James Jamerson Jr.

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James Jamerson Jr.

voc, b, 1958-2016 US, Detroit
R&B/Soul and Jazz
A.k.a. James Lee Jamerson Jr.

James Jamerson Jr. (b. 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA - d. March 23, 2016, Detroit, Michigan, USA) was an American soul bassist. He began his career in the late 1960's as a session musician. In the mid-1970's he formed the group Chanson with his long time musical cohort David Williams (4). In the 1980's he resumed playing as a session bassist with various artists including Originals, Karen Pree and Stargard. Son of James Jamerson and father of Derrick Jamerson.

Instruments

Vocals
Bass
Backing Vocals
Keyboards

Genres

R&B/Soul
Jazz
Dance

Plays With

Chanson

Spirit Traveler

Band Members

External Links

Facebook

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Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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