John Ore


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American jazz bassist, born December 17, 1933 in Philadelphia, died August 22, 2014.
Played with Tiny Grimes 1953, George Wallington 1954, Ben Webster, Elmo Hope 1955, and Bud Powell 1955, 1957, 1964-1965. Joined Thelonious Monk in 1960, stayed until 1963.
With The Sun Ra Arkestra off and on since 1961.

ALBUMS


Billy Bang With Sun Ra, John Ore, Andrew Cyrille
A Tribute To Stuff Smith
1993, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk’s Dream
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, 180, Jazz Wax Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection
2012, Box, Comp + 6xCD, Comp, RE, Sony Music, Columbia, Legacy, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Tullio Ricci Quartet
179-76 Selover Rd
2002, CD, Splasc(h) Records,
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk In Copenhagen
1996, ,
Bop
Sun Ra Sextet
At The Village Vanguard
1993, ,
Bop/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Charles Tyler Ensemble
Folk And Mystery Stories
1980, LP, Album, Sonet, Sonet, ,
Free Jazz
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk's Dream
1963
Lester Young And His Orchestra
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
1957, ,
Cool Jazz
Elmo Hope Trio
Meditations
1955
Elmo Hope Trio
Complete Studio Recordings
2007, 4xCD, Comp, Unofficial, Gambit Records
Sun Ra Sextet
At The Village Vanguard
1993, ,
Space-Age

