Wilbur Ware

Wilbur Bernard Ware was an American jazz double bassist. He was a regular bassist for the Riverside record label in the 1950s, and recorded regularly in that decade with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, and Thelonious Monk. He also appeared on records released by J.R. Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, and Grant Green, among others. ^{Wilbur Ware, American double-bassist (d. 1979)}

8 September 1923

Born on the same birth date (8 September 1923): Rasul Gamzatov

Born on the same birth day (8 September): Carlos Bacca • Clarence Cook • Demetrios I of Constantinople • Dezső Ránki • Giuseppina Strepponi • Ida McNeil • Jay McKee • Marin Mersenne • Mary of the Divine Heart • Miles McBride • Nick Hundley • Nidal Hasan • Peter Sellers • Tom Gullikson • Za'Darius Smith

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