Al McKibbon

Al McKibbon (January 1, 1919 – July 29, 2005) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.

In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, Mongo Santamaria, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols and Hawkins. McKibbon was credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Shearing's group.

In 1999, the first album in his own name, Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida, was released. McKibbon's second album, Black Orchid, was released in 2004.

As leader

 * Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida (Blue Lady, 1999)
 * Black Orchid (Departure Records, 2004)

As sideman
With Nat Adderley With Lorez Alexandria With The Byrds With Sonny Criss With Miles Davis With Victor Feldman With Dizzy Gillespie With Coleman Hawkins With Johnny Hodges With The Jazz Crusaders With Charles Kynard and Buddy Collette With Thelonious Monk With Randy Newman With The Night Blooming Jazzmen With Herbie Nichols With Shuggie Otis With Van Dyke Parks With Freddie Redd With Martha Reeves With George Shearing With George Shearing and Dakota Staton With Robert Stewart With Billy Taylor With Cal Tjader With Jack Wilson
 * To the Ivy League from Nat (EmArcy, 1956)
 * Alexandria the Great (Impulse!, 1964)
 * More of the Great Lorez Alexandria (Impulse!, 1964)
 * The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Columbia Records, 1968)
 * Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Prestige, 1968)
 * Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1957)
 * Latinsville! (Contemporary, 1960)
 * Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Pablo, 1976) with Bennie Carter
 * The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995)
 * The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (Verve, 1957)
 * Castle Rock (Norgran, 1955)
 * Chile Con Soul (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
 * Warm Winds (World Pacific, 1964)
 * Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1955)
 * The Giants of Jazz (Atlantic) with Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt and Kai Winding (Atlantic, 1971)
 * The London Sessions (Black Lion) with Art Blakey (1971)
 * 12 Songs (Reprise, 1970)
 * The Night Blooming Jazzmen (1971)
 * The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1955)
 * The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1955)
 * Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note, 1956)
 * Here Comes Shuggie Otis (Epic, 1969)
 * Discover America (Warner Bros., 1972)
 * Live at the Studio Grill (Triloka, 1990)
 * We Meet Again (Fantasy, 1978)
 * Latin Escapade (1956)
 * On the Sunny Side of the Strip (Capitol, 1960)
 * In the Night (Capitol, 1958)
 * The Movement (Exodus, 2002)
 * Piano Panorama (Atlantic, 1952)
 * Cal Tjader, Vibist (Savoy, 1954)
 * Cal Tjader Plays Afro-Cuban (Fantasy, 1955)
 * Ritmo Caliente! (Fantasy, 1956)
 * Tjader Plays Tjazz (Fantasy, 1956)
 * Mas Ritmo Caliente (Fantasy, 1957)
 * Latin for Lovers (Fantasy, 1958)
 * Cal Tjader's Latin Concert (Fantasy, 1958)
 * A Night at the Blackhawk (Fantasy, 1958)
 * Cal Tjader Goes Latin (Fantasy, 1959)
 * Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea (Fantasy, 1959)
 * Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea, Vol. 2 (Fantasy, 1959)
 * Demasiado Caliente (Fantasy, 1960)
 * Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen (Fantasy, 1960)
 * In a Latin Bag (Verve, 1961)
 * Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980 (Concord, 2008)
 * The Jack Wilson Quartet featuring Roy Ayers (Atlantic, 1963)