Eddie Calhoun (November 13, 1921, in Clarksdale, Mississippi – January 27, 1994, in Paradise Lake, Michigan) was an American jazz double bassist.
[1] Calhoun was raised in Chicago, where he played with Dick Davis [de] (1947–49) and Ahmad Jamal (1951–52).
He worked with Horace Henderson (1952–54), Johnny Griffin (1954), Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, and Miles Davis.
He joined Erroll Garner in 1955 and played with him through 1966, recording extensively and touring worldwide.
[2] From 1980 to 1986 he accompanied pianist Lennie Capp, then joined the Chicago All-Stars alongside Erwin Helfer for a tour of Europe.