Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Official audio for "Monica" by The New York Bass Violin Choir & Bill Lee from the album The New York Bass Violin Choir.

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Founded by bassist, composer, and arranger Bill Lee as a collaboration of seven bassists—including Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Fleming, Milt Hinton, and Sam Jones—The New York Bass Violin Choir album features Sonny Brown (percussion), George Coleman (saxophone), and Harold Mabern (piano) “performing excerpts from ‘Baby Sweets,’ a narrative folk-jazz opera written by Bill Lee and Sonny Brown.”

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Bill Lee: Bass (intro)
Lisle Atkinson: Bass
Micheal Fleming: Bass
Milt Hinton: Bass
Richard Davis: Bass (solo)
Ron Carter: Bass
Sam Jones: Bass
Sonny Brown: Drums
George Coleman: Tenor Saxophone
Harold Mabern: Piano

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