The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (Impulse!, 2001), a live recording made by Coltrane just a couple of months before his death, includes Garrison with Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Rashied Ali, and Jumma Santos.
Garrison remained with Coltrane until the saxophonist's death in July 1967. He continued to play with Coleman and others - Cal Massey, Walter Bishop, Jr., and Dorham, to name a few - but by 1962 his job with Coltrane had essentially become full-time. In 1960, he made My Favorite Things (Atlantic) with Coltrane. His first record with Coleman was Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic, 1959). Between 19, Garrison played and recorded with trumpeter Kenny Dorham clarinetist Tony Scott drummer Philly Joe Jones and saxophonists Bill Barron, Lee Konitz, and Jackie McLean, among others. Garrison came of age in the midst of a thriving Philadelphia jazz scene that included Tyner, fellow bassists Reggie Workman and Henry Grimes, and trumpeter Lee Morgan. Garrison grew up in Philadelphia, where he learned to play bass. His propulsive sense of time never failed, and his empathy with those playing around him was complete. Although Garrison could be a compelling soloist when the occasion presented itself (witness his work on A Love Supreme), he didn't need the spotlight to be effective. Of course, it's with Coltrane that Garrison did his most enduring work. The lithe tunefulness that marks the saxophonist's earlier playing is augmented by a more pronounced physicality that pushes the blues aspect to the fore this due in no small part to Garrison and Jones' focused intensity, which drives Coleman harder than he's ever been driven.
Nowhere else on record does Coleman sound so consistently forceful and passionate. The Garrison/Elvin Jones rhythm section transformed Coleman on two very underrated albums made for Blue Note, New York Is Now and Love Call. Garrison's work with Coleman is especially noteworthy his earthy, hard-swinging approach contrasted greatly with the work of the saxophonist's other, more finesse-oriented bassists like David Izenson or Scott LaFaro.
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But Garrison had a full career backing other prominent saxophonists, including Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Ornette Coleman. Garrison's 4th daughter MaiaClaire Garrison is a dancer and choreographer who worked as a child acrobat with Big Apple Circus in New York.Garrison is best known as bassist for one of the most important jazz groups, John Coltrane's classic quartet with drummer Elvin Jones and pianist McCoy Tyner. He has performed and recorded with Joe Zawinul, Chaka Khan, The Saturday Night Live Band, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Steve Coleman, Whitney Houston, Pino Daniele, John Scofield, Paul Simon, Tito Puente and many others. Matthew Garrison is also a bass guitar player. Joy Garrison, Garrison's first daughter, sang alongside Barney Kessel, Cameron Brown, Tony Scott and many others.
Jimmy Garrison's three children also work in the arts. After Coltrane's death, Garrison worked with Hampton Hawes, Archie Shepp, and groups led by Elvin Jones. Outside of the Coltrane and Coleman ensembles, Jimmy Garrison performed with jazz artists such as Kenny Dorham, Philly Joe Jones, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Jackie McLean, Pharoah Sanders, and Tony Scott, among others. He and drummer Elvin Jones have been credited with eliciting more forceful playing than usual from Coleman on the albums New York is Now and Love Call. Garrison also had a long association with Ornette Coleman, first recording with him on Ornette on Tenor and Art of the Improvisers. In concert with Coltrane, Garrison would often play unaccompanied improvised solos, sometimes as the prelude to a song before the other musicians joined in. Garrison appeared on many classic Coltrane recordings, including A Love Supreme. The long trio blues "Chasin' the Trane" is probably his first recorded performance with Coltrane and Elvin Jones. He formally joined Coltrane's quartet in 1962, replacing Reggie Workman.
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