Jazz Articles about Victor Wooten

Victor Wooten Band, Denver, CO, July 14, 2012

by Geoff Anderson
August 2, 2012

Victor Wooten BandCervantes Masterpiece BallroomDenverJuly 14, 2012How low can you go? You can't go any lower than the Victor Wooten Band. The band is deep, it's low, it's almost all bottom. This is a band where five members play bass. That is to say, five bass players. In one band. They didn't all play at the same time. Saturday night, the most bassists we heard at one time were only four. That is to say, ...

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth through Music

by Florence Wetzel
April 6, 2009

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music Victor L. Wooten Paperback; 288 pages ISBN: 9789022993538 Berkley Books 2008

Bassist Victor Wooten's book The Music Lesson is a tour de force, a bold and courageous exploration of how to shift one's consciousness and engage the world from a nonordinary perspective. This is not your usual jazz autobiography, but then Wooten is not your usual musician: the ...

Victor Wooten: Palmystery

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 20, 2008

Victor Wooten è uno dei bassisti tecnicamente più dotati che la attuale scena musicale sta esprimendo. Le sue radici sono dalle parti della musica Motown, nei paraggi di Stanley Clarke, Larry Graham e Bootsy Collins, anche se non mancano intriganti collegamenti con Jaco Pastorius e con la musica dei Weather Report dell’età di mezzo, come in questo album la iniziale “2Timers” lascia intendere in maniera esplicita e come le successive “I Saw God” e “Left, Right & Center” ribadiscono perfettamente. ...

Victor Wooten: Palmystery

by Woodrow Wilkins
March 15, 2008

There are those who believe jazz is the devil's music. However, many artists have used this music to express their spirituality and reverence for God. Bassist Victor Wooten is among those, presenting that side of himself with Palmystery. Wooten is a husband and father of four, as well as the youngest of the five Wooten Brothers. The group performed on the West Coast, opening for such acts as Curtis Mayfield and War. Wooten's influences on the bass include ...