Ron McClure

Ron McClure earns my deep respect simply for endurance. Born in New Haven in 1941 and still working the upright bass into his eighties, he has spent a lifetime in jazz's least flashy and most essential chair. The bass is the floor everything else stands on; without it the whole band turns to jelly. That he composes too, and has anchored countless sessions across the decades, makes me appreciate the quiet labor behind so much music I love. Lifelong players who never chase trends are, to me, the coolest of all.

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Name (English)

Ron McClure

Name (Japanese)

ロン・マクルーア

Reading

ろん・まくるーあ

Born

November 22, 1941 (age 84)

Origin

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Occupation

jazz bassist / composer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20McClure
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728180

Tags

• Connecticut
• jazz bassist
• composer
• musician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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