Bob Cranshaw

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{{Short description|American jazz bassist (1932–2016)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bob Cranshaw
| image = Bob Cranshaw.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cranshaw in 1976
| image_size = 240px
| birth_name = Melbourne Robert Cranshaw
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|12|3}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], US
| death_date = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|2016|11|02|1932|12|10}}}}
| death_place = [[Manhattan]], New York, US
| origin =
| instrument = Double bass, electric bass
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| occupation = Musician
| years_active =
| label =
| past_member_of = [[Sonny Rollins]]
| website =
}}

'''Melbourne Robert Cranshaw'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79017434.html|title=Cranshaw, Bob - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress|website=Id.loc.gov|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/arts/music/bob-cranshaw-died-jazz-sonny-rollins.html|title=Bob Cranshaw, Bassist From Jazz to Pop to Broadway, Dies at 83|first=Nate|last=Chinen|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=August 21, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] bassist. His career spanned the heyday of [[Blue Note Records]] as a house bassist to his later involvement with the [[American Federation of Musicians|Musicians Union]]. He is perhaps best known for his long association with [[Sonny Rollins]].<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=577}}</ref> Cranshaw performed in Rollins's working band on and off for over five decades, starting with a live appearance at the 1959 Playboy jazz festival in Chicago and on record with the 1962 album ''[[The Bridge (Sonny Rollins album)|The Bridge]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bridge-mw0000678485|title=The Bridge - Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins Quartet | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref>

Cranshaw died at the age of 83 on November 2, 2016, in [[Manhattan]], New York, from [[Cancer staging|Stage IV]] cancer.<ref name="kaufman2016-11-03">{{Cite magazine | title=Jazz Bassist Bob Cranshaw Dies at 83 | author=Gil Kaufman | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7565502/bob-cranshaw-jazz-bassist-dies-at-83 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=3 November 2016 | issn=0006-2510 | access-date=3 November 2016 }}</ref>

==Discography==
===As sideman===
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'''With [[Pepper Adams]]'''
*''[[Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus]]'' (Workshop Jazz, 1964)
'''With [[Nat Adderley]]'''
*''[[Little Big Horn (album)|Little Big Horn!]]'' ([[Riverside Records|Riverside]], 1963)
*''[[Sayin' Somethin']]'' ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], 1966)
'''With [[Eric Alexander (jazz saxophonist)|Eric Alexander]]'''
*''[[Second Impression]]'' ([[HighNote Records|HighNote]], 2016)
'''With [[Mose Allison]]'''
*''[[Hello There, Universe]]'' (Atlantic, 1970)
'''With [[Gene Ammons]]'''
*''[[Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1973)
'''With [[Carole Bayer Sager]]'''
* ''[[Carole Bayer Sager (album)|Carole Bayer Sager]]'' ([[Elektra Records|Elektra]], 1977)
'''With [[Kenny Barron]]'''
*''[[Sunset to Dawn]]'' ([[Muse Records|Muse]], 1973)
'''With [[George Benson]]'''
* ''[[Goodies (George Benson album)|Goodies]]'' ([[Verve Records|Verve]], 1968)
* ''[[Giblet Gravy]]'' (Verve, 1968)
'''With [[Walter Bishop Jr.]]'''
