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Bassist Rodney Whitaker was among the leading lights of a new generation of contemporary jazz musicians emerging from Detroit. A native of the Motor City, he began playing the violin at the age of eight, switching to the bass five years later after hearing <a href="spotify:artist:0M1UOBJZ9tcKJbrbnVlHZG">Paul Chambers</a> on a <a href="spotify:artist:2hGh5VOeeqimQFxqXvfCUf">John Coltrane</a> album. As a teen, he joined saxophonist Donald Washington in the group Bird/Trane/Sko/Now!, which also included a young <a href="spotify:artist:6LxEw44q7vq9M5dQMIDsk3">James Carter</a>; he later replaced bassist <a href="spotify:artist:398OLP0K6sxmwsYaB7Wnmj">Robert Hurst</a> in the Terence Blanchard-Donald Harrison Quintet, followed by a three-year stint with <a href="spotify:artist:49zXTngyUTielHTbbH5YKs">Roy Hargrove</a>. After recording with the likes of Blanchard, <a href="spotify:artist:49zXTngyUTielHTbbH5YKs">Hargrove</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6JSmjrmk4fKV6hnxtt6ZcA">Antonio Hart</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1uf65qkb0qgOAo0tbUWfux">Junko Onishi</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3nB93s4nQKqqk8EWxOerDW">Mark Whitfield</a>, in 1996 Whitaker issued his solo debut Children of the Light; Hidden Kingdom followed two years later, and in 1999 the bassist returned with Ballads and Blues. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow appeared in mid-2000. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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