Milt Hinton Musical artist

Milton John "Milt" Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000), "the dean of jazz bass players," was an American jazz double bassist and photographer. He was nicknamed "The Judge".

Personal facts

Milt Hinton
Birth dateJune 23, 1910
Birth place
Mississippi , Vicksburg Mississippi , United States
Date of deathDecember 19, 2000
Place of death
Queens , United States

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Musical artist

Career started0080
Career ended0080
associated musical artist
Louis Armstrong
Zutty Singleton
Benny Goodman
Dizzy Gillespie
Art Tatum
Cab Calloway
Count Basie
Lionel Hampton
Clark Terry
Eddie South
Hank Jones
Jabbo Smith
Branford Marsalis
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Pop music
Trad jazz
instrument
Double bass

Topical connections

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Milt Hinton on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.milthinton.com
  2. http://www.milthinton.com/html/film.html
  3. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96900242