*''[[Cubicle (album)|Cubicle]]'' (Muse, 1978)
'''With [[Paul Bley]]'''
*''[[BeBopBeBopBeBopBeBop]]'' ([[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]], 1990)
'''With [[Jonathan Butler]]'''
*''Introducing Jonathan Butler'' ([[Jive Records|Jive]], 1985)
'''With [[Jaki Byard]]'''
*''[[Out Front!]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1964)
'''With [[Donald Byrd]]'''
*''[[Up with Donald Byrd]]'' (Verve, 1964)
*''[[I'm Tryin' to Get Home]]'' ([[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], 1965)
'''With [[Betty Carter]]'''
*''[[Inside Betty Carter]]'' ([[United Artists Records|United Artists]], 1965)
'''With [[Ray Charles]]'''
*''[[A Message from the People]]'' ([[ABC Records|ABC]], 1972)
'''With [[Johnny Coles]]'''
*''[[Little Johnny C]]'' (Blue Note, 1963)
'''With [[Judy Collins]]'''
*''[[Running for My Life]]'' (Elektra, 1980)
'''With [[Hank Crawford]]'''
*''[[Wildflower (Hank Crawford album)|Wildflower]]'' (Kudu, 1973)
'''With [[Sonny Criss]]'''
*''[[Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss album)|Up, Up and Away]]'' (Prestige, 1967)
*''[[The Beat Goes On!]]'' (Prestige, 1968)
*''[[Rockin' in Rhythm (Sonny Criss album)|Rockin' in Rhythm]]'' (Prestige, 1969)
'''With [[Frank Foster (jazz musician)|Frank Foster]]'''
*''[[Manhattan Fever]]'' (Blue Note, 1968)
'''With [[George Freeman (guitarist)|George Freeman]]'''
*''[[Man & Woman (album)|Man & Woman]]'' ([[Groove Merchant]], 1974)
'''With [[Debbie Gibson]]'''
* ''[[Think with Your Heart]]'' ([[EMI Records|EMI]], 1995)
'''With [[Dexter Gordon]]'''
*''[[Gettin' Around]]'' (Blue Note, 1965)
*''[[Blues à la Suisse]]'' (Prestige, 1973)
*''[[Clubhouse (album)|Clubhouse]]'' (Rec. 1965; Blue Note, 1979)
'''With [[Bunky Green]]'''
*''[[Visions (Bunky Green album)|Visions]]'' ([[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]], 1978)
'''With [[Grant Green]]'''
*''[[Idle Moments]]'' (Blue Note, 1963)
*''[[Matador (Grant Green album)|Matador]]'' (Blue Note, 1964)
*''[[Solid (Grant Green album)|Solid]]'' (Blue Note, 1964)
'''With [[Friedrich Gulda]]'''
*''Ineffable'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 1965)
'''With [[Slide Hampton]]'''
*''[[Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton]]'' (Atlantic, 1962)
'''With [[Barry Harris]]'''
*''[[Chasin' the Bird (Barry Harris album)|Chasin' the Bird]]'' ([[Riverside Records|Riverside]], 1962)
*''[[Luminescence!]]'' (Prestige, 1967)
'''With [[Eddie Harris]]'''
*''[[Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway]]'' (Columbia, 1964)
'''With [[Hampton Hawes]]'''
*''[[Playin' in the Yard]]'' (Prestige, 1973)
'''With [[Coleman Hawkins]]'''
*''[[Sirius (Coleman Hawkins album)|Sirius]]'' (Pablo, 1974)
'''With [[Jimmy Heath]]'''
*''[[The Gap Sealer]]'' ([[Cobblestone Records|Cobblestone]], 1972)
*''[[Love and Understanding (Jimmy Heath album)|Love and Understanding]]'' (Muse, 1973)
'''With [[Joe Henderson]]'''
*''[[Inner Urge (Joe Henderson album)|Inner Urge]]'' (Blue Note, 1964)
'''With [[Maurice Hines]]'''
*''To Nat "King" Cole with Love'' ([[Arbors Records|Arbors]], 2005)
'''With [[Johnny Hodges]]'''
*''[[Joe's Blues (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis album)|Joe's Blues]]'' (Verve, 1965) with [[Wild Bill Davis]]
*''[[Blue Notes (album)|Blue Notes]]'' (Verve, 1966)
'''With [[Bobby Hutcherson]]'''
*''[[Happenings (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Happenings]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
