Results for "bass, electric"

Carol Kaye

Born: March 24, 1935

Throughout the 1950s Kaye played bebop jazz guitar in dozens of nightclubs around Los Angeles with many noted bands including Bob Neal's jazz group, Jack Sheldon backing Lenny Bruce, Teddy Edwards and Billy Higgins.

By her own account Kaye got into lucrative studio work "accidentally" in late 1957 with Sam Cooke. A few years later, when a bass player failed to show for a session at Capitol Records in Hollywood, she was asked to fill in on what was then often called the Fender bass.

Throughout the 1960s, she played bass on a significant percentage of records appearing on the Billboard Hot 100, although she was almost wholly unknown to the general public at the time.

Kaye played bass on many of the Beach Boys hit recordings, including "Good Vibrations", "Help Me, Rhonda", "Sloop John B" and "California Girls"

Tony Grey

Born: 1975

Tony Grey was born in Newcastle, England in 1975 where music was just another family member.

At the age of 18 Tony broke his back in a horrific car accident. It was during his recovery he started playing the bass and whilst under the watchful eye of legendary guitarist John McLaughlin, Tony successfully auditioned for a scholarship to the world-renowned Berklee College Of Music in Boston

Whilst at Berklee, Tony took time out to join the newly formed pop band Bliss. The group had signed a major record deal with the legendary record producer Terry Ellis who in the past discovered Billy Idol, Jethro Tull, Blondie, Huey Lewis & The News, Pat Benitar to name a few

Thomas Firth

Tom Firth has studied music education and performance at University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, The Detroit Arts Institute, Interlochen Arts Camp, Jackson Community College and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Spring Arbor University. He has received numerous awards for performance including the Wolftrap Young Artists Award, winner of the American Federation of Musicians Vocalist Competition and many other scholarship and competitive awards. Soloist with the University of Michigan's Men's Glee Club, choral performances with the Detroit Symphony and numerous solo engagements with the Jackson Symphony and other area orchestras. As a bassist, Tom has been performing in various jazz and pop combos for over 30 years and has several recording performances to his credit in contemporary, jazz and "classical" genres

Tim Paul Weiner

I'm a freelance bassist, songwriter and composer on the east coast. I am a Fodera and Epifani artist and a Berklee College of Music Film Scoring graduate and have a Masters degree from the Longy School of Music. I've studied jazz bass with John Lockwood, classical bass with Pascale Delache-Feldman, free music with Joe Morris, and improvisation with Peter Cassino. The first release by my group, Evoke Ensemble, “Groove for Peace”, is a collection of my original music and is an eclectic, bass-driven musical hybrid steeped in groove and improvisation, inspired by jazz, influenced by film, with flavors running the full musical spectrum from world music to classical and beyond. Bass Frontiers Magazine called it “a much needed and very cool release!” Listen to my album with my group Evoke Ensemble at any of these links: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/groove-for-peace/id544493842, www.timpaulbass.com, www.evoke-ensemble.com, http://timpaulbass.bandcamp.com/, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/timpaulweiner

Gerry Clayton

Born: October 12, 1942

1958-1963 Merseybeat band member "Karl Terry & The Cruisers.

1963 1966 Member Hobo Rick & The City Slickers (Ricky Tomlinson).

1966-1974 The George Richardson Quartet

1974-1988 Worked in social clubs as "Backing Musician" on Bass Guitar.

1988 to date. Started my own quartet in 1988. Now mainly on "Double Bass". Working the hotels in Blackpool.Enjoyed Theatre Pit Work" in Hello Dolly, Oklahoma and several Pantomines. Resident Bass Player with The Festival Jazzmen and The Jazz Aces.Back Jazzmen - Roy Williams, Humphrey Littleton, John Barnes, Kenny Ball etc.,etc. Became a member of Blackpool Symphony Orchestra.

Al Criado

Born: February 19, 1952

Bassist Al Criado was born in Havana, Cuba and started playing professionally in Chicago, Ill. at the age of nineteen. He moved to Los Angeles in 1978 where he lived for twelve years, and is presently residing in the Pacific Northwest since 1989. Accomplished in both fretted and fretless electric basses, Mr. Criado is well versed in all styles of the instrument, intimately immersed in Jazz, Funk, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean, and African repertoires. Al has worked with such luminaries as: Alex Acuña; Obbo Addi; Justo Almario; Susan Anton; Baked Potato House Band (Quest); Marty Ballin; Justo Betancourt; Baya; Mel Brown; Jimmy Buffet; John "JB" Butler; George Cables; Don Cherry; Dihan Carroll; Linda Clifford; Norman Connors; Luis Conte; Rita Coolidge; Mayuto Correa; Sammy Davis Jr.; Dariush; The Drifters; The Emotions; The Fifth Dimension; Faramaz Aseff; Brandon Fields; Steve Freyette; Foday Musa Susso; Chico Freeman; Frank Gambale; David Garfield; Dizzy Gillespie; David Goldblatt; Tom Grant; Robert Grennidge; Jasmine Guy; Eddie Harris; Tootie Heath; Michael Henderson; Joe Heredia; Gary Hobbs; “Stix” Hooper; Bruce Hornsby; Thelma Houston; Linda Hopkins; Linda Hornbuckle; Shirley Jones; The Jones Girls; Andrei Kitaev; Eartha Kitt; L.A

Eric Soleil

Born: July 9, 1961

A unique blend of symphonic instruments with jazzy undertones, JasmPhonia is the nom de guerre of Eric Soleil, a gifted multi-instrumentalist/composer who utilizes acoustic symphonic voices and midi composition to create a rich mixture of chamber music and Nu-jazz styling. Eric has compiled his first CD, "Ad Astra Per Aspera" (To The Stars Thru Difficulty). For the longest time, Eric felt deeply riveted in classical music, particularly material from the baroque period. Even as a youngster he can remember feeling transported by this music's linear melody lines and their complex harmonic counterpoints

Alessandro Bottura

Born: June 3, 1984

Alessandro Bottura, 03/06/1984, started to get interested in music since he was a child, studying piano for 5 years, then guitar and drums until 2000, when he landed to the bass as self-taught. With the rock band NoLogo he performed in lots of liveshows in Modena, winning also the contest "Suonatecele 2" announced by La Tenda. From 2002 he started the "Accademia di Musica" in Modena, following both the theory class taken by M° Giuseppe La Monica and the instrument course with M° Enrico Lazzarini (2002-2006) and M° Glauco Zuppiroli (2006-2007). From 2004 to 2006 he's playing with band Landslide Ladies, getting gigs all across Italy (Milano, Torino, Roma, Venezia, Padova, Vicenza, Bologna, Bari, etc.). In 2007 he has confered a degree on music at the D.A.M.S

Joseph M. Anderson

Born: October 29, 1961

Born in Greenwood, South Carolina and having grown-up 15 miles from Augusta, Georgia in Trenton SC., Joe is a Graduate of the "James Brown University of Funk".

Attended South Carolina State College where he recieved many awards for his musicianship, from Marching Band, Symphonic Band. and Jazz Ensemble.

Joe as performed with many Artist over the years, including Stevie Wonder, Paul Bollenback, and of corse The Godfather of Soul Mr. James Brown.

Richard Cohen

Born: May 22, 1950

After almost 50 years of bass playing (on and --mostly-- off) I am getting serious about understanding music.