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james in the foreground . cammack playing double bass with pianist ahmad jamal verve , dreyfus 300 james cammack
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 15 april 1956 stand-up bass jazz , bebop ahmad_jamal . jpg usa cornwall , new york , u.s. james cammack bassist
james cammack

james alfred conrad cammack jr. -lrb- born april 15 , 1956 -rrb- is an african american bassist , from the region of cornwall , ny .
he is the bassist for the ahmad jamal trio , which includes the founder , ahmad jamal and drummer , idris muhammad .
cammack both records and tours with the trio .
mr jamal 's trio essentially became a quartet with the addition of percussionist manolo badrena at the time of the release of jamal 's `` rossiter road '' .
the drummer kenny washington was added in 2010 on the recording `` a quiet time '' .
cammack had served in the united states military academy band as a buglar and as bassist in the jazz knights .