*''[[The Kicker (Bobby Hutcherson album)|The Kicker]]'' (Rec. 1963; Blue Note, 1999)
'''With [[Milt Jackson]]'''
*''[[Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate]]'' (Riverside, 1963)
*''[[In a New Setting]]'' ([[Limelight Records|Limelight]], 1964)
*''[[Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet]]'' ([[Verve Records|Verve]], 1968)
'''With [[Willis Jackson (saxophonist)|Willis Jackson]]'''
*''[[West Africa (album)|West Africa]]'' ([[Muse Records|Muse]], 1973)
*''[[Headed and Gutted]]'' (Muse, 1974)
'''With [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]]'''
*''[[Terra Brasilis]]'' (RCA Victor, 1980)
'''With [[Howard Johnson (jazz musician)|Howard Johnson]] and Gravity'''
*''[[Gravity!!!]]'' (Verve, 1996)
'''With [[J. J. Johnson]]'''
*''[[J.J.!]]'' (RCA Victor, 1964)
'''With [[Quincy Jones]]'''
* ''[[Golden Boy (Quincy Jones album)|Golden Boy]]'' (Mercury, 1964)
*''[[I/We Had a Ball]]'' (Limelight, 1965)
'''With [[Clifford Jordan]]'''
*''[[Soul Fountain]]'' (Vortex, 1970)
'''With [[Eddie Kendricks]]'''
*''Vintage '78'' (Arista, 1978)
'''With [[Morgana King]]'''
* ''New Beginnings'' (Paramount Records, 1973)
'''With [[Eric Kloss]]'''
*''[[We're Goin' Up]]'' (Prestige, 1967)
*''[[Sky Shadows]]'' (Prestige, 1968)
'''With [[Irene Kral]]'''
*''[[Better Than Anything]]'' ([[Äva Records|Äva]], 1963)
'''With [[Yusef Lateef]]'''
*''[[The Blue Yusef Lateef]]'' ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], 1968)
'''With [[Mike Longo]]'''
*''[[Talk with the Spirits]]'' (Pablo, 1976)
'''With [[Johnny Lytle]]'''
*''[[The Village Caller!]]'' (Riverside, 1963)
*''[[The Loop (Johnny Lytle album)|The Loop]]'' (Tuba, 1965)
*''[[People & Love]]'' ([[Milestone Records|Milestone]], 1972)
'''With [[Junior Mance]]'''
*''[[Junior's Blues]]'' (Riverside, 1962)
*''[[That Lovin' Feelin']]'' (Milestone, 1972)
'''With [[Barry Manilow]]'''
*''[[Barry Manilow II]]'' (Bell, 1974)
'''With [[Jack McDuff]]'''
*''[[Magnetic Feel]]'' (Cadet, 1975)
'''With [[Jimmy McGriff]]'''
*''[[Stump Juice]]'' (Groove Merchant, 1975)
*''[[The Groover (Jimmy McGriff album)|The Groover]]'' (JAM, 1982)
'''With [[Jackie McLean]]'''
*''[[Right Now! (Jackie McLean album)|Right Now!]]'' (Blue Note, 1965)
'''With [[Carmen McRae]]'''
*''[[Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics|Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics]]'' (Columbia Records, 1962)
'''With MJT + 3'''
*''[[Walter Perkins (musician)|Walter Perkins]]' MJT + 3'' ([[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay]], 1959)
*''Make Everybody Happy'' (Vee-Jay, 1960)
*''[[MJT + 3]]'' (Vee-Jay, 1960)
*''Message from Walton Street'' (Rec. 1960; [[E1 Music|Koch Jazz]], 2000)
'''With [[Hank Mobley]]'''
*''[[A Caddy for Daddy]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
*''[[Hi Voltage]]'' (Blue Note, 1967)
*''[[Reach Out! (Hank Mobley album)|Reach Out!]]'' (Blue Note, 1968)
'''With [[Grachan Moncur III]]'''
*''[[Evolution (Grachan Moncur III album)|Evolution]]'' (Blue Note, 1963)
'''With [[Wes Montgomery]]'''
*''[[Movin' Wes]]'' (Verve, 1964)
*''[[Bumpin' (Wes Montgomery album)|Bumpin']]'' (Verve, 1965)
'''With [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]]'''
*''[[Moody and the Brass Figures]]'' (Milestone, 1966)
*''[[Don't Look Away Now!]]'' (Prestige, 1969)
'''With [[Lee Morgan]]'''
