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Bob Cranshaw

From: Evanston, United States
Active: 1932–2016
Releases: 2

hard bop
jazz
post-bop

About

Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 10, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records as a house bassist. He is known for his long association with Sonny Rollins, starting with a live appearance at the 1959 Playboy jazz festival in Chicago and Rollins's 1962 album The Bridge.

Cranshaw died at the age of 83 on November 2, 2016, in Manhattan, New York, of cancer.

From Bob Cranshaw on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

The Saturday Night Live Band 1975–1980 bass guitar
Milt Jackson & His Gold Medal Winners now
Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet now
The Young Lions now

Discography

Albums 1

The Harem 1991

Live 1

The Great Live Sessions 1978

Links

Reference

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 6bf4f019-5ac1-4b48-80fe-e48823377419
ISNI: 0000000081438047

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.