Cecil McBee (ur. 22 kwietnia 1935 w Tulsie) – amerykański kontrabasista jazzowy.
Wychował się w Tulsie. W szkole średniej grał na klarnecie, zanim w wieku 17 lat zmienił główny instrument na kontrabas. Studiował na Ohio Central State University z przerwą na służbę wojskową, podczas której prowadził orkiestrę w Forcie Knox.
W 1959 akompaniował Dinah Washington, a następnie przeniósł się do Detroit, gdzie grał z Paulem Winterem. Od połowy lat 60. mieszka i tworzy w Nowym Jorku.
Współpracował z wieloma wybitnymi muzykami jazzowymi, takimi jak Miles Davis, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, Jackie McLean (1964), Wayne Shorter (1965–66), Charles Lloyd (1966), Yusef Lateef (1967–69), Keith Jarrett, Freddie Hubbard i Woody Shaw (1986) oraz Alice Coltrane (1969-1972).
Album Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane nagrany z McCoyem Tynerem otrzymał nagrodę Grammy w kategorii Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group w 1989.
Dyskografia Opracowano na podstawie materiału źródłowego.
Jako lider Mutima (Strata-East, 1975) Music from the Source (Enja, 1977) Compassion (Enja, 1977) Alternate Spaces (India Navigation, 1979) Flying Out (India Navigation, 1982) Roots of Blue (RPR, 1986) – duo z Muhalem Richardem Abramsem Unspoken (Palmetto, 1997)
Jako sideman George Adams America (Blue Note, 1990) Ray Anderson Old Bottles - New Wine (Enja, 1985) Chet Baker Blues for a Reason (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985) Bill Barron Live at Cobi's 2 (SteepleChase, 1885 ) Kenny Barron Landscape (Baystate, 1984) What If? (Enja, 1986) Live at Fat Tuesdays (Enja, 1988) Bob Thiele Collective Sunrise Sunset (Red Baron, 1990) Joanne Brackeen Snooze (Choice, 1975) Tring-a-Ling (Choice, 1977) Havin' Fun (Concord Jazz, 1985) Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven (Concord Jazz, 1986) Turnaround (Evidence, 1992) Dollar Brand African Space Program (Enja, 1973) Anthony Braxton Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh (hatArt, 1989) Roy Brooks The Free Slave (Muse, 1970 ) Joe Chambers The Almoravid (Muse, 1974) Alice Coltrane Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse!, 1970) Junior Cook Pressure Cooker (Catalyst, 1977) Stanley Cowell Equipoise (Galaxy, 1979) Close to You Alone (DIW, 1990) Ted Curson Blue Piccolo (Whynot, 1976) Ricky Ford Looking Ahead (Muse. 1986) Chico Freeman Morning Prayer (India Navigation, 1976) Chico (India Navigation, 1977) The Outside Within (India Navigation, 1978) Kings of Mali (India Navigation, 1978) Spirit Sensitive (India Navigation, 1979) Destiny’s Dance (Contemporary, 1981) Lord Riff and Me (Whyno, 2001) Hal Galper Now Hear This (Enja, 1977) Johnny Griffin Birds and Ballads (1978) Louis Hayes Variety Is the Spice (Gryphon, 1978) Roy Haynes Thank You Thank You (Galaxy, 1977) Vistalite (Galaxy, 1977 ) Andrew Hill Compulsion (Blue Note, 1965) Freddie Hubbard i Woody Shaw Double Take (Blue Note, 1986) Elvin Jones Power Trio (Novus, 1990) – z Johnem Hicksem When I Was at Aso-Mountain (Enja, 1990) Elvin Jones Jazz Machine (Trio, 1997) It Don't Mean a Thing (Enja, 1993) Clifford Jordan Two Tenor Winner (Criss Cross, 1984) John Klemmer Magic and Movement (Impulse!, 1974) Prince Lasha Inside Story (Enja, 1965 ) Yusef Lateef The Complete Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1967) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968) Yusef Lateef's Detroit (Atlantic, 1969) The Diverse Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1970) The Leaders Mudfoot (Black Hawk, 1986) Out Here Like This (Black Saint, 1987) Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988) Heaven Dance (Sunnyside, 1988) Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2007) Dave Liebman The Seasons (Soul Note, 1992) John Coltrane's Meditations (Arkadia Jazz, 1998) Charles Lloyd Dream Weaver (1966, Atlantic) Forest Flower (1966, Atlantic) The Flowering (1966, Atlantic) Charles Lloyd in Europe (1966, Atlantic) Raphe Malik Storyline (Boxholder, 1999) – z Codym Moffettem Joe Maneri Dahabenzapple (hat ART, 1993 ) Jackie McLean It’s Time! (Blue Note, 1964) Action (Blue Note, 1964) Lloyd McNeill Treasures (1976) Charles McPherson New Horizons (Xanadu, 1977) Grachan Moncur III Some Other Stuff (Blue Note, 1964) Tisziji Munoz Visiting This Planet (Anami Music, 1980's) Presence of Joy (Anami Music, 1999) Divine Radiance (Anami Music, 2003) Amina Claudine Myers Salutes Bessie Smith (Leo, 1980) Almanac Almanac (Improvising Artists, 1977) Art Pepper Winter Moon (Galaxy, 1980) Dannie Richmond "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!, 1965) Sam Rivers Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note, 1967) Streams (Impulse!, 1973) Hues (Impulse!, 1973) Charlie Rouse Social Call (Uptown, 1984) z Redem Rodneyem Pharoah Sanders Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (Strata-East, 1969 ) Jewels of Thought (Impulse!, 1969) Thembi (Impulse!, 1970) Black Unity (Impulse!, 1971) Live at the East (Impulse!, 1972) Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!, 1973) Love in Us All (Impulse!, 1973) Saxophone Summit Gathering of Spirits (Telarch, 2004) Zbigniew Seifert Man of the Light (Promising Music, 2010) Woody Shaw The Moontrane (Muse, 1974) Love Dance (Muse, 1975) The Iron Men z Anthonym Braxtonem (Muse, 1977 ) Archie Shepp Lady Bird (Denon, 1978) Wayne Shorter Etcetera (Blue Note, 1965) Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, 1970) Sonny Simmons Burning Spirits (Contemporary, 1971) Lonnie Liston Smith Expansions (Flying Dutchman, 1974) Buddy Tate i Dollar Brand Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand (Chiaroscuro, 1977) Leon Thomas Spirits Known and Unknown (1969) Horace Tapscott The Dark Tree, Vol. 1 & 2 (hatOLOGY, 1989) Charles Tolliver Live at Slugs', Volume I & II (Strata-East, 1970) Music Inc. (Strata-East, 1971) Impact (Strata-East, 1975) Mickey Tucker Sojourn (Xanadu, 1977) Mister Mysterious (Muse, 1978) McCoy Tyner Quartets 4 X 4 (Milestone, 1980) Blues for Coltrane (1987) James Blood Ulmer Revealing (1977) Mal Waldron What It Is (Enja, 1981) Michael White The Land of Spirit and Light (Impulse!, 1973) Paul Winter Jazz Meets the Folk-Song (1963) Yōsuke Yamashita Sakura (Verve, 1990) Kurdish Dance (Verve, 1993) Dazzling Days (Verve, 1993) Fragments 1999 (Verve, 1999) Spider (Verve, 1996) Delightful Contrast (Universal, 2011) Denny Zeitlin Cathexis (Columbia, 1963)
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Kategoria:Amerykańscy kontrabasiści jazzowi Kategoria:Ludzie urodzeni w Tulsie Kategoria:Urodzeni w 1935