Victor Gaskin

Roderick Victor " Vic" Gaskin ( born November 23, 1934 in Bronx, New York ) is an American bassist of modern jazz.

Gaskin comes from a musical family who immigrated from the Virgin Islands. He had as a child at his father's guitar and piano lessons and studied at the New York School of Music. After his military service, he worked in Los Angeles initially in the band of Paul Horn. Furthermore, he played with Buddy Collette, the Jazz Crusaders, Gerald Wilson, Bud Shank, Monty Alexander and Roy Ayers ( with whom he recorded also ). In 1964 he became a member of the trio of Les McCann, and then work from 1966 to 1969 in the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. This is followed Jobs at Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and Chico Hamilton joined before he joined the band of John Mayall. In addition, he has performed at festivals with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson. Subsequently, he worked mainly as a photographer, but also played with the " New York Jazz Quartet " and pianist Billy Taylor. With it, he went from the 1980s on tour and took albums like "White Nights and Jazz in Leningrad " or " Dr. T. "on. He continues to be recorded with Nat Adderley, Clark Terry, Johnny Hartman, Herbie Mann, Attila Zoller and Harold Alexander.

Lexigraphic entries

• Martin Kunzler, Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 1 Reinbek 2002; ISBN 3-499-16512-0

• Jazz bassist
• American musician
• Born in 1934
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