Results for "bass, electric"

Bill Bernhard

Born and Raise in Cleveland, Ohio. Began playing trumpet at age 10 and Electric Bass At age 12. After school focused in on Electric Bass. Moved to sunny Florida in the late 80's.

Freebo

From bass player/band member with Bonnie Raitt for a decade to countless studio sessions and tours with artists ranging from John Mayall, CSN, Maria Muldaur and Ringo Starr, to T.V. appearances on "Saturday Night Live," "Midnight Special," and "Muppets Tonight," as well as tuba performances with Dr. John and the legendary Spinal Tap, Freebo has achieved status and respect in a creative and highly competitive field. Not satisfied with simply resting on his laurels as a top sideman, however, Freebo has continued to push his creative envelope, and has evolved into an award winning singer/songwriter with three solo CDs to his credit; 1999's "The End Of The Beginning," 2002's "Dog People" (songs about the human/canine connection), and his latest, "Before The Separation”, which was nominated in 5 categories in the JPF Awards, had 2 songs in the top 10 of the International Songwriting Competition, and won the prestigious South Florida Folk Festival Songwriting Competition. Showing his complete arrival and comfort as a singer/songwriter, The Philadelphia Inquirer said of his latest CD, “Freebo’s stepping into a new role of singer/songwriter suits him well

James Jamerson

Born: January 29, 1938

Motown's tormented genius, James Jamerson is unanimously acclaimed as the first virtuoso of the electric bass. James has influenced (whether they know it or not) every electric bassist to ever pick up the instrument. Arriving at Motown in 1959, James' bass playing evolved over the next decade from a traditional root-fifth cocktail style of bass playing into an astonishing new style built upon a flurry of sixteenth-note runs and syncopations, "pushing the envelope" dissonances, and fearless and constant exploration. From 1964 to 1972, the entire Motown era flourished in large part due to the driving sound of James Jamerson's innovative bass playing

Ernest Tibbs

Ernest Tibbs was born and raised in Los Angeles, having grown up in a very musical family. His father constantly exposed him to different sounds and his aunt Bobbette Jamison-Harrison, is a well-known and sought after vocalist. His home was filled with all the sounds of R&B, Gospel, Jazz, and even singer-songwriter Pop music. It was when Ernest was 11 that his grandmother bought him his first bass. His Father introduced him to the basslines of Ray Brown and Neils Henning Orsted Pederson. His father's philosophy was if you want to be a real bass player, your walking lines had to be impeccable

Vladislav Borkovski

Vladislav Borkovski / Bassist / Producer / Composer Vladislav a native of Vilnus, Lithuania now a New York City resident is bringing his talent to the United States. Educated at the B. Dvarionas Music School, then at the J-Tallat-Kelpsa Conservatoire where he mastered his skills as a performer and Big Band Leader. Presently he is collaborating / working with an array of musicians in the most diverse musical contexts. Over the past twenty (20) years Mr. Borkovski has been an invited performer at international festivals throughout Lithuania, the Ukraine, France, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, China, India, Russia, Slovenia, Austria, and Norway

John Litzenberg

Born: January 2, 1965

Blues. Jazz. Country. Bluegrass. Reggae. Folk. Rock. Punk. Goth. Funk. Classical. When you've been playing and singing since age 8, there's not much out there you haven't heard, if your ears are open. And keeping my ears open (and fingers nimble) is what still drives me after 34 years of singing and playing guitar, bass, piano, clarinet, dobro, mandolin, lap steel amd percussion; and writing songs in the style of any album that hit my turntable. Blues and rock on the Sunset Strip; folk and avant-garde jazz in Boston, music education continued at Berklee on a voice scholarship, more blues in Memphis, country in Seattle and beyond, and now post-Katrina playing blues, funk, r & b and jazz in Natchitoches, Louisiana with some great players, like Hardrick Rivers and Pop Hymes.

Jason Raso

Born: July 17, 1976

Jason Raso continually unwraps little gifts to the listener, as he explores a variety of phrasing and lays down a groove so deep that you need a miner's lamp to find your way. If it can be played on the bass, Jason Raso is your man: from jazz to blues and on down the line into funk and latin, he's got a handle on it. Jason's five solo albums ("The Bassman Cometh" - 2001, "Live on Planet Bop" - 2002, "Detour" - 2005, "An Abominable Christmas" - 2006, and "Time Pieces" - 2007) showcase his strong melodic sense, extraordinary technique, and innate ability to lay down a groove. Jason's bass influences include Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Charles Mingus and Jaco Pastorius. No stranger to the live music scene, Raso has close to 400 gigs under his belt

Harvey G Brooks

Born: July 4, 1944

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Dewayne Pate

Born: October 2, 1960

Dewayne Pate was born in Richmond California, in the cradle of East Bay Funk, and started playing bass at the age of 15. In 1980 Dewayne moved to Los Angeles where he attended the Musicians Institute and studied with bass virtuoso Jeff Berlin. Since returning to the Bay Area Dewayne has displayed his wide dynamic range and versatility by working with artists such as Huey Lewis and the News, Tracy Nelson, Pete Escovedo, Ray Obiedo,Charlie Musselwhite, Henry Butler, Long John Baldry, Chris Cain, Bonnie Hayes,Duke Robillard,Betty LaVette,RAD, Johnny Hiland, and most recently, a 2 year stint with guitar God Robben Ford. In 1992 Dewayne released the highly acclaimed instructional video entitled---" The Art Of Tapping" by Video Progressions, and just released his first solo CD entitled "Melting Pot" with special guests--Robben Ford, Dennis Chambers, Andy Narell, Marc Russo, and Johnny Hiland

Daren Burns

Born: April 17, 1971

Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joysof the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.-AliAkbar Khan

"If you miss the sensual part of music, you risk becoming agynecologist and not a lover"-Rabih Abou-Khalil

DAREN HOWARD BURNS, fretted and fretless electric bassplayer, composer, and improviser has been playing music fortwenty-two years and composing for ten years. Much of hismusical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how tomake new systems for developing improvisation in new ways.In the last three tears he has also become interested in Indianrhythmic and melodic systems.