Al McKibbon
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Al McKibbon (born in 1919) is an American jazz bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz.
In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols and Hawkins. He is credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Tjader's group.
Although he has recorded no albums as leader, he has always been highly regarded (among other signs of the regard in which he is held, he was the bassist for the Giants of Jazz), and continued to perform into the 1990s.