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His propulsive sense of time never failed, and his empathy with those playing around him was complete. Although Garrison could be a compelling soloist when the occasion presented itself (witness his work on A Love Supreme), he didn't need the spotlight to be effective. Of course, it's with Coltrane that Garrison did his most enduring work. The lithe tunefulness that marks the saxophonist's earlier playing is augmented by a more pronounced physicality that pushes the blues aspect to the fore this due in no small part to Garrison and Jones' focused intensity, which drives Coleman harder than he's ever been driven. Nowhere else on record does Coleman sound so consistently forceful and passionate. The Garrison/Elvin Jones rhythm section transformed Coleman on two very underrated albums made for Blue Note, New York Is Now and Love Call. Garrison's work with Coleman is especially noteworthy his earthy, hard-swinging approach contrasted greatly with the work of the saxophonist's other, more finesse-oriented bassists like David Izenson or Scott LaFaro.

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But Garrison had a full career backing other prominent saxophonists, including Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Ornette Coleman. Garrison died of lung cancer on April 7, 1976.Garrison is best known as bassist for one of the most important jazz groups, John Coltrane's classic quartet with drummer Elvin Jones and pianist McCoy Tyner. Garrison's daughter Maia Claire is a dancer and choreographer who worked as a child acrobat with Big Apple Circus in New York, a featured dancer with Urban Bush Women and founder of her own dance company M'Zawa Danz. He has performed and recorded with Joe Zawinul, Chaka Khan, The Saturday Night Live Band, John McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Steve Coleman, Whitney Houston, Pino Daniele, John Scofield, Paul Simon, Tito Puente and many others. Matthew Garrison is a bass guitar player. Joy Garrison sang alongside Barney Kessel, Cameron Brown, Tony Scott and many others.

Matthew, Joy and Maia Claire are accomplished artists in their own right. Lori, Joy and Robin with his first wife Robbie Garrison, Maia Claire and Matthew with his second wife, Italy-based dancer and choreographer Roberta Escamilla Garrison. Jimmy Garrison had four daughters and a son. In 19, Garrison taught as a Visiting Artist at Wesleyan University and Bennington College. He and drummer Elvin Jones have been credited with eliciting more forceful playing than usual from Coleman on the albums New York is Now and Love Call. Garrison also had a long association with Ornette Coleman, first recording with him on Ornette on Tenor and Art of the Improvisers. After Coltrane's death, Garrison worked and recorded with Hampton Hawes, Archie Shepp, Clifford Thornton and groups led by Elvin Jones. In concert with Coltrane, Garrison would often play unaccompanied improvised solos, sometimes as the prelude to a song before the other musicians joined in. Garrison performed on many classic Coltrane recordings, including A Love Supreme. The long trio blues 'Chasin' the Trane' is probably his first recorded performance with Coltrane and Elvin Jones. He formally joined Coltrane's quartet in 1962, replacing Workman. He continued to work with many leaders, including Walter Bishop, Jr., Coleman, Dorham, and Cal Massey for the next two years. In 1959 he first appeared on record with Ornette Coleman on 'Art of the Improvisers' (Atlantic, 1959). Between 19, Garrison played and recorded with trumpeter Kenny Dorham clarinetist Tony Scott drummer Philly Joe Jones and saxophonists Bill Barron, Lee Konitz, and Jackie McLean, as well as Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Lennie Tristano, Pharoah Sanders, and Tony Scott, among others. Garrison came of age in the midst of a thriving Philadelphia jazz scene that included fellow bassists Reggie Workman and Henry Grimes, pianist McCoy Tyner and trumpeter Lee Morgan. Garrison was raised in both Miami, Florida and Philadelphia where he learned to play bass.