Results for "bass, acoustic"

Will Lyle

Will Lyle (born 1994) is an upright and electric bassist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and producer from Orange County, California and based in Los Angeles. A year after graduating from Berklee College of Music, he toured with GRAMMY award-winning drummer Billy Kilson's quartet to Japan in 2017. After a year of playing in Los Angeles, he became a member of the hard bop pianist Jon Mayer's trio (alumnus of John Coltrane, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and others) with Roy McCurdy (of Cannonball Adderley's group) on drums. He has since also performed with Ralph Peterson, Bob Sheppard, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Pasquale Grasso, Ralph Moore, Joshua Breakstone, Randy Napoleon, Clayton Cameron, Gerry Gibbs, Erena Terakubo, Ricky Woodard, Steve Hass, Barbara Morrison (with John Stephens' Big Bluzzy Band), Melissa Morgan, Francisco Torres, Joey Sellers/Ben Clatworthy's System VI, Ron Escheté, Jackie Ryan, Jonathan Pinson (with Ian Buss at Dizzy's in San Diego), Gary Matsumoto, John Storie, Ilya Serov, Lizzie and the Triggermen, Lia Booth, Tony Guerrero, Kevin Kanner, Mikan Zlatkovich, Gilbert Castellanos, Peter Sprague, Gene Jackson, Jacques Lesure, Lawrence Leathers, Miki Yamanaka, Barry Minnifield (The Voice), Eric Reed (with Gaslamp Quarter Orchestra), Victory Boyd, Art of Verse, and Sumerian Records artist Bones UK

Henk de Laat

Born: January 10, 1961

Bass player and vocalist Henk de Laat studied with honours at the Rotterdam Conservatory where he graduated as a master in jazz and contemporary music in 1987. He completed his classical bass studies in 1988. Then he studied vocals with Deborah Brown and Ge Titulaer for two years. Later he developed his voice with the aid of Henry Chef d’Horge from Paris who taught him a natural and organic way of singing. He is currently in a vocal study program with Rhiannon, teacher at the Berklee College of Music, Boston. In 1980 Henk started his musical career with a band called X-tra, playing ska- music

Bruce Wallace

During his busy career, Bruce has played not only the role of consummate side man, but being the superb bassist that he is, he can also solo, and has led and managed both jazz and rock ‘n’ roll groups. Early on, he served as the sound engineer on several projects for a recording studio in Los Angeles, and also did some producing for “Fat Chance Recording.” He has played on many jingles and demo recordings for various artists, and more recently he co-produced and performed in a jazz CD entitled “Soiree”. Bruce was born in Pittsburgh, studied trombone privately in high school, and eventually majored in trombone and minored in bass at Duquesne University School of Music

Martin-Eero Koressaar

Born: September 19, 1989

Martin-Eero Kõressaar ('89) is a double bass player from Estonia. He started out as a trumpet player at 1997 and gradually moved over to tuba. Midst that he also began taking bassguitar lessons under Mihkel Mälgand. All that in Saue Musicschool. After a year in filmschool (2010), he took up double bass in Georg Ots Musicschool under Toivo Unt. Currently he studies in Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, in the jazz department, under Taavo Remmel and in Codarts, Rotterdam (NL), in the latin department, under various tutors. He has also taken lessons from Ara Yaralyan and a semester with Kristjan Randalu

Nathan Pence

Dave Michel

Born: September 19, 1956

Dave Michel started in professional audio in the dinosaur days of analog, working as a field technician in the transition time from analog to digital (during the heyday of the "Minneapolis sound"), and ended up liking digital so much that he is now a software developer. While he was at Minnesota Pubic Radio in the 1980's, he was the primary recording engineer for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, recording performances by Pinchas Zuckerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Murray Perahia, Nigel Kennedy, Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, Kronos Quartet and others. He also assisted with recordings and live broadcasts of the Minnesota Orchestra. Dave is an active musician, and served on the Bethlehem Music Series board in the Vision/Program Concepts role for five years

Keith Stefano

Greg Cordez

UK-born, New Zealand raised, Cordez has lived and worked in London, Madrid, and New York City. A busy bassist, composer and educator now settled in the vibrant Bristol music scene. As a jazz performer, Cordez has performed and recorded with Tony Malaby, Jon Cowherd, Steve Cardenas, Kenny Wollesen, Allison Miller, Kirk Knuffke, Micheal Blake, Iain Ballamy, Jason Rebello, Tim Garland, Huw Warren, Martin France, Chris Biscoe, Andy Sheppard, Sam Crockatt, Gareth Lochrane, John Law amongst others. In 2013 Cordez started work on his project involving the talents of Jake McMurchie, Nick Malcolm, Jim Blomfield, and Mark Whitlam

Nathan Riki Thomson

Born: July 1, 1972

Nathan Riki Thomson is a double bass player, composer and workshop leader. He can also often be heard playing various western and non-western flutes, as well as African kalimbas. Nathan has collaborated and performed with musicians from many parts of the world, with a special interest in Africa, where he lived and worked with traditional musicians for five years. During his time in Tanzania Nathan established the Amani Ensemble and was a student of master musician Dr. Hukwe Zawose. Nathan was born and raised in Australia where he completed undergraduate studies at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and later at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London

Carlos Costa