ISB 2025 Convention Presenter — Rufus Reid

Rufus Reid is one of a handful of true renaissance figures in the Arts.  This bassist and composer has been an active presence in the jazz world since the 1970’s.  The 2022 CD release, Celebration, features the jazz trio with a string quartet.  Reid can be heard on recordings with Dexter Gordon, Andrew Hill, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Quartet, Kenny Barron, Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson, Lee Konitz, Jack DeJohnette and many others.  His reputation as an educator is equal to that of his musical achievements.  His book The Evolving Bassist remains the industry standard for double bass methodology.  Reid and Dr. Martin Krivin created the Jazz Studies and Performance Bachelor of Music Program at William Paterson University.  He has received the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and the MacDowell Colony Grant among others.  In 2008, he received the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for Composition and two MacDowell Colony Grants for composition, among others. His 2024, duo recording, "IT'S THE NIGHTS I LIKE"  features the brilliant pianist, Sullivan Fortner.

Rufus Reid continues to be the Evolving Bassist.