Barre Phillips

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Barre Phillips is an American double bassist prominent in jazz and free improvisation, noted for pioneering solo double-bass recordings and a long international career.

Pioneer of solo double-bass recordings; active from the 1950s onward.

Barre Phillips is an American double bassist known for his work in jazz and free improvisation. He is recognised for pioneering solo double-bass recordings and has been active from the 1950s to the present. Key works available here include Journal Violone, Mountainscapes and Traces - Fifty Years Of Measured Memories.