Nat Reeves (born 1955) is an American jazz bassist. He resides in Hartford, Connecticut, and teaches at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He also performs internationally with a number of jazz artists.

Nat Reeves
Reeves in 2013
Reeves in 2013
Background information
BornLynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • educator
Instrument(s)Double bass
Years active1982–present
Websitenatreeves.com

Band leaders edit

Reeves has worked with Jackie McLean, Kenny Garrett, Joe Farnsworth, and others.[1]

Discography edit

As leader edit

  • State of Emergency (482 Music, 2012)
  • Blue Ridge (Side Door, 2018)[2]

As sideman edit

With Eric Alexander

With Steve Davis

  • Crossfire (Criss Cross, 1998)
  • Portrait in Sound (Stretch, 2000)
  • Dig Deep (Criss Cross, 2004)
  • Update (Criss Cross, 2006)
  • Alone Together (Mapleshade, 2007)
  • Eloquence (Jazz Legacy, 2009)
  • Gettin' It Done (PosiTone, 2012)
  • For Real (PosiTone, 2014)
  • Say When (Smoke Sessions, 2015)

With Joe Farnsworth

  • Beautiful Friendship (Criss Cross, 1999)
  • Drumspeak (CMD, 2006)
  • Super Prime Time (Eighty Eight, 2012)
  • My Heroes: Tributes to the Legends (Venus, 2014)

With Kenny Garrett

With David Hazeltine

  • Good-Hearted People (Criss Cross, 2001)
  • The Jobim Songbook (Chesky, 2007)

With Randy Johnston

  • Jubilation (Muse, 1992 [1994])
  • Somewhere in the Night (HighNote, 1997)
  • Homage (JCurve, 2000)
  • Hit and Run (HighNote, 2002)

With Harold Mabern

With Steve McCraven

  • Sound of the Forest Boogaraboo (World McMusic, 1994) with Archie Shepp
  • Bosco (EF Mic, 1996) with Archie Shepp and Arthur Blythe

With Jackie McLean

  • Dynasty (Triloka, 1988)
  • Rites of Passage (Triloka, 1991)
  • The Jackie Mac Attack (Dreyfus, 1991)
  • Rhythm of the Earth (Dreyfus, 1992)
  • Hat Trick (Somethin' Else/Blue Note, 1996)
  • Montreal ’88 (Hi Hat, 2018)

With Saori Yano [ja]

  • Yano Saori (JRoom Jazz, 2003)
  • O2 (JRoom, 2004)

With others

  • Mary DiPaola, Cat’s Cradle (Brownstone, 1997)
  • Tom McClung, The Telling (Terieva, 1997)
  • Mike DiRubbo, From the Inside Out (Sharp Nine, 1999)
  • Dakota Staton, A Packet of Love Letters (HighNote, 1999)
  • Michael Musillami, Archives (Playscape, 2001)
  • Laird Jackson, Touched (Cap, 2002)
  • Jesse van Ruller, Here and There (Criss Cross, 2002)
  • Anthony Wonsey, The Thang (Sharp Nine, 2006)
  • Diana Perez, It's Happenin' (Zoho, 2008)
  • Javon Jackson and We Four, Celebrating John Coltrane (Solid Jackson, 2012)
  • John Webber, Down for the Count (Cellar Live, 2014)
  • Jacques Lesure, Camaraderie WJ3, 2015)
  • Rene McLean, Ancestral Calling: Music of the Spirit (I'Jazza, 2017)
  • Jim Snidero & Jeremy Pelt, Jubilation (Savant High Note, 2018)
  • Jim Snidero, Waves of Calm (Savant, 2019)[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2001). All music guide: the definitive guide to popular music. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 1292. ISBN 978-0-87930-627-4.
  2. ^ Nat Reeves discography, accessed March 12, 2018
  3. ^ Nat Reeves discography, accessed March 12, 2018

External links edit