# Clyde Lombardi

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American jazz double bassist (1922–after 1975)

Clyde Lombardi Clyde Lombardi, ca. 1947 Background information Born Claudio Lombardi (1922-02-18)February 18, 1922 New York, U.S. Died after 1975 New York, U.S. Genres Jazz Occupation Musician Instruments Double bass

Musical artist

**Claudio "Clyde" Lombardi** (February 18, 1922 – after 1975)[1] was an American [jazz](/source/Jazz) [double bassist](/source/Double_bass).

After receiving classical training, Lombardi first performed and recorded with [Red Norvo](/source/Red_Norvo) (1942–5) in a band which also included with [Aaron Sachs](/source/Aaron_Sachs), [Specs Powell](/source/Specs_Powell), [Shorty Rogers](/source/Shorty_Rogers) and [Eddie Bert](/source/Eddie_Bert),[2] and then on another recording with [Joe Marsala](/source/Joe_Marsala) (1945).

In 1945, he joined [Benny Goodman](/source/Benny_Goodman)'s big bands and small groups. After working with [Charlie Ventura](/source/Charlie_Ventura) (1946) and [Boyd Raeburn](/source/Boyd_Raeburn) (1947), he returned to Goodman in June 1948 until June 1949.[1]

At around that time, Lombardi also recorded with [Lennie Tristano](/source/Lennie_Tristano)'s trio with [Billy Bauer](/source/Billy_Bauer) (1946–47),[3] [Wardell Gray](/source/Wardell_Gray), [Stan Getz](/source/Stan_Getz),[4] and [Al Haig](/source/Al_Haig) (all 1948).[1]

In the late 1940s, he also played in [Barbara Carroll](/source/Barbara_Carroll)'s trio with [Chuck Wayne](/source/Chuck_Wayne) at New York's Downbeat Club.[5]

After leaving Goodman's band, Lombardi appeared on television in September 1951 as a member of Red Norvo's trio (substituting [Charles Mingus](/source/Charles_Mingus), the trio's regular double bass player, who did not yet have a local musicians’ union card).[1]

In the 1950s, he recorded with [Zoot Sims](/source/Zoot_Sims) (1951), [Mel Tormé](/source/Mel_Torm%C3%A9) (1951),[6] with [Eddie Bert](/source/Eddie_Bert)'s band (1952–3, 1955), featuring [Sal Salvador](/source/Sal_Salvador), [Harry Bliss](/source/Harry_Bliss) and [Frank Isola](/source/Frank_Isola)[2] as well as with [Tal Farlow](/source/Tal_Farlow) and [George Wallington](/source/George_Wallington).[1]

Around this time (early 1950s) he also gave tuition to [Bucky Calabrese](/source/Bucky_Calabrese).[5]

## See also

- [List of jazz bassists](/source/List_of_jazz_bassists)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-curry_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-curry_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-curry_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-curry_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-curry_1-4) Curry, John. ["Lombardi, Clyde."](https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/browse?page=128&pageSize=20&sort=titlesort&subSite=grovemusic&t=music_Topics%3A42&t0=music_Eras%3A9) *Grove Music Online*. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-jack_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-jack_2-1) Jack, Gordon (2004). [*Fifties Jazz Talk: An Oral Retrospective*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ULyTrWtqM-8C). Scarecrow Press. p. [33](https://books.google.com/books?id=ULyTrWtqM-8C&pg=PA33). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-4997-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-4997-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Schuller, Gunther (1989). [*The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Zc4Lh9KC2MIC). Oxford University Press. p. [841](https://books.google.com/books?id=Zc4Lh9KC2MIC&pg=PA841). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-507140-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-507140-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Churchill, Nicholas (2004). [*Stan Getz: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography, with Song and Session Information for Albums*](https://books.google.com/books?id=r_NWBAAAQBAJ). McFarland. p. [122](https://books.google.com/books?id=r_NWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA122). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7864-1949-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-1949-4).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-feather_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-feather_5-1) Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007). *The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz*. New York. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-988640-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-988640-1). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1252916779](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1252916779).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Hulme, George (2008). [*Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films*](https://books.google.com/books?id=PZCG4zlFpqMC). McFarland. p. [34](https://books.google.com/books?id=PZCG4zlFpqMC&pg=PA34). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7864-3743-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-3743-6).

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