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Jay Anderson (born October 24, 1955) is an American jazz double-bassist and studio musician.

Career

Anderson received a bachelor's degree from California State University, Long Beach in 1978, then worked with Woody Herman (1978-1979), Carmen McRae (1979-1981), and a quartet led by Ira Sullivan and Red Rodney (1981-1986). Anderson remained with Rodney through 1992, also working with Michael Brecker during this time, and played with Toots Thielemans and Joe Sample for much of the 1990s. As a sideman, he played with Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Eliane Elias, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bennie Wallace, Brian Lynch, Bob Belden, Warren Bernhardt, Joey Calderazzo, Dave Stryker, Mike Stern, Chaka Khan, Terumasa Hino, Michel Legrand, Tiger Okoshi, Lynne Arriale, Bob Mintzer, George Cables, Paul Bley, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Dr. John, Rich Perry, Vic Juris, and Lee Konitz. He was a professor at Manhattan School of Music.

Jay Anderson

Discography

As leader

Next Exit (DMP, 1992) Local Color (DMP, 1994) Deepscape (SteepleChase, 2019)

Jay Anderson

As sideman

With Lynne Arriale

The Eyes Have It (DMP, 1994) Live at Montreux (TCB, 2000) Inspiration (TCB, 2002) Arise (In+Out, 2004) Come Together (In+Out, 2004) Live (Motema Music, 2005)

Jay Anderson

With Bob Belden

Straight to My Heart (Blue Note, 1991) Puccini's Turandot (Blue Note, 1993) Princejazz (Somethin' Else, 1994) La Cigale (Sunnyside, 1998)

With Warren Bernhardt

Heat of the Moment (DMP, 1989) Ain't Life Grand (DMP, 1990) Reflections (ESA, 1991) Amelia's Song (DMP, 2002)

With Paul Bley

If We May (SteepleChase, 1994) Speechless (SteepleChase, 1995) Reality Check (SteepleChase, 1996) Notes On Ornette (SteepleChase, 1998)

With George Cables

I Mean You (SteepleChase, 1994) Skylark (SteepleChase, 1996) Dark Side, Light Side (SteepleChase, 1997)

With Stanley Cowell

Are You Real? (SteepleChase, 2014) Reminiscent (SteepleChase, 2015) No Illusions (SteepleChase, 2017)

With Harold Danko

Unriched (SteepleChase, 2012) Lost in the Breeze (SteepleChase, 2016) Triple Play (SteepleChase, 2017)

With Michael Davis

Midnight Crossing (Lipstick, 1994) Brass Nation (Hip-Bone Music, 2000) Trumpets Eleven (Hip-Bone Music, 2003)

With Michael Franks

Watching the Snow (Koch, 2003) Time Together (Shanachie, 2011) The Music in My Head (P-Vine 2018)

With Vic Juris

For the Music (Jazzpoint, 1992) Pastels (SteepleChase, 1996) Moonscape (SteepleChase, 1997) Remembering Eric Dolphy (SteepleChase, 1999) Songbook (SteepleChase, 2000) Blue Horizon (Zoho, 2004) A Second Look (Mel Bay, 2005) Omega Is the Alpha (SteepleChase, 2010) Free Admission (SteepleChase, 2012) Walking On Water (SteepleChase, 2014) Blue (SteepleChase, 2015) Vic Juris Plays Victor Young (SteepleChase, 2016) Eye Contact (SteepleChase, 2018) Let's Cool One (SteepleChase, 2020)

With Frank Kimbrough

Live at Kitano (Palmetto, 2012) Quartet (Palmetto, 2014) Solstice (Pirouet, 2016)

With Lee Konitz

Dearly Beloved (SteepleChase, 1997) Out of Nowhere (SteepleChase, 1997) RichLee! (SteepleChase, 1998)

With Andy LaVerne

Between Earth & Mars (SteepleChase, 2000) Know More (SteepleChase, 2001) Pianissimo (SteepleChase, 2002)

With Bob Mintzer

Only in New York (DMP, 1994) Big Band Trane (DMP, 1996) Latin from Manhattan (DMP, 1998) Quality Time (TVT 1998) Gently (DMP, 2002) In the Moment (Art of Life, 2006) Old School New Lessons (MCG Jazz, 2006) Swing Out (MCG Jazz, 2008)

With Rich Perry

Beautiful Love (SteepleChase, 1995) What Is This? (SteepleChase, 1996) Left Alone (SteepleChase, 1997) At the Kitano 2 (SteepleChase, 2008) Gone (SteepleChase, 2009) Time Was (SteepleChase, 2012) Mood (SteepleChase, 2016) Other Matters (SteepleChase, 2019)

With Red Rodney

Spirit Within (Elektra/Musician, 1982) Sprint (Elektra/Musician, 1983) One for Bird (SteepleChase, 1988) No Turn On Red (Denon, 1989) Red Snapper (SteepleChase, 1989) Then and Now (Chesky, 1992)

With Joe Sample

Old Places Old Faces (Warner Bros., 1996) Sample This (Warner Bros., 1997) The Song Lives On (PRA, 1999) The Pecan Tree (Videoarts, 2002)

With Maria Schneider

Evanescence (Enja, 1994) Concert in the Garden (ArtistShare, 2004) Sky Blue (ArtistShare, 2007) The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare, 2015) Data Lords (ArtistShare, 2020)