Results for "bass, electric"

Justin Snikkar

Born: October 12, 1970

City Limits is all about originality. The 10 tracks that make up City Limits have a strong melodic sense that is complex yet will echo in your inner ear. The songs are steeped in the tradition of jazz but have a sense of adventure that can’t be contained. Justin Snikkar is a native Torontonian who has played bass on the scene and around the world for over 20 years in many guises. City Limits is his debut recording as a solo artist. All of the compositions are his, and are as revealing as any autobiography. After many years of hard knocks and honing his craft, he has constructed a product that’s ready to leave its mark on any open minded listener who’s ready to challenge their assumptions about what jazz can be. Justin is joined by Bob Brough on Sax, Marc Pizer on Drums, Mario Potestio on guitar and Sam Heineman on Hammond Organ. Influences for this CD are: Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Frank Zappa and Wayne Krantz. Tracks from City Limits can be heard on Galaxie

Chazz Gist

Born: July 28, 1992

Michael Fields, Jr.

Born: October 21, 1982

The wait is over Michael Fields, Jr. has finally emerged on to the music scene with his smooth and exhilarating bass playing. Lovette Road” is the debut single from Bassist/Producer, Michael Fields Jr. His gifts on the Bass are complimented by his skilled production and composing chops. Already receiving significant national airplay, including SiriusXM Watercolors and The Smooth Jazz Network, Michael is certainly an artist with a big upside, and is one to watch in the future. Michael has set to embark on his musical journey and to take it to a higher level. As a bassist, he has performed with such notable names as: Marcus Miller, Tom Brown, Ronnie Laws, Eledrege Jackson, Peabo Bryson, Tom Braxton & Jonathan DeBose Jr

Mike Starr

Born: April 4, 1966

Michael Christopher Starr born in Honolulu, Hawaii was best known as the original bassist in Alice in Chains, with whom he played from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993. In the mid 1980s Jerry Cantrell began a band called Diamond Lie which included drummer Sean Kinney and Starr on bass. Cantrell's roommate, singer Layne Staley, also agreed to join while having Cantrell join his funk project which ended shortly thereafter. Diamond Lie gained attention in the Seattle area and eventually took the name of Alice in Chains. The band was later signed to a record deal with Columbia Records and enjoyed extensive success via record sales and radio play in the grunge rock movement of the early 1990s. A demo called "The Treehouse Tapes" in 1988 won them a major-label deal with Columbia Records the next year

Joseph Robinson

Born: July 7, 1974

Alexander Kuzmin

Born: August 6, 1977

My name is Alexander Kuzmin. I am a composer, arranger, multiinstrumentalist. I was born and brought up in Sevastopol (the Crimean peninsula) in a jazz musicians family. In my early childhood I started listening to and playing music. I was greatly influenced by my parents’ music and by such bands as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Jaco Pastorius, John Scofield, Joe Zawinul, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Weather Report, Earth, wind & fire, Level 42, Deep Forest, etc. I followed my parents advice to enter a musical school and learn to play the piano. But later I got interested in playing the bass and sax and entered a jazz college in Kiev

Robert Rydman

Born: July 8, 1949

Born Winona, Mn Learned Guitar from Kignston Trio. Lessons from Hal Leonard. Bands many. Best band New World Congregation. Played Bass for NWC about five years. Since then studied bass and guitar. Like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Blues. Bold Bass & Blues Guitar.

Conor Willum Hanna

Born: November 5, 1991

Lenard Fleming

Lenard (Lenny) Fleming was born on August 7th, 1959 in New York City. He jumped out with music in his blood and bones. The son of phenomenal percussionist Leopoldo Fleming, and the grandson of legendary latin bassist Leo Fleming, you can say that it was inevitable that he play. Taught the rudiments of percussion at an early age by his father, Lenny explored other instruments as he grew. While attending J.H.S. 125 in the Bronx, he studied saxophone while in the school band. His instructor saw fit to place him in the District 8 All Star Band. This allowed him to go to London, England and perform

Travis Carlton

Travis Carlton started playing the bass around thirteen years old. He started on guitar a few years earlier playing mostly blues and rock, but soon gravitated towards the bass. During his high school years in Lebanon, Tennessee, Travis started playing bass in local rock bands. Around fifteen he started listening to more jazz and funk discovering music from The Meters, Bootsy Collins, Miles Davis, Herbie Handcock, Jimmy Smith, ect. In 2001 after a visit to California to see family, Travis decided to go to the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. There he took lessons for the first time on bass studying with great teachers such as Dave Keif, Ernest Tibbs, Putter Smith and Carl Schroder among others