Person · Male

Harry Babasin

From: Dallas, United States
Active: 1921–1988
Releases: 3

cool jazz
jazz

About

Yervant Harry Babasin, Jr. (19 March 1921 – 21 May 1988) was an American jazz bassist. His nickname was "The Bear".

From Harry Babasin on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra now
Laurindo Almeida Quartet now double bass
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends now

Discography

Albums 1

Harry Babasin and the Jazz Pickers 1957

Live 1

West Coast Jazz Concert 1957

Compilations 1

Jazz in Hollywood 1997

Links

Reference

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 3128d288-a288-4a46-9aa3-bd30ce0f893a
ISNI: 0000000081306896

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.