Ben Tucker


Benjamin M. Tucker was an American jazz bassist who appeared on hundreds of recordings. Tucker played on albums by Art Pepper, Billy Taylor, Quincy Jones, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Hank Crawford, Junior Mance, and Herbie Mann.
He was born in Tennessee. As bass player in the Dave Bailey Quintet in 1961, he wrote the instrumental version of the song "Comin' Home Baby!", first issued on the album Two Feet in the Gutter. Bob Dorough later wrote a lyric to the song, and the vocal version became a Top 40 hit for jazz singer Mel Tormé in 1962.
Tucker released the album Baby, You Should Know It with Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker, Bobby Thomas, Ray Crawford, Tommy Tedesco, and Carlos "Patato" Valdes.
By 1972, Tucker owned two radio stations, WSOK-AM, which had over 400,000 listeners, and WLVH-FM. Both of these were located in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia.
He died in a traffic collision in Hutchinson Island, Georgia, on June 4, 2013.

Discography

With Mose Allison
With Dave Bailey
With Kenny Burrell
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
  • Love Calls
With Lou Donaldson
  • Gravy Train
With Teddy Edwards
With Gil Evans
  • The Individualism of Gil Evans
With Dexter Gordon
  • Clubhouse
With Grant Green
With Chico Hamilton
With Roland Hanna
With Willis Jackson
With Illinois Jacquet
With Quincy Jones
With Clifford Jordan
With Yusef Lateef
With Junior Mance
With Herbie Mann
With Warne Marsh
With Pat Martino
With James Moody
With Gerry Mulligan
With Mark Murphy
With Oliver Nelson
With Art Pepper
With Lalo Schifrin
With Bola Sete
With Jimmy Smith
With Jeremy Steig
With Sonny Stitt
With Billy Taylor
With Harold Vick