Red Callender
Bassist
One of the first black musicians to be a regular member of a commercial recording studio.
He started playing with the Lester and Lee Young band in the 1940s and formed his own trio.
He turned down the chance to work with Duke Ellington's Orchestra.
He was married to his wife Mary Lou for twenty-one years; they raised three daughters.
He played with Charles Mingus at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival.