Excerpt - page 82: "... didn't work out, and the piece was dropped. Then [bassist] JimmyBlanton came into the band, and Duke wanted to feature him ..."
Excerpt - page 25: "... Burns Blanton's breeding pro- gram was built by concentrating Traveler blood and this meant line breeding, some- thing he did throughout his long career as a horseman. JimmyBlanton, Burns' son, was just 12 years old when he ..."
The Bass [ Three LP Vinyl Records in Boxed Set ]
by Various Jazz Bassists, Jimmy Blanton/Oscar Pettiford/Ray Brown/Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers/Scott La Faro/Milt Hinton/George Duvivier, and Jimmy Garrison/Charlie Hayden/Reggie Workman (Vinyl)
Excerpt - Back Matter: "... 95. 257 "He craves peace": Boyer, p. 35. 258 Jimmie Blanton, it was clear: "Jimmy [sic] Blanton 'Cupes at Joe Sulli- van's Old 'Resting' Sanitarium," ..."
Excerpt - page 42: "... standup bass in bold new ways. Phenomenal bassists such as JimmyBlanton and Oscar Pettiford were virtuosos on a par with saxophonists ..."