Real name: Lee Odiss Bass III

Effective period / Period of releases: 1981

American bassist from Pittsburgh. His arrival in New York yielded early performances with Hank Mobley and Sonny Rollins. He then worked with jazz performers like Bennie Green, Lee Morgan, Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham, Jackie McLean, Billy Eckstine, Johnny Hartman, Joe Henderson, Sonny Stitt, Ramon Morris, Reuben Wilson, Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Curtis Fuller, Freddie Redd, Bobby Timmons, Tony Williams, Philly Joe Jones, Walter Bishop Jr., Zoot Sims, Mose Allison, Wynton Kelly, John Hicks, Ruth Brown, Carmen McRae and Miriam Makeba, among others. He also served as musical director for Gloria Lynne for seventeen years.