Results for "bass, acoustic"

JabFung

JabFung is the creative brainchild of Toronto bassist Julian Anderson-Bowes and Los Angeles-based drummer Anthony Fung. Since 2014, the project has served as a vital bridge between local and international jazz scenes, anchored by semi-annual multi-night runs at Toronto’s Rex Hotel. Over the years, JabFung has hosted a rotating cast of heavyweights—from Canadian icons like Kirk MacDonald to American greats like George Garzone and contemporary peers like Leland Whitty (BADBADNOTGOOD).

The project has recently solidified into a quartet featuring Juno-nominated Cuban-Canadian masters Luis Deniz (saxophone) and Rafael Zaldivar (piano). Their 2025 debut, Epoch, established the group's reputation for an improvisational musical dialogue rooted in trust and a shared vision for collaborative, instinctual performances. This core quartet, defined by a decade of collective history, provides the foundation for the group's blend of technical prowess and raw emotional presence.

David L. Ross

Carlos Meneses

Born: January 9, 1979

Carlos Meneses is a double bassist, composer, and bandleader from the Canary Islands. He leads Carlos Meneses’ Hip Quartet, a creative project where contemporary jazz, original composition, and artistic collaboration converge into a distinctive and evolving musical language.

Since 2020, Meneses has released five albums — Sharp Jazz (2020), Jazz a.m. (2021), Like One (2022), [collabs] (2024), and Archinautas (2025) — establishing a coherent artistic path rooted in both tradition and innovation.

Fabbio Alonso

Born: March 27, 1986

Emerging from the instrumental music scene in the second decade of the 21st century, Fabbio Alonso (electric bass / double bass) is a Brazilian musician based in Madrid, Spain. An active instrumentalist since 2006, his music blends the harmonic and rhythmic elements of his Brazilian roots with aspects of post-bop jazz, progressive rock, and the European impressionist tradition.

DBD Trio

Born: August 7, 1979

DBD Trio is a band from Poland, their music is a synthesis of ideas about jazz. Each musician brings their unique baggage of musical experiences to embark on a journey together.

  Expressive melodies create a nostalgic atmosphere that can transport the recipient to a non-existent place. The classic formula of an acoustic piano trio makes you realize how much there is still to discover in this area. This music can be the sound background of a smoky jazz club, as well as the idyllic landscapes of a winding river. A honest and simple message will certainly find its audience.

The project started in 2023, with a meeting of three friends: Mateusz Dymek- piano, Dominik Drapikowski -drums, Piotr Bober- double base, the name DBD comes from first letters of their names.

Ron Wasserman

Dré Matsumoto

Born: June 21, 1972

Dré Matsumoto (aka André Marcel Ajamu Akinyele) is an American-Canadian residing in Yokohama. The bassist and multi-instrumentalist is known for his jazz-fusion-funk. His inspirations include Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding, and Ron Carter, to name a few. He was born in San Pablo, California as André Marcel Wilson, and changed his name to André Marcel Ajamu Akinyele in 2004. Why the name Dré Matsumoto? He stated that “Dré is half my name André, and Matsumoto is a Japanese name that I love the sound of.” A native of the San Francisco bay area, he currently resides in Toronto, Ontario Canada and Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan

Michael T. Geib

Born: February 11, 1985

Described as a “masterful” and “impressive” artist, double bassist Michael T. Geib defies musical boundaries. A true musical chameleon, he thrives in every artistic context and aspires to set a new standard of double bass playing in the twenty-first century. He has performed with countless notable artists, including but not limited to Benny Golson, Parry Karp, Linda Purl, Valerie Narjano, Jorja Fleezanis, Jamison Ross, Corrine Stillwell, Jodi Benson, 2CELLOS, David Benoit, Stefan Grasse, Kenny Garrett, Il Divo, Dave Douglas, Sharel Cassity, and Tess Remy-Schumacher. An in-demand recording artist with hundreds of credits to his name, he has performed on a multitude of projects for the Equilibrium, Naxos, Onyx Lane, Quam Audio, Sensory Overload, and Xolo Labels. 

Simon Paterson

Daren Burns

Born: April 17, 1971

Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joysof the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.-AliAkbar Khan

"If you miss the sensual part of music, you risk becoming agynecologist and not a lover"-Rabih Abou-Khalil

DAREN HOWARD BURNS, fretted and fretless electric bassplayer, composer, and improviser has been playing music fortwenty-two years and composing for ten years. Much of hismusical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how tomake new systems for developing improvisation in new ways.In the last three tears he has also become interested in Indianrhythmic and melodic systems.