John Webber (musician)

John Robert Webber (born August 5, 1965) is an American jazz double-bassist.

John Webber
Birth nameJohn Robert Webber
Born (1965-08-05) August 5, 1965
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
GenresJazz
InstrumentsDouble bass

Early life and education

Webber was born in St. Louis. He first learned to play bass guitar before switching to stand-up bass at age 15. He attended Northern Illinois University and Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he worked with Von Freeman and Brad Goode.

Career

Webber relocated to New York City in 1987 and played with Bill Hardman, Junior Cook, Tardo Hammer, John Marshall, and Michael Weiss before the end of the decade. In the 1990s he played with Christopher Hollyday, Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Cobb, Lou Donaldson, David Hazeltine, Diana Krall, Annie Ross, Mike LeDonne, Peter Bernstein, Eric Alexander, Chris Flory, Doug Lawrence, Etta Jones, Jim Rotondi, Ryan Kisor, and Horace Silver.

Discography

As sideman

With Eric Alexander

With Etta Jones

With Harold Mabern

With Cecil Payne

References


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