1964 · The Sidewinder and 1 more
Bob Cranshaw's unreleased 1964 Blue Note session bass takes weren't destined to gather dust in a vault. In 2021 they resurfaced, rebuilt into a new record called Deciphering the Message.
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Bob Cranshaw
0 albums as leader and 14 as sideman (1964–2021), each listed chronologically.
As Sideman · 14
Notes on these albums · 5
1965 · Inner Urge
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1965 · Up With Donald Byrd
Kenny Burrell cut his guitar parts on Blue Note sessions across the 1950s and 60s. Decades later those same master tapes were chopped up and rebuilt into 2021's Deciphering the Message, crediting him on a brand-new record he never actually played a note for.
1991 · Here's To The People
The Way Out West session (1957) began at 3 a.m., because that was the only hour all three players were free — Rollins had night gigs and Shelly Manne had daytime studio work. A scheduling accident that ran until dawn is what survives as the standard pianoless-trio date.
Sonny Rollins2021 · Deciphering the Message
The bass intro that defines Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay (1970) wasn't Hubbard's — bassist Ron Carter invented it on the spot because Freddie never brought the part. "Luckily, the right note hit at the right time," Carter said. The hook that became the song's signature was an improvisation forced by a missing chart.
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