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Ron Crotty | |
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| Birth name | Ronald O Crotty |
| Born | December 31, 1929 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 2015 (aged 85) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz Bebop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Double bass |
| Labels | Fantasy Records |
| Formerly of | Dave Brubeck Vince Guaraldi |
Ron Crotty (December 31, 1929 – May 7, 2015), born Ronald O Crotty in San Francisco, raised in Oakland, and was an American jazz bassist. He became known in the late 1940s and early 1950s for work with pianists Dave Brubeck and Vince Guaraldi. He had a younger sister, Anne Crotty Dapper Wells, who died before him in Sidney, British Columbia.