# Jimmy Rowser

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{{Short description|American jazz musician (1926–2004)}}

'''James Edward Rowser''' (April 18, 1926 in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) – June 24, 2004 in [Teaneck](/source/Teaneck%2C_New_Jersey))<ref>Cite Web : https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=james-e-rowser&pid=2368134</ref> was an American [jazz](/source/jazz) double-bassist.

== Career ==
Born in Philadelphia in 1926, Rowser learned to play piano and bass as a youth. He played with the [house band](/source/house_band) at Philadelphia's Blue Note club, accompanying touring musicians such as [Charlie Parker](/source/Charlie_Parker), [Sonny Clark](/source/Sonny_Clark), [Hank Mobley](/source/Hank_Mobley), [Kenny Dorham](/source/Kenny_Dorham), [Art Taylor](/source/Art_Taylor), [Cannonball Adderley](/source/Cannonball_Adderley), [Miles Davis](/source/Miles_Davis), [Billie Holiday](/source/Billie_Holiday), [J.J. Johnson](/source/J.J._Johnson), [Anita O'Day](/source/Anita_O'Day) and [Kai Winding](/source/Kai_Winding).

In the late 1950s, Rowser played with [Dinah Washington](/source/Dinah_Washington), [Maynard Ferguson](/source/Maynard_Ferguson), [Lee Morgan](/source/Lee_Morgan), and [Red Garland](/source/Red_Garland). He was active in New York in the early 1960s with [Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance), [Ray Bryant](/source/Ray_Bryant), [Herb Ellis](/source/Herb_Ellis), and [Illinois Jacquet](/source/Illinois_Jacquet), and toured internationally with [Benny Goodman](/source/Benny_Goodman) and [Friedrich Gulda](/source/Friedrich_Gulda) in 1963–1964. Later in the 1960s, Rowser worked with [Al Cohn](/source/Al_Cohn) and [Zoot Sims](/source/Zoot_Sims) and then with [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann); he remained with McCann well into the 1970s. In the 1980s, Rowser played with Bryant once more and also with [Hilton Ruiz](/source/Hilton_Ruiz). 

Rowser returned to school in the 1980s, receiving a bachelor's and master's from [Lehman College](/source/Lehman_College), and then taught music in [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey) in the 1990s.

==Discography==
'''With [Ray Bryant](/source/Ray_Bryant)'''
* ''[Dancing the Big Twist](/source/Dancing_the_Big_Twist)'' (Columbia, 1961)
* ''[Live at Basin Street East](/source/Live_at_Basin_Street_East)'' (Sue, 1964)
* ''[Cold Turkey](/source/Cold_Turkey_(album))'' (Sue, 1964)
* ''[Lonesome Traveler](/source/Lonesome_Traveler_(album))'' (Cadet, 1966)
* ''[The Ray Bryant Touch](/source/The_Ray_Bryant_Touch)'' (Cadet, 1967)
* ''[Sound Ray](/source/Sound_Ray)'' (Cadet, 1969)
* ''Potpourri'' (Pablo, 1981)

'''With [Maynard Ferguson](/source/Maynard_Ferguson)'''
* ''A Message from Birdland'' (Roulette, 1959)
* ''[Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing](/source/Maynard_Ferguson_Plays_Jazz_for_Dancing)'' (Roulette, 1959)
* ''[Swingin' My Way Through College](/source/Swingin'_My_Way_Through_College)'' (Roulette, 1959)
* ''[A Message from Newport](/source/A_Message_from_Newport)'' (Roulette, 1960)

'''With [Red Garland](/source/Red_Garland)'''
* ''[Red Garland at the Prelude](/source/Red_Garland_at_the_Prelude)'' (Prestige, 1959)
* ''[Lil' Darlin'](/source/Lil'_Darlin')'' (Status, 1965)
* ''[Red Garland Live!](/source/Red_Garland_Live!)'' (Prestige, 1965)
* ''[Satin Doll](/source/Satin_Doll_(Red_Garland_album))'' (Prestige, 1983)

'''With [Les McCann](/source/Les_McCann)'''
* ''What's Going On'' (Atlantic, 1972)
* ''[Invitation to Openness](/source/Invitation_to_Openness)'' (Atlantic, 1972)
* ''[Talk to the People](/source/Talk_to_the_People)'' (Atlantic, 1972)
* ''[Layers](/source/Layers_(Les_McCann_album))''(Atlantic, 1973)
* ''[Live at Montreux](/source/Live_at_Montreux_(Les_McCann_album))'' (Atlantic, 1973)
* ''Another Beginning'' (Atlantic, 1974)
* ''Hustle to Survive'' (Atlantic, 1975)
* ''River High River Low'' (Atlantic, 1976)
* ''Change, Change, Change'' (ABC/Impulse!, 1977)
* ''Music Lets Me Be'' (ABC/Impulse!, 1977)
* ''The Man'' (A&M, 1978)

'''With others'''
* [Herb Ellis](/source/Herb_Ellis), ''The Midnight Roll'' (Epic, 1962)
* [Friedrich Gulda](/source/Friedrich_Gulda), ''Gulda Jazz'' (Amadeo, 1964)
* [Eddie Harris](/source/Eddie_Harris) & Les McCann, ''Second Movement'' (Atlantic, 1971)
* [Illinois Jacquet](/source/Illinois_Jacquet), ''Illinois Jacquet'' (Epic, 1963)
* [Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance), ''[Big Chief!](/source/Big_Chief!)'' (Jazzland, 1961)
* [Blue Mitchell](/source/Blue_Mitchell), ''Booty'' (Mainstream, 1974)
* [Lee Morgan](/source/Lee_Morgan) & [Thad Jones](/source/Thad_Jones), ''Minor Strain'' (Roulette, 1990)
* [Buddy Montgomery](/source/Buddy_Montgomery), ''This Rather Than That'' (ABC/Impulse!, 1969)
* [Hilton Ruiz](/source/Hilton_Ruiz), ''Doin' It Right'' (Novus 1990)
* [Dinah Washington](/source/Dinah_Washington), ''September in the Rain'' (Mercury, 1961)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[Barry Kernfeld](/source/Barry_Kernfeld), "Jimmy Rowser". ''[The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz](/source/The_New_Grove)''. 2nd edition, 2004.

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Category:American jazz double-bassists
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Category:American male jazz musicians
Category:Jazz musicians from Philadelphia

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