Results for "bass, electric"

patrick nanjero

Born: October 8

At the time of writing this, Ricky and his wife had just been blessed with their first child, a baby boy called Liron Lukhachi. Baba Liron is a great soul, a wonderful bassist and a man who can be relied on to speak his mind in truth, honesty and no malice. He joined the band in 2005 and has made a most significant contribution! Born Patrick Enos Lukhachi Nanjero, in Nairobi on 8 October 1980, Ricky is a great lover of all things musical, laughter and ugali or busuma. I challenge any other band to an ugali-eating competition and I assure you we shall win. (Terms and conditions apply. Eligible bands must comprise 12 or fewer members)

Ernest Barteldes

Born: February 24, 1968

Born in Muskegon, Michigan, Ernest Barteldes started out playing in rock bands in Fortaleza, Brazil. Though his first instrument was the clarinet, he gravitated to guitar and percussion but eventually settled on the electric bass. Over the years he played various genres, and after relocating to New York he started performing with a Beatles tribute band. After that project came to an end, he experimented with a blues duo (playing guitar) and then retreated from the music scene for several years except for a weekly gig at The Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, where he still performs every Sunday. While away from the stages, Ernest went behind the scenes and built a career as a music critic covering jazz, Latin, Brazilian and dance for various publications, including AAJ He always had a passion for Brazilian music, and after a friend suggested forming a bossa band, he threw himself into this new project as bassist, vocalist and songwriter.

Charlie Hoats

Born: January 21, 1969

Over a lengthy professional career, Charlie Hoats has had the privilege of performing with Rick Margitza, Marvin Stamm, Gunnar Mossblad, Marcus Roberts, Denis DiBlasio, Gene Bertoncini, Phil Keaggy, Claudio Roditi, Chris Vadala, Jack Wilkins, Jimmy Bruno, Clay Jenkins, Kim Richmond, Christian Howes, Sunny Wilkinson, Ray Kaczinski, Danny Draher, The Butterfat Trio, Walt Weiskopf, Edye Evans Hyde, Melvin Rynes, Michael Brecker, and many others. Additional performance experience includes the National Touring Company of Grease; regional productions of Pump Boys and Dinettes, Ten November, Beehive, and other small- and large- scale musicals; and numerous performances with local and regional jazz, blues, and pop groups

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).