|first1=Vladimir|last2=Woodstra|first2=Chris|last3=Erlewine|first3=Stephen Thomas|title=All music guide: the definitive guide to popular music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xR7MdpuSlAEC&pg=PT1292|year=2001|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87930-627-4|page=1292}}</ref>

==Discography==
===As leader===
*''State of Emergency'' (482 Music, 2012)
*''Blue Ridge'' (Side Door, 2018)<ref>[http://natreeves.com/discography/ Nat Reeves discography], accessed March 12, 2018</ref>

===As sideman===
'''With [[Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist)|Eric Alexander]]'''
* ''[[Live at the Keynote]]'' (Skip, 1999)
* ''[[It's All in the Game (Eric Alexander album)|It’s All in the Game]]'' (HighNote, 2006)
* ''[[Temple of Olympic Zeus]]'' ((HighNote, 2007)
* ''[[Revival of the Fittest]]'' (HighNote, 2009)
* ''[[Don't Follow the Crowd]]'' (HighNote, 2011)
* ''Recado Bossa Nova'' (Venus, 2015)

'''With [[Steve Davis (trombonist)|Steve Davis]]'''
* ''Crossfire'' (Criss Cross, 1998)
* ''[[Portrait in Sound]]'' (Stretch, 2000)
* ''Dig Deep'' (Criss Cross, 2004)
* ''Update'' (Criss Cross, 2006)
* ''Alone Together'' (Mapleshade, 2007)
* ''Eloquence'' (Jazz Legacy, 2009)
* ''Gettin' It Done'' (PosiTone, 2012)
* ''For Real'' (PosiTone, 2014)
* ''Say When'' (Smoke Sessions, 2015)

'''With [[Joe Farnsworth]]'''
* ''Beautiful Friendship'' (Criss Cross, 1999)
* ''Drumspeak'' (CMD, 2006)
* ''Super Prime Time'' (Eighty Eight, 2012)
* ''My Heroes: Tributes to the Legends'' (Venus, 2014)

'''With [[Kenny Garrett]]'''
* ''[[Introducing Kenny Garrett]]'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1984)
* ''[[Songbook (Kenny Garrett album)|Songbook]]'' (Warner Bros., 1997)
* ''Simply Said'' (Warner Bros., 1999)
* ''[[Seeds from the Underground]]'' (Mack Avenue, 2012)

'''With [[David Hazeltine]]'''
* ''Good-Hearted People'' (Criss Cross, 2001)
* ''The Jobim Songbook'' (Chesky, 2007)

'''With [[Randy Johnston (musician)|Randy Johnston]]'''
* ''[[Jubilation (Randy Johnston album)|Jubilation]]'' (Muse, 1992 [1994])
* ''Somewhere in the Night'' (HighNote, 1997)
* ''Homage'' (JCurve, 2000)
* ''Hit and Run'' (HighNote, 2002)

'''With [[Harold Mabern]]'''
* ''Kiss of Fire'' (Venus, 2002)
* ''[[Don't Know Why (album)|Don't Know Why]]'' (Venus, 2003)
* ''[[To Love and Be Loved]]'' (Smoke Sessions, 2017)

'''With Steve McCraven'''
* ''Sound of the Forest Boogaraboo'' (World McMusic, 1994) with [[Archie Shepp]]
* ''Bosco'' (EF Mic, 1996) with Archie Shepp and [[Arthur Blythe]]

'''With [[Jackie McLean]]'''
* ''Dynasty'' (Triloka, 1988)
* ''Rites of Passage'' (Triloka, 1991)
* ''The Jackie Mac Attack'' (Dreyfus, 1991)
* ''Rhythm of the Earth'' (Dreyfus, 1992)
* ''[[Hat Trick (Jackie McLean album)|Hat Trick]]'' (Somethin' Else/Blue Note, 1996)
* ''Montreal ’88'' (Hi Hat, 2018)

'''With {{ill|Saori Yano|ja|矢野沙織}}'''
* ''Yano Saori'' (JRoom Jazz, 2003)
* ''O2'' (JRoom, 2004)

'''With others'''
* Mary DiPaola, ''Cat’s Cradle'' (Brownstone, 1997)
* [[Tom McClung]], ''The Telling'' (Terieva, 1997)
* Mike DiRubbo, ''From the Inside Out'' (Sharp Nine, 1999)
* [[Dakota Staton]], ''A Packet of Love Letters'' (HighNote, 1999)
* Michael Musillami, ''Archives'' (Playscape, 2001)
* Laird Jackson, ''Touched'' (Cap, 2002)
* [[Jesse van Ruller]], ''Here and There'' (Criss Cross, 2002)
* Anthony Wonsey, ''The Thang'' (Sharp Nine, 2006)
* Diana Perez, ''It's Happenin' '' (Zoho, 2008)
* Javon Jackson and We Four, ''Celebrating John Coltrane'' (Solid Jackson, 2012)
* John Webber, ''Down for the Count'' (Cellar Live, 2014)
* [[Jacques Lesure]], ''Camaraderie'' WJ3, 2015)
* [[Rene McLean]], ''Ancestral Calling: Music of the Spirit'' (I'Jazza, 2017)
* Jim Snidero & Jeremy Pelt, ''Jubilation'' (Savant High Note, 2018)
* Jim Snidero, ''Waves of Calm'' (Savant, 2019)<ref>[http://natreeves.com/discography/ Nat Reeves discography], accessed March 12, 2018</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://NatReeves.net Nat Reeves' Official website]
* [https://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Nat%20Reeves:1927230075 Yahoo Discography for Nat Reeves]

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