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LOS ANGELES Wilfred Middlebrooks, the double bassist whose elegant, understated sound was heard in the band that backed jazz great Ella Fitzgerald and in the Paul Smith Trio, died March 13 of heart failure at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. He was 74.
Mr. Middlebrooks earned a reputation with musicians as an unflappable time keeper, whose mastery of the instrument allowed him to be "heard as well as felt, but not obtrusively."See the full content of this document
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Jazz Bassist Wilfred Middlebrooks
"Wilfred's longevity with somebody of Ella's talent had a lot to do with his impeccable intonation, sensitivity and just sympathetic nat...
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