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Harrison Bankhead

From: Waukegan, United States
Active: 1955–2023
Releases: 4

free jazz
jazz

About

Harrison Napoleon Bankhead III (March 1, 1955 – April 5, 2023) was an American jazz double-bassist.

From Harrison Bankhead on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Indigo Trio now other vocals, double bass, cello, piano
Frequency now
Kahil El’Zabar’s Experimental Band now bass
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians now
The Turbine! now double bass
Thomas Buckner Open now bass
8 Bold Souls now
Chicago Trio now double bass, cello
Ernest Dawkins Chicago 12 now bass
Fred Anderson Trio now double bass
Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra now bass
The Freebop Band now double bass
Africa Brass now bass
Roscoe Mitchell Trio bass, cello

Discography

Albums 2

Singles 1

21st Century Chase 2009

Live 1

The Great Vision Concert 2007

Links

Reference

Also known as

Harrison Napoleon Bankhead III

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: eb24c11c-bfab-4640-8886-35c52cda5850
ISNI: 0000000004898568
ISNI: 0000000042901772

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.