Results for "bass, acoustic"

Dominic Lash

Born: January 18, 1980

Dominic Lash is a freely improvising double bassist and (more recently) guitarist, although his activities also range much more widely. He first became known internationally for his work with The Convergence Quartet (with Taylor Ho Bynum, Harris Eisenstadt and Alexander Hawkins). He has performed with musicians such as Tony Conrad, Joe Morris, Evan Parker and Steve Reid. Currently based in Cambridge, his most regular collaborators include John Butcher, Angharad Davies, Matthew Grigg, Emil Karlsen, N.O. Moore, Heather Roche, Mark Sanders, Pat Thomas and Alex Ward. He has a longstanding interest in the music of Anthony Braxton, and is a member of Pat Thomas's group The Locals (recasting Braxton's music in funk style) as well as leading his own explorations of Braxton's music with the quintet Kelvin (with Charlotte Keeffe, Andrew Lisle, Heather Roche, and Huw Williams).

Kendall Eddy

Born: October 10, 1979

Over the past half decade, Kendall Eddy has been developing a reputation as a musician of great versatility and intuition. As an in-demand bassist in the Northeast region of the US, he has gathered a wealth of experience performing in a wide variety of musical settings, from small and large- ensemble jazz, to symphonic and chamber music, to totally improvised music. Kendall brings a unique sensitivity and wide-ranging musical awareness to every situation in which he is involved. Most notably, Kendall is the bassist in the theatrical/comedic/ improvisational group the Quartet of Happiness. Known across the Northeast (and quickly developing a reputation nationwide) for their off-kilter theatrics mixed thoroughly with accomplished musicianship, the QoH has made it their goal to bring jazz and improvised music to a wider audience

Kevin Pace

A winner of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, bassist Kevin Pace is gaining the attention of the straight-ahead jazz scene. He has performed with musicians such as Gretchen Parlato, David "Fathead" Newman, Jon Metzger, Freddie Redd, Jon Ozment, Steve Fidyk, Steve Abshire, John Jensen, and Greg Hyslop, a four-star recording artist in Downbeat Magazine. Pace has toured throughout Germany and Austria as well as in his own area, including a several spots at the East Coast Jazz Festival, where he returned as an assistant clinician for the 2002 festival and as a member of the Adam Janjigian Quartet in 2004 and 2005. A student of Jon Metzger, Tom Baldwin, and Charles Gambetta, Pace has an explosive, earthy, solid style that can be heard on several recordings

Sandro Sciarratta

Born: September 23, 1956

Sandro Sciarratta contrabbasso, elettronica, composizione Nasce nel 1956.Sin dal 1968/70 mostra particolare interesse per la musica jazz, anche per l'aiuto dello zio noto pittore d'avanguardia. Negli anni '70 si interessa alla musica, studiando da autodidatta il basso elettrico e susseguentemente il contrabbasso e fonda nel 1971 il Gruppo ORATORIO DI Falaride insieme al fratello Roberto ea Filippo Portera.Termina gli studi accademici nel 1976, partecipa in duo con F. Portera UNO NUMEROSI concerti in Sicilia, i festival jazz Qualifiche Agrigento 1978 e 1979 suonando con il Trio Cadmo, Lester Bowie e Revoluctionaty Ensemble.Ha suonato nei maggiori club dell'isola e in Italia.Nel 1982 registra per Raitre un concerto con il NEXT Ensemble tra , arricchito Dalla Presenza di Stefano Maltese, Sebi Tramontana e Gioconda Cilio, con i Qualifiche proseguirà un Sodalizio Che lo portera uno girare tutta l'isola in festival e rassegne di particolare interesse

Dan Berglund

Born: May 4, 1963

Dan Berglund was born in May 1963 and grew up in a small village in Sweden called Pilgrimstad near Ostersund. His father played accordion in an amateur band and his elder brother played guitar. They introduced him at an early age to very different styles of music including Swedish folk music, pop and rock.

Dan started to play the guitar when he was ten and soon after formed a band with his local friends. The band was made up of three guitarists and one drummer, so they were missing the bassist. Dan took over the bass part, first of all playing the bass lines on his guitar, then later his father bought him an electric bass and Dan was immediately fascinated by playing it

Torben Bjornskov

Born: March 16, 1966

Education Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium København (Teachers: Lars Danielson, Jesper Lundgaard, NHØP) Bands •Torben Bjørnskov Trio •Phil Parnell 3 •The Matthew Herbert Big Band •Psykofantastic •Lillian Boutté •Burich-l

Steve Haines

Born: May 16, 1971

Steve Haines (double bass) has played with Wycliffe Gordon, Paul Bollenback, Joel Frahm, Ralph Bowen, Joe Chambers, Dick Oatts, Fred Wesley, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Berg, and Joe Williams. His first album as a leader The Steve Haines Quintet: Beginner's Mind (Artist’s House Records) received international critical acclaim and was hailed as "one of the best inside/outside records of the year." His newest album as a leader, The Steve Haines Quintet with Jimmy Cobb: Stickadiboom (Zoho records) is available at www.amazon.com, or itunes. His most recent recording as a sideman is Chad Eby’s Broken Shadows (Cellar Live records), with Doug Wamble, and Jason and Branford Marsalis. He is an associate professor and directs the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic

Born: April 18, 1972

Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic is a New York-based acoustic bass player and composer who skillfully brings his background in the fine and performance arts to his projects. He is one of the primary forces behind BombX, Haleoscene, the 4 Runners and the Vienna Suite. When seeing those bands perform, the audience is treated to a life-changing experience. As one of the most creative and talented musician/composers in the new music scene, he has challenged both musicians and listeners to face the music within themselves and the world around them. He has inspired his colleagues to chart new territory within their own playing and writing while exposing the audiences to some of the most talented and exciting performers from all over the world. Nicolas has played and/or recorded with numerous people including: Archie Shepp, Odean Pope, Bill Roye, Avery Sharpe, Mark Helias, Steve Pott, Michael Attias, Loren Stillman, Peter Van Huffel, Colmore Duncan, David Bryant, Jacob Sacks, Gerald Cleaver, Nicholas Sager, Danny Fisher, Take Toriyama, Ziv Ravitz, Kris Davis, Jeff Davis, Georg Vogel, Gunter Gruner, Daniel Carter, Salim Washington

Rafal Mazur

Born: June 17, 1971

Rafal Mazur's involvement with music began in his youth with violoncello studies in Krakow. He switched to bass guitar in the late 1980's. Since 2000 he has played an acoustic bass guitar built to his own specifications by luthier Jerzy Wysocki. He has developed an advanced and individual approach to his instrument, and to improvisation in general, in which sonority, extended technique and gesture combine effortlessly in performance. He has taken an important role in Kraków to support young artists and improvised music. A founder of the ImproArt studio of improvisation, he has performed jazz and improvised music in clubs and festivals across Poland and Europe, and in China, South Korea and Israel

Aaron Immanuel Wright

Born: August 7, 1979

Chicago saxophonist Dudley Owens and New York bassist Aaron Immanuel Wright have joined forces, forming a powerful band that is scheduled to tour the United States and Canada in 2012 as the Owens and Wright Experience. On their new record, People Calling (Origin 82611), Owens and Wright each introduce a handful of explosive, reflective, political, and hard-swinging compositions. Composer and bassist Aaron Immanuel Wright was raised in a musical family in Oregon. His grandmother Geneva Wright, a music educator and composer, introduced him to the piano. She also encouraged him to write down music as early as age nine