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Jymie Merritt (May 3, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an American jazz double-bassist, electric-bass and bass guitar pioneer, band leader and composer. Merritt was a member of Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers group from 1957 until 1962.
We are pleased to present this site to introduce you to the original music of a Philadelphia–bred Jazz communicator: bassist and composer Jymie (pronounced “Jimmy”) Merritt.
Apr 11, 2020 · Jymie Merritt passed away on April 10, according to social media posts by his son, Mike Merritt. The Philadelphia-born bassist, an enduring member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, was 93. A cause of death was not immediately made clear; the younger Merritt, also a bassist, wrote that it was unrelated to COVID–19.
Apr 11, 2020 · Jymie Merritt, a bassist who anchored some of the leading groups of jazz’s postwar era, like Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, before establishing his own sphere of influence as a composer and theorist in Philadelphia, died on Friday.
Apr 13, 2020 · Jymie Merritt, 93, the Philadelphia jazz bassist and composer who played with Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, B.B. King, and many others in a career that spanned seven decades, has died.
Oct 29, 2021 · Jymie Merritt was an American jazz double-bassist, electric-bass pioneer, band leader and composer. Merritt was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers group from 1957 until 1962. The same year he left Blakey's band, Merritt formed his own group, The Forerunners, which he led sporadically until his death in 2020.
Apr 7, 2016 · Philadelphia bassist Jymie Merritt's place on the historical register of jazz was cemented by his work with major players like Art Blakey, Max Roach and Lee Morgan. But there's a...
May 21, 2023 · Jymie Merritt (1926–2020) was a pioneering bassist and composer who played with some of the most acclaimed American jazz and blues artists in history, including Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, B. B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, and Chet Baker.
Pew Fellow Jymie Merritt passed away on April 10, 2020, at the age of 93. The West Philadelphia native was an early adopter of the electric bass and an anchor for countless ensembles.
Apr 11, 2020 · Remembering Jymie Merritt, Gentleman and Innovator of Jazz. Pioneering bassist and composer Jymie Merritt was born in Philadelphia in 1926. He died on Friday, April 10th, 2020 at age 93. No cause was given by his son, who posted the sad news on social media.
