Quickie Quiz

I was going through some of the old newsletters I sent out in 2004 and 2005 and recalled that I used to do a quiz every week. Since I’m sure most of you won’t remember these quizzes from earlier this decade, I will reprise them here every once in a while. Here’s one:

Which hard bop bass player went by the nickname “Home?”

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7 comments

  • Ugh. I feel like I just read this recently in some liner notes. Paul Chambers?

  • Good try, but not the right answer.

  • We’re going to wait until later today to give the answer, so please feel free to keep trying.

  • Percy Heath

  • Nope. Keep trying.

  • Art Phipps

  • The answer is: Sam Jones

    This was our original post, back in April 2004:

    Sam Jones, the long-time bassist with Cannonball Adderley, went by the nickname “home.” Here’s a quote from Cannonball from the liner notes to the Jones LP The Soul Society, Riverside 324:

    “Home, as he is affectionately known to his friends, was tagged with that name in much the same way as Lester Young become known as ‘Pres’ – for Sam refers to everyone else as ‘Home!’”

    Bonus: Here’s another tidbit from those liner notes, this from Jones himself: “I never heard Jimmy Blanton in person, but his record of “Jack the Bear” with Duke Ellington influenced my direction more than any other bass performance.”

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