Bob Magnusson
Bob Magnusson (born February 24, 1947, in New York) is an American jazz bassist. He studied French horn for 12 years before switching to bass in 1967. In 1968 he toured with Buddy Rich’s Orchestra, and he later played with the San Diego Symphony and singer Sarah Vaughan (1971–72 and 1975–76).
A busy studio musician, Magnusson was part of the co-op group Road Work Ahead from 1979 to 1982 and worked with many great artists, including John Klemmer, Art Pepper, Benny Golson, Joe Pass, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart, Madonna, and others. He led recording dates for Discovery Records (1979, 1980, 1984) and Trend Records (1982).
Magnusson has performed in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center, and has toured Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas. As a teacher, he was on the faculty of the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood from 1977 to 1996, and since 1998 he has taught harmony, theory, and jazz improvisation at San Diego Mesa College and the Coronado School of the Arts. He authored The Art of the Walking Bass, published by Hal Leonard in 1999.
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