APPEARANCES +


Sun Ra
Inside The Light World - Sun Ra Meets The OVC
2024, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Big Band
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
Saturn XIII
2023, 10", EP, Presspop Music,
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
Prophet
2022,
Thelonious Monk
Quartet 23 May 1961
2021, Reel, 2tr Mono, 10.5" Reel, Album, Mono, IEC, International Phonograph Inc.
Thelonious Monk
Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963
2020
Hank Mobley
The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70
2019, 8xCD, 24- + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live
2019, DVD-V, Mono, NTSC, EuroArts, ,
Hard Bop
Sun Ra And His Cosmo Love Adventure Arkestra*
Pine Street Theatre, October 28th 1988
2018, 2xLP, Album, RSD, Ltd, Jackpot Records (3), ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Monk*
Nutty
2018, 7", RSD, Single, Ltd, Gearbox Records,
Elmo Hope
Un Secret Bien Gardé
2018, CD, Comp, Car, Jazz Magazine (2)
Thelonious Monk
Mønk
2018, ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
1961 Live In Paris
2018,
Various
Jazz Von A-Z · Die Michael Naura Jazzanthologie
2017, 30xCD, Comp + Box, Boo, Sony Music, Studio Hamburg Enterprises, NDR Kultur, Die Zeit,
Sun Ra
Singles Volume 2 (The Definitive 45s Collection 1962-1991)
2017, ,
Space-Age/Hard Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
Kenny Dorham
K.D. Is Here / New York City 1962 & 1966
2016, CD, Album, RM, Uptown Records (2)
Thelonious Monk
5 Original Albums
2016, 5xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Riverside Records, The Jazz Labels, Universal Music Group,
Thelonious Monk
Live in Paris - 18 Avril 1961
2016, ,
Bop
Sun Ra
Singles (The Definitive 45s Collection 1952–1991)
2016, ,
Space-Age/Doo Wop/Rhythm & Blues/Hard Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
Steve Lacy
Four Classic Albums
2016, ,
Bop/Modal/Post Bop
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
Celestial Love
2015
Sun Ra
Sun Ra (The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note)
2014, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Black Saint, Soul Note
Thelonious Monk
Jackie-ing (Live In Amsterdam May 1961)
2014, ,
Hard Bop
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
A Fireside Chat With Lucifer
2014
Thelonious Monk
Legenden Des Jazz
2013, CD, Comp, Die Zeit
Freddie Redd
Six Classic Albums
2013, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Real Gone, ,
Hard Bop
Various
MOCAD Journal: Box #1
2012, LP, Album + CDr, Comp + Box, Ltd, MOCAD (Museum Of Contemporary Art Detroit), ,
Alternative Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Poetry
Thelonious Monk Quartet* / Martial Solal Trio
Live In Berlin 1961 / Live In Essen 1959
2012
Александра Паладин*, Драгана Михајловић-Бокан*
Музичка Култура 8
2011, 3xCD, Comp, ЛОГОС,
Steve Lacy
School Days
2011, CD, Album, Car, Bishop Records, Emanem, ,
Post Bop/Hard Bop
Steve Lacy
School Days
2011
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra*
Beyond The Purple Star Zone / Oblique Parallax
2010, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Art Yard
Sun Ra
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra
2010, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
Glazbena Osmica - Glazbeni Primjeri
2007, 3xCD, Comp, Car, Profil International, Profil International, Profil International,
Freddie Redd
In Sweden
2007
Thelonious Monk
Original Album Classics
2007, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
Various
Sonic Scenery - Music For Collections
2006, CD, Comp, Natural History Museum, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Ambient
Thelonious Monk With Steve Lacy
In Philadelphia 1960
2006, CD, RLR Records
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra*
Beyond The Purple Star Zone
2006
Thelonious Monk
Monk 'Round The World
2004, CD, Comp + DVD, Hyena Records, Thelonious Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
The Storyville 50th Anniversary Celebration
2002, CD, Smplr, Storyville, ,
Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Contemporary Jazz
Thelonious Monk
The Columbia Years | '62-'68
2001, ,
Bop
Hank Mobley
Straight No Filter
2001, ,
Hard Bop
Sun Ra Arkestra*
Friendly Galaxy
2000, CD, Album, RE, Leo Records, ,
Space-Age
Thelonious Monk
Ken Burns Jazz
2000, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
The Sun Ra Arkestra Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen
A Song For The Sun
1999, CD, Album, El Ra Records, ,
Big Band/Avant-garde Jazz/Bop/Free Jazz
Hank Mobley
The Blue Note Years
1999, CD, Comp, Mono, Pap, Blue Note, Blue Note
Lester Young
The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions On Verve
1999
Cecil Payne
Scotch And Milk
1997, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Bud Powell
The Best Of Bud Powell
1997, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
This Is Jazz
1996, 10xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Columbia, Columbia, Legacy, Epic, ,
Hard Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Contemporary Jazz/Swing
Sun Ra And His Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra*
Live In London 1990
1996, ,
Free Jazz/Space-Age/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band/Swing
Hank Mobley
The Best Of Hank Mobley - The Blue Note Years
1996, ,
Instrumental/Bop
Cecil Payne
Cerupa
1995, ,
Bop
Eric Alexander
Up, Over & Out
1995, ,
Post Bop
Sun Ra & His Cosmo Discipline Arkestra*
A Night In East Berlin / My Brothers The Wind & Sun N.9
1995
Sun Ra And The Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra*
Live At The Hackney Empire
1994, 2xCD, Album, RM, Leo Records
Elmo Hope
The Final Sessions - Volume 2
1993,
Sun Ra & His Arkestra* With Symphony Orchestra
Pleiades
1993
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live At Monterey Jazz Festival, 1963 Volume 1 · 2
1993, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Sun Ra
Somewhere Else
1993
Thelonious Monk
Bemsha Swing
1992, CD, Album, All That's Jazz, ,
Bop
Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra*
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy / Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
1992, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Space-Age
Various
Blue Berlin - Blue Note Plays The Music Of Irving Berlin
1992
Thelonious Monk
San Francisco Holiday
1992
Thelonious Monk
The Essential Thelonious Monk
1991, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Elmo Hope
