Jymie Merritt
![Merritt in 2008 at the annual Don Redman Heritage Awards, [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Jymie_Merritt_performing_in_2008_at_the_annual_Don_Redman_Heritage_Awards_in_Harper%27s_Ferry%2C_West_Virginia.JPG)
Jymie Merritt (; May 3, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an American
jazz bassist, bandleader, and composer. Merritt was a member of
Art Blakey's
Jazz Messengers group from 1957 until 1962. The same year he left Blakey's band, Merritt formed his own group, The Forerunners, which he led sporadically until his death in 2020. Merritt also worked as a
sideman for
blues and jazz musicians such as
Bull Moose Jackson,
B.B. King,
Chet Baker,
Max Roach,
Dizzy Gillespie, and
Lee Morgan.
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