Jimmy Lewis (bassist)

Jimmy Lewis (April 11, 1918 – March 2, 2000) was an American double bassist who worked with the Count Basie Orchestra and sextet in the 1950s and with Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Billie Holiday and Ivory Joe Hunter before moving to bass guitar during his time with King Curtis. He provided the basslines for the musical Hair. Lewis freelanced extensively and performed on many albums by soul and jazz musicians, including Horace Silver and the Modern Jazz Quartet up until the late 1980s. He died in 2000.

Discography
With Count Basie With Solomon Burke With Billy Butler With Al Casey With David Clayton-Thomas With King Curtis With Lou Donaldson With Byrdie Green With Grant Green With Tiny Grimes With John P. Hammond With Richard "Groove" Holmes With Alberta Hunter With Willis Jackson With Boogaloo Joe Jones With Charles Kynard With Johnny Lytle With Freddie McCoy With Galt MacDermot With The Modern Jazz Quartet With Idris Muhammad With Mark Murphy With Houston Person With Sonny Phillips With Wilson Pickett With Dave Pike With Arthur Prysock With Horace Silver With Johnny "Hammond" Smith With Buddy Terry With Charles Williams
 * Basie Jazz (Clef, 1954)
 * Dance Session Album #2 (Clef, 1954)
 * The Count! (Clef, 1955)
 * Blues by Basie (Columbia, 1956)
 * If You Need Me (Atlantic, 1963)
 * King Solomon (Atlantic, 1968)
 * I Wish I Knew (Atlantic, 1968)
 * Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Prestige, 1970)
 * Buck Jumpin' (Swingville, 1960)
 * The Al Casey Quartet (Moodsville, 1960)
 * David Clayton-Thomas (Columbia, 1972)
 * Have Tenor Sax Will Blow (Atco, 1959)
 * Trouble In Mind (Tru-Sound, 1962)
 * It's Party Time With King Curtis (Tru-Sound, 1962)
 * The Great King Curtis (Clarion, 1964)
 * Everything I Play Is Funky (Blue Note, 1970)
 * Pretty Things (Blue Note, 1970)
 * The Golden Thursh Strikes at Midnight (Prestige, 1966)
 * I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Prestige, 1967)
 * Sister Byrdie! (Prestige, 1968)
 * Carryin' On (Blue Note, 1969)
 * Green Is Beautiful (Blue Note, 1970)
 * Profoundly Blue (Muse, 1973)
 * Big City Blues (Vanguard, 1964)
 * So Many Roads (Vanguard, 1965)
 * Mirrors (Vanguard, 1967)
 * I Can Tell (Atlantic, 1967)
 * Super Soul (Prestige, 1967)
 * Soul Power! (Prestige, 1967)
 * The Glory of Alberta Hunter (Columbia, 1982)
 * Look for the Silver Lining (Columbia, 1983)
 * Together Again, Again (Prestige, 1966) - with Brother Jack McDuff
 * Star Bag (Prestige, 1968)
 * In the Alley (Muse, 1976)
 * Single Action (Muse, 1978) - with Pat Martino
 * Right On Brother (Prestige, 1970)
 * No Way! (Prestige, 1970)
 * What It Is (Prestige, 1971)
 * Snake Rhythm Rock (Prestige, 1972)
 * The Soul Brotherhood (Prestige, 1969)
 * Afro-Disiac (Prestige, 1970)
 * Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) (Prestige, 1970)
 * Good Vibes (Muse, 1982)
 * Listen Here (Prestige, 1968)
 * Shapes of Rhythm (Kilamanjaro, 1966)
 * Hair (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) (RCA, 1967)
 * Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (RCA, 1968)
 * Galt MacDermot's First Natural Hair Band (United Artists, 1970)
 * Up from the Basement (Kilmarnock, 2003)
 * Jazz Dialogue (Atlantic, 1965)
 * Black Rhythm Revolution! (Prestige, 1970)
 * Peace and Rhythm (Prestige, 1971)
 * Living Room (Muse, 1984)
 * Person to Person! (Prestige, 1970)
 * Black on Black! (Prestige, 1970)
 * In the Midnight Hour (Atlantic, 1965)
 * Jazz for the Jet Set (Atlantic, 1966)
 * This Guy's In Love With You (Milestone, 1987)
 * That Healin' Feelin' (Blue Note, 1970)
 * Gettin' Up (Prestige, 1967)
 * Soul Flowers (Prestige, 1967)
 * Dirty Grape (Prestige, 1968)
 * Black Feeling! (Prestige, 1969)
 * Here It 'Tis (Prestige, 1970)
 * What's Going On (Prestige, 1971)
 * Natural Soul (Prestige, 1968)
 * Trees and Grass and Things (Mainstream, 1971)