Babasin Harry And The Jazz Pickers

Harry Babasin Harry Babasin American bassist (1921–1988) Yervant Harry Babasin, Jr. (19 March 1921 – 21 May 1988) was an American jazz bassist.[1] His nickname was "The Bear". Biography Babasin was born in Dallas, Texas to an American mother and an Armenian father. He attended North Texas State University, one of many noted jazz alumni from the school. Among them were Jimmy Giuffre, with whom Babasin played in Bill Ware's orchestra around 1940, and Herb Ellis, who played with Babasin in the Charlie Fisk Orchestra starting in 1942. Fisk actually fired his rhythm section after hearing Ellis and Babasin play, and after he was admitted, Babasin quit school to go on tour with Fisk. He also toured in the 1940s…

GENRES: Jazz, Combo