*''[[Take Twelve]]'' (Jazzland, 1962)
*''[[The Sidewinder]]'' (Blue Note, 1964)
*''[[Delightfulee]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
*''[[The Gigolo (album)|The Gigolo]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
'''With [[Oliver Nelson]]'''
*''[[Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle]]'' ([[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]], 1966)
'''With [[Duke Pearson]]'''
*''[[Hush! (Duke Pearson album)|Hush!]]'' (JazzLine, 1962)
*''[[Wahoo!]]'' (Blue Note, 1965)
*''[[Honeybuns]]'' (Atlantic, 1965)
*''[[Prairie Dog (album)|Prairie Dog]]'' (Atlantic, 1966)
*''[[Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band]]'' (Blue Note, 1967)
*''[[The Phantom (album)|The Phantom]]'' (Blue Note, 1968)
*''[[Now Hear This (Duke Pearson album)|Now Hear This]]'' (Blue Note, 1968)
*''[[How Insensitive (album)|How Insensitive]]'' (Blue Note, 1969)
*''[[It Could Only Happen with You]]'' (Blue Note, 1970)
'''With [[Houston Person]]'''
*''[[Chocomotive]]'' (Prestige, 1967)
*''[[Blue Odyssey]]'' (Prestige, 1968)
'''With [[Esther Phillips]]'''
*''Esther Phillips Sings'' (Atlantic, 1966)
'''With [[Dave Pike]]'''
*''[[Jazz for the Jet Set]]'' (Atlantic, 1966)
'''With [[Sonny Red]]'''
*''[[Breezing (album)|Breezing]]'' ([[Jazzland Records (1960)|Jazzland]], 1960)
'''With [[Leon Redbone]]'''
*''[[From Branch to Branch]]'' ([[Atco Records|Atco]], 1981)
'''With [[Irene Reid]]'''
*''Room for One More'' (Verve, 1965)
'''With [[Max Roach]]'''
*''[[Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene]]'' ([[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]], 1958)
'''With [[Sonny Rollins]]'''
*''[[The Bridge (Sonny Rollins album)|The Bridge]]'' ([[RCA Victor|RCA]], 1962)
*''[[What's New? (album)|What's New?]]'' (RCA Victor, 1962)
*''[[Our Man in Jazz]]'' (RCA Victor, 1962)
*''[[Sonny Meets Hawk!]]'' (RCA Victor, 1963)
*''[[Now's the Time (Sonny Rollins album)|Now's the Time!]]'' (RCA Victor, 1964)
*''[[The Standard Sonny Rollins]]'' (RCA Victor, 1965)
*''[[Next Album]]'' (Milestone, 1972)
*''[[Horn Culture]]'' (Milestone, 1973)
*''Sonny Rollins in Japan'' (Victor, 1973)
*''[[The Cutting Edge (album)|The Cutting Edge]]'' (Milestone, 1974)
*''[[Nucleus (Sonny Rollins album)|Nucleus]]'' (Milestone, 1975)
*''[[No Problem (Sonny Rollins album)|No Problem]]'' (Milestone, 1981)
*''[[Reel Life (Sonny Rollins album)|Reel Life]]'' (Milestone, 1982)
*''[[G-Man (Sonny Rollins album)|G-Man]]'' (Milestone, 1986)
*''[[Falling in Love with Jazz]]'' (Milestone, 1989)
*''[[Here's to the People]]'' (Milestone, 1991)
*''[[Old Flames]]'' (Milestone, 1993)
*''[[Sonny Rollins + 3]]'' (Milestone, 1995)
*''[[Global Warming (Sonny Rollins album)|Global Warming]]'' (Milestone, 1998)
*''[[This Is What I Do (Sonny Rollins album)|This Is What I Do]]'' (Milestone, 2000)
*''[[Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert]]'' (Rec. 2001; Milestone, 2005)
*''[[Sonny, Please]]'' (EmArcy, 2006)
*''Road Shows, Vol. 1'' (Doxy, 2008)
*''Road Shows, Vol. 2'' (Doxy, 2008)
'''With [[Charlie Rouse]]'''
* ''[[Moment's Notice (album)|Moment's Notice]]'' ([[Storyville Records|Storyville]], 1978)
'''With [[Lalo Schifrin]]'''
*''[[Once a Thief and Other Themes]]'' (Verve, 1965)
'''With [[Shirley Scott]]'''
*''[[Great Scott!! (album)|Great Scott!!]]'' (Impulse!, 1959)
*''[[Blue Flames]]'' with [[Stanley Turrentine]] (Prestige, 1964)
*''[[Queen of the Organ]]'' (Impulse!, 1964)
