Juini Booth - acoustic bass, loops

Arthur Edward Booth is a legendary Buffalo-born American jazz double-bassist who has worked with an vast array of jazz masters, from McCoy Tyner and Freddie Hubbard to Albert Ayler and Sonny Sharrock. Booth began playing piano at about age eight, and switched to bass at 12. He worked with Chuck Mangione in his hometown before moving to New York City around 1966, where he played with Eddie Harris, Art Blakey, Sonny Simmons, Marzette Watts, Freddie Hubbard, Gary Bartz, and countless others.

In the early 1970s Booth played with Tony Williams's Lifetime and McCoy Tyner, also recording during this time with Larry Young, Takehiro Honda, and Masabumi Kikuchi, the last two during a tour of Tokyo in 1974. After a short period with Hamiett Bluiett in 1976 he returned to Buffalo, though he also worked with Chico Freeman in Los Angeles and Junior Cook in New York in 1977. In 1977-78 he played with Elvin Jones and Charles Tolliver. In the 1980s he played with Ernie Krivda in Cleveland and recorded freelance with Beaver Harris, Steve Grossman, Joe Chambers, Franklin Kiermyer and others. He worked with Sun Ra on both electric and upright bass in the late 80s and early 90s. Currently based in both Buffalo & NYC, Booth continues to perform in numerous projects, including a focus on solo performance.

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