The Final Sessions - Volume One
1991
Thelonious Monk
11 Top Tracks
1990, CD, Comp, Frequenz, ,
Hard Bop
Various
Saxophone
1990, ,
Swing/Bop/Soul-Jazz
Sun Ra
Purple Night
1990
Charlie Mingus* / Thelonious Monk
Mingus - Monk
1989
Earl Bud Powell*
Tribute To Thelonious, 64
1989, ,
Bop
Earl Bud Powell*
Pure Genius Always
1989
Thelonious Monk
Standards
1989, ,
Bop
Sun Ra
Blue Delight
1989, ,
Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
Earl Bud Powell*
Return To Birdland, 64
1989, ,
Bop
Earl Bud Powell*
Award At Birdland, 64
1989
Thelonious Monk
The Composer
1988, ,
Bop
Various
The Best Of The Jazz Pianos
1988
Various
Jazz En Verve Vol. 4 Tropical
1988,
Latin Jazz
Thelonious Monk
Bolivar Blues
1988
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
1988, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live In Stockholm 1961
1987, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Riverside Recordings Volume 2
1986, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Riverside Records, Carrere,
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Riverside Recordings
1986, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
And The Jazz Giants
1986, ,
Bop/Swing/Instrumental
Various
'Round Midnight
1986
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
1985, Cass, Comp, Lester Recording Catalog
Thelonious Monk And Max Roach
European Tour
1985
Thelonious Monk
Live! At The Village Gate
1985, ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Thelonious Monk
Monk On Riverside
1984, 20xLP, Comp, Box, Riverside Records, Riverside Records, Riverside Records, Riverside Records,
Various
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Thelonious Monk
Blues Five Spot
1984
Various
The Best Of I ♥ Jazz
1984, ,
Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Vocal
Sun Ra
Just Friends
1983, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Davis*, Mingus*, Monk*
Great Jazz Inventors
1983,
Thelonious Monk
Evidence
1983
Bud Powell
Bud Powell Vol. 2
1983
Various
Bebop
1982, LP, Comp, Roulette, Musica Jazz, ,
Bop
Bud Powell
Simply Amazing!!
1982
Various
Piano Jazz
1982,
Thelonious Monk
The Thelonious Monk Memorial Album
1982, ,
Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
Thelonious Monk, Phil Woods, Jimmy Cleveland, Max Roach
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 35
1981, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
1981, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
April In Paris / Live
1981
Art Tatum - Erroll Garner - Bud Powell - Billy Taylor
The Art Tatum - Erroll Garner - Bud Powell - Billy Taylor Years
1980, ,
Swing
Charlie Mingus*, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 16
1980
Lester Young
Mean To Me
1980
Thelonious Monk
Always Know
1979, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Charles Tyler
Saga Of The Outlaws
1978
David Amram
Havana/New York
1978,
Earl "Fatha" Hines* and Marva Josie
Jazz Is His Old Lady... And My Old Man
1977
Various
Introspection (Neglected Jazz Figures Of The 1950s And Early 1960s)
1977, ,
Bop
Elmo Hope
Last Sessions
1977
Elmo Hope Trio Featuring Philly Joe Jones*
Elmo Hope Trio
1977, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
In Person
1976, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
1969, 7", EP, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, ,
Big Band
Bud Powell
Bud Powell
1969, 7", EP, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, ,
Swing
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Greatest Hits
1969, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Two Hours With Thelonious
1966
Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra*
Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
1965, ,
Free Jazz
Thelonious Monk
Monk In France
1965, ,
Bop/Cool Jazz
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Thelonious Monk In Europe Vol. 3
1964, ,
Bop
Hank Mobley
No Room For Squares
1964, ,
Hard Bop
Bud Powell
The Return Of Bud Powell
1964
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Thelonious Monk In Europe Vol. 2
1964, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Thelonious Monk In Europe Vol. 1
1963
Thelonious Monk
Criss-Cross
1963
Thelonious Monk
Criss-Cross
1963
Various
The Giants Of Jazz
1963, ,
Bop/Dixieland/Big Band
Thelonious Monk
In Italy
1963, ,
Bop
Steve Lacy
The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy
1962
Various
The Soul Of Jazz - 1961
1961,
Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two*
At The Blackhawk
1960, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Freddie Redd / Hamp Hawes*
Piano: East/West
1956, ,
Bop
Lester Young
Lester Young, Album #1
1955, 7", EP, Norgran Records,
Freddie Redd
Introducing....
1955, 10", Album, Prestige
Elmo Hope Quartet And Quintet*
Hope Meets Foster
1955
Lester Young
Lester Young Album #3
1955,
Monk*
In Stockholm
LP, Album, Mono, Ltd, Duke Records (4), ,
Hard Bop
Various
Jazz Spectrum
5xLP, Comp + Box, Curcio, Curcio, Curcio, Curcio, Curcio, Curcio,
Lester Young Quintet
Another Mambo / I'm In The Mood For Love
7", Single, Norgran Records
Bernie Charles
Blue Viol
LP, Album, Bernie-Viol Records,
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Two Hours With Thelonious ("Olympia" Concert By Thelonious Monk)
2xLP, Gat, Riverside Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Steve Lacy
Six Classic Albums
4xCD, Comp, Real Gone Jazz, ,
Post Bop
Thelonious Monk
Criss-Cross
LP, Album, Mono, CBS, CBS
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
1961 European Tour, Vol. 2
Bud Powell
The Best Years
Thelonious Monk
Here Is Thelonious Monk At His Rare Of All Rarest Performances Vol. 1
Thelonius Monk Quintet*
Connie Mack Park 1960
2020, CDr, Unofficial, Necromancer (2),
Thelonius Monk Quartet*
Monk In Stockholm 1963
2019,
Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra*
Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
2018, ,
Free Jazz
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Dream
2014, ,
Hard Bop
Sun Ra Arkestra*
Live In California (Kimball's East-August 17, 1995-Vol. I)
1995, Cass, Unofficial, Not On Label
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
The Complete 1961 Amsterdam Concert
1991
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
Live In Bern 1961
1990
Kenny Dorham
Last But Not Least 1966, Vol.2
1988
Bud Powell Trio*
Birdland 1964
CD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2), ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk Quartet*
1961 European Tour, Vol. 2