*''[[Latin Shadows]]'' (Impulse!, 1965)
*''[[Soul Song (Shirley Scott album)|Soul Song]]'' (Atlantic, 1968)
'''With [[Wayne Shorter]]'''
*''[[Second Genesis (album)|Second Genesis]]'' (Vee-Jay, 1960)
'''With [[Horace Silver]]'''
*''[[The Cape Verdean Blues]]'' (Blue Note, 1965)
*''[[Serenade to a Soul Sister]]'' (Blue Note, 1968)
*''[[In Pursuit of the 27th Man]]'' (Blue Note, 1972)
*''[[Silver 'n Brass]]'' (Blue Note, 1975)
'''With [[Paul Simon]]'''
* ''[[There Goes Rhymin' Simon]]'' (Columbia, 1973)
'''With [[Frank Sinatra]]'''
* ''[[L.A. Is My Lady]]'' ([[Qwest Records|Qwest]], 1984)
'''With [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]'''
*''[[Hoochie Coochie Man (Jimmy Smith album)|Hoochie Coochie Man]]'' (Verve, 1966)
'''With [[Rod Stewart]]'''
* ''[[Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III]]'' (J Records, 2004)
'''With [[Billy Taylor]]'''
*''[[Impromptu (Billy Taylor album)|Impromptu]]'' (Mercury, 1962)
'''With [[Clark Terry]] and [[Bob Brookmeyer]]'''
*''[[Gingerbread Men (album)|Gingerbread Men]]'' (Mainstream, 1966)
'''With [[Bobby Timmons]]'''
*''[[Do You Know the Way?]]'' (Milestone, 1968)
'''With [[Stanley Turrentine]]'''
*''[[Hustlin' (album)|Hustlin']]'' (Blue Note, 1964)
*''[[Joyride (Stanley Turrentine album)|Joyride]]'' (Blue Note, 1965)
*''[[Rough 'n' Tumble]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
*''[[Easy Walker]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
*''[[The Spoiler (album)|The Spoiler]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
*''[[Always Something There]]'' (Blue Note, 1968)
'''With [[McCoy Tyner]]'''
*''[[Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner album)|Live at Newport]]'' (Impulse!, 1963)
'''With [[Harold Vick]]'''
*''Watch What Happens'' (RCA Victor, 1968)
'''With [[Loudon Wainwright III]]'''
*''[[Loudon Wainwright III (album)|Loudon Wainwright III]]'' (Atlantic, 1970)
'''With [[Cedar Walton]]'''
*''[[The Electric Boogaloo Song]]'' (Prestige, 1969)
'''With [[Cris Williamson]]'''
* ''Cris Williamson'' (Ampex Records, 1971)
'''With [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]]'''
*''Me and the Blues'' (RCA Victor, 1964)
*''[[That Holiday Feelin']]'' (Verve, 1990)
'''With [[Mary Lou Williams]]'''
*''[[Zoning (Mary Lou Williams album)|Zoning]]'' (Mary, 1974)
'''With [[Victoria Williams]]'''
*''[[Happy Come Home]]'' (Geffen, 1987)
'''With [[Larry Willis]]'''
*''[[Just in Time (Larry Willis album)|Just in Time]]'' (SteepleChase, 1989)
'''With [[Gerald Wilson]]'''
*''[[New York, New Sound]]'' (Mack Avenue, 2003)
'''With [[Jack Wilson (jazz pianist)|Jack Wilson]]'''
*''[[Easterly Winds]]'' (Blue Note, 1967)
'''With [[Reuben Wilson]]'''
*''[[The Cisco Kid (album)|The Cisco Kid]]'' (Groove Merchant, 1973)
'''With [[Kai Winding]]'''
*''[[The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones]]'' (Impulse!, 1960)
*''[[Dirty Dog (album)|Dirty Dog]]'' (Verve, 1966)
'''With [[The Young Lions (band)|The Young Lions]]'''
*''[[The Young Lions (album)|The Young Lions]]'' ([[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay]], 1960)
'''With [[Joe Zawinul]]'''
*''[[Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul album)|Money in the Pocket]]'' (Atlantic, 1967)
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://ethaniverson.com/interviews/interview-with-bob-cranshaw/ DTM interview]

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