The Chicago-based jazz bassist Harrison Bankhead was an avant-garde-leaning musician with a journeyman's ability to fit within an array of jazz styles from straight-ahead to free jazz. A native of Waukegan, Illinois, Bankhead performed with a variety of artists including Oliver Lake, Fred Anderson, Von Freeman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Thompson, Hamid Drake, and others. He released the solo album Morning Sun Moon Harvest in 2011. Bankhead died on April 6, 2023; he was 68 years of age. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi