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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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.”