caption website associated_acts death_date death_place birth_name birth_place years_active label landscape background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
courtesy the fraser macpherson estate http://www.milthinton.com/ jabbo eddie south , cab calloway , count basie , louis smith armstrong , dizzy gillespie , lionel hampton , benny goodman , , clark terry , hank jones , branford marsalis zutty singleton , art tatum , 19 december 2000 queens , new york , u.s. milton john hilton vicksburg , mississippi , u.s. 80 years various yes non_vocal_instrumentalist 23 june 1910 double bass traditional jazz , swing , pop milt hinton.jpg milt hinton
 milt hinton musician , photographer
milt hinton

milton john `` milt '' hinton -lrb- june 23 , 1910 -- december 19 , 2000 -rrb- , `` the dean of jazz bass players '' , was an american jazz double bassist and photographer .
he was nicknamed `` the judge '' .
