Results for "bass, electric"

Jerry Jemmott

Born: March 22, 1946

Born in the Bronx, New York in 1946, this two time Grammy Award-wining bassist was one of the pre-eminent session bassists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, working with an impressive cross section of the era's finest soul, jazz and blues artists. One of the youngest of the many jazz musicians to come out the Bronx during the 1950s, Jerry Jemmott found his way to prominence on acoustic bass with Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers and the Mercer Ellington Orchestra. He switched to electric bass in 1964 and shaped his skills to eventually join many of his heroes in the recording studios of New York City. He played on and arranged his first major recording sessions with JJ Jackson and played on Nina Simone's 'The Blues' album in 1965. He got his big break when he was discovered by Rhythm 'n Blues/Jazz saxophonist King Curtis, and thanks to his Atlantic Records connection through Curtis he subsequently became a key architect of the Atlantic Records and Muscle Shoals Sound. Jerry has been a performer since the age of five, starting as a tap dancer with Mary Bruce’s Star Buds, in Harlem, where he performed at Carnegie Hall in their annual review

Darren Frate

Velvet Voyage is a jazz based group fluent in many styles. After forming in 2009, Vincent Veith (piano), Ivan George (drums) and Darren Frate (bass) released their self titled cd ”Velvet Voyage”. That cd featured all original tracks with guest artists Jamey Haddad (percussion for Paul Simon) and Bobby Selvaggio (sax). In 2010 the group added woodwind player Dave Kasper to the lineup and released their second cd “Dysfunction Junction” which featured guitarist Mike Stern (Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius) on the track “Saho”. Velvet Voyage has toured throught the country and is currently working on their third release

Jeff Bernstein

Born: July 1, 1959

Jeff Bernstein has been playing bass for 50 years, and has performed in a number of jazz, fusion and classic rock groups and big band jazz ensembles. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he now calls Atlanta home. His influences are Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Haslip, Lee Ritenour, Leland Sklar, and others. He has performed over the years on numerous commercials and studio sessions, and performed live across the NY metro area's venues.

Robin Bramlett

Paul Rutschka

Born: 1983

Bassist, composer, producer

Ivan Bodley

Ivan "Funkboy " Bodley is bass player and musical director to the stars. He has performed with 24 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame™ inductees and counting. He is musical director for Sam Moore, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Shirelles, The Crystals, The Tokens and has performed with: Sting, Elvis Costello, The Temptations, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge, Eddie Floyd, Rufus & Carla Thomas, Bo Diddley, Buster Poindexter, The Uptown Horns, Paul Rodgers, Wynonna Judd, and David Foster. Appearances include: Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Today Show, Emeril Live, Imus in the Morning, Charlie Rose Show, Live with Regis & Kelly, Creative Coalition Obama Inaugural Ball, Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, and Israel Symphony Orchestra. Ivan is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Berklee College of Music

Justin Schornstein

Justin Schornstein is a bassist and composer living in Boston, MA. Justin graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music, with Degrees in Performance and Film Scoring and minors in Orchestral Conducting and Video Game Scoring. As an artist, Justin is interested in advancing the role of the bassist as a composer and producer. His current work attempts to reconcile technology and organic music, in the form of his upcoming solo record and quartet record. In addition to his work as a composer, Justin has performed and/or recorded with David Fiuczynski, Kenwood Dennard, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lalah Hathaway, Paula Cole, Don Was, Nona Hendryx, The Doubleclicks, Joe Travers (Zappa Plays Zappa, Duran Duran) and Bill King (Janis Joplin).

Red Redmond

"Smooth grooves punctuated with deep trance and jazz fusion textures" is how Red's bass style has been described. With a mind for always playing complimentary textures and accents, Red has taken his 25 years of live and studio experience and distilled a style incorporating such World styles as Afrobeat and Cuban/ Latin with European modern rock and jazz.

Edamir Costa

Born: March 12, 1971

Studied bass guitar in Petrópolis in Oficina de Musica de Petrópolis with André Lu�-s, ear training and theory with Paulo Trocolli, Flávio Pantoja and harmony with Victor Santos. Sudied at CIGAM �" RJ (Centro Ian Guest de Aperfeiçoamento Musical) ear training Wilhams Pereira and harmony with Ian Guest. Private bass lessons with Ronaldo Diamante (Terezópolis). Attended workshops whit many musicians like: Marco Pereira, Adriano Giffoni, Yuri Daniel, Pedro Barreiros, Dod�' Ferreira, Rui Mota, Hugo Danin, Claudio Infante, Alberto Jorge, T.M Stevens... Worked as teacher at Oficina de Música de Petrópolis in Brazil

Leonardo Lucini

Born in Rio de Janeiro and currently living near Washington, DC, bassist Leonardo Lucini has been bringing the sounds of Brazilian jazz to American audiences for over a decade. Lucini is a virtuoso performer on electric and acoustic bass. Trained in both classical and jazz styles, he holds a master’s degree in music performance from University of Maryland. He is knowledgeable about many world music styles, including a vast range of Latin music. His own compositions are often based on unique Brazilian rhythmic styles, going far beyond the expected samba and bossa nova to Maracatu and Afoxe