Results for "bass, acoustic"

Nelson Cascais

Born: February 3, 1973

Born in Lisbon in 1973. Studied at the Hot Clube Jazz School while keeping his classical studies at the National Conservatory. In 1994, as a graduate of the Hot Club School, he represented Portugal at the annual IASJ meeting, in New York, where he studied with Reggie Workman and Dave Liebman, and performing with other students at the JVC Jazz Festival and at Visiones. Attended Workshops with Bruce Barth, Phil Markowitz, Ron Jackson, Frank Mobus and Barrie Harris. Since then he has been playing in and out of Portugal with musicians such as: Rick Margitza, Jerome Richardson, Al Singer, Rich Perry Quartet, Ivan Paduart, António Faraó, Perico Sambeat, Bernardo Sassetti, Carlo Morena Trio, Victor de Diego Quintet, Isaac Turienzo Trio, Stefano D'Anna, Llibert Fortuny, among others. In 1999 played with a quartet along with John Ellis, Aaron Goldberg and Troy Davis. During this year he plays also with Bart Deffort, Andrzej Olejniczac and the Dave O'Higgins Quartet. Performed at the Serralves Jazz Festival in 1998 and 2002. Played at the Guimarães International Jazz Festival with the festival's Orchestra conducted by Maria Schneider in 2001. In 1999 he begans to work with his own band and two years later recorded his debut Cd as a leader "Ciclope". He has just released his new Cd "Nine Stories" with his new band featuring some of the most inpired musicians of the portuguese jazz scene.

Nikkis

Born: March 28, 1980

Matthew Parrish

Born: October 14, 1969

Matthew Parrish, has ‘come into his own’ as a sought after performer, arranger, composer, producer and instructor. Matthew brings skills and s wing as he puts his heart into every note he plays. He has a genuine warmth and loyalty to the music that transcends into every note, every tune, and every interaction with his fellow musicians.

Born in central California to hard-working, music-loving parents of four children, Matthew is the youngest to his next sibling by eleven years. With a variety of jazz, rock, and classical music being played around him since birth, whether live or recorded, and a father who played acoustic bass early in his military career, Matt was destined for a life dedicated to music. Although he started on trumpet in middle school, he switched from that instrument for the acoustic bass in a last minute decision of the heart right before his Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts music program audition. He was accepted as an acoustic bass student in jazz studies and he has never stopped learning his craft.

Matt Erion

Born: June 16, 1968

After years of playing in various groups in the Chicago area, I finally found the perfect combination of musicians. The Matt Erion trio has been together since 1999. The other members are Jim Abrahamson on Piano and Dave Anderson on Drums. Our first release is the culmination of five years of performing togehter. At the beginning of 2003 we decided to perform our own material exclusively. All three of us contribute compositions and our style is best described as mainstream with some contemporary sounds sprinkled in. We continue to perform at our favorite clubs in the Chicago area, and hope to branch out to other markets and venues in the coming year.

Mark Helias

Born: October 1

Bassist/Composer Mark Helias has been making innovative music since beginning his career in the mid seventies. He has enjoyed long musical associations with Edward Blackwell, Anthony Davis, Dewey Redman, Ray Anderson, Don Cherry and Gerry Hemingway.

Eight albums of his music have been released since 1984, including Split Image, The Current Set (1987), Desert Blue (1989) and Attack The Future, (1992) Loopin' the Cool (1995), Fictionary (1998), Come Ahead Back (1998) and New School (2001) Verbs of Will (2003).

Mr. Helias had a seventeen year association with the great drummer Edward Blackwell, with whom he recorded two CDs

Luciano Milanese

Born: July 15, 1950

Luciano Milanese plays with important italian musicians like Gianni Basso, Andrea Pozza, Dado Moroni, Tullio De Piscopo. He played in Italy with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Art Farmer, Chet Baker,Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Sal Nistico, James Moody, George Coleman, Steve Grossman, Slide Hampton, Ray Bryant, Kenny Drew, Walter Bishop, Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, Louis Hayes, Alvin Queen, Bobby Durham and many others

Linsy Farris

Born: October 1, 1937

I am a semi-professional playing strictly for my own and other's enjoyment.

Juliana French-Arnold

Born: May 5, 1985

Jim Ferguson

I was born James Warner Ferguson in Jefferson City, Missouri on December 10, 1950, the third child of James Austin and Fern Webb Ferguson. My father had been a high-school music teacher for much of the previous two decades, but by the time I was born, he had gone into church music. Before my second birthday, my family moved to South Carolina, where Dad took a music position in a large metropolitan church. I began singing in the childrens' choir when I was four years old. (Since Dad was in charge of the music program, I didn't miss many rehearsals.) When I got a little older, my parents started me on piano lessons with the church organist, but even though I continued the piano lessons into my teens, I was always more interested in singing. In my junior year of high school, I began studying voice with a teacher at the University of South Carolina

Jeaan-Paul Artero

Born: August 15, 1946

I am cofundator with pianist Yves Scotto and drummer Bernard Cesari of the French Sumo band since 1996. This band plays usually with a saxophonist but also with singers and we have a special show with tap dancing. Repertoire is going from mainsteam jazz (O Peterson, Monty Alexander) to Latin jazz (Sonny Rollins, Michel Camilo) with revisitation of some French Song (Nougaro, Legrand, Becaud)