Results for "bass, electric"

Everett B Walters

Everett B. Walters Smooth Jazz Recording Artist Guitarist- Michael Everett Brown and Bassist- Harold Walter Brown III, are the main ingredients of the smooth jazz recording artist: Everett B Walters. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, these gentlemen migrated to Las Vegas, NV. Their very first track written by HB and Mike AND THE STORY GOES LIKE THIS , was a European hit single on JAZZ FM double CD compilation, The Very Best of Smooth Jazz .From this compilation, the track was covered by Rendezvous Entertainment Recording Artist/Pianist Brian Simpson, on his latest recording, "IT'S ALL GOOD". After receiving rave reviews from radio stations around the globe, Everett B

Gino Foti

Born: January 1, 1963

Born in Messina, Sicily, Gino has been exposed to diverse types of music from an early age. Although not from a musical family, some of his earliest recollections are of his father playing European classical works and folk music from various Mediterranean countries on their record player, and his mother singing along to operas and popular Italian songs on the radio. Emigrating to the United States in the early seventies, at a time when jazz fusion and progressive rock were at the zenith of their popularity, he discovered the music of groups and artists like: Cream, Miles Davis, Al Di Meola, King Crimson, Lifetime, Mahavishnu Orchestra, John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Jean-Luc Ponty, Return To Forever, Rush, Carlos Santana, and Weather Report

Frank A. Stokes

New York City music with an indigenous twist...

Kam Falk

Born: August 16, 1963

A native of Chicago, Kam began learning music at an early age under the tutelage of his mother, a classical pianist, and the great concert pianist, Erna Salm. In the midst of his piano studies, he was recruited by his Grade-school orchestra to play cello - an instrument he continued to study throughout his college years. Kam comments, "This was significant because it gave me experience working in all sorts of ensembles playing chamber music and orchestral music and it introduced me to the music of the great composers." At age eleven, tragedy struck his family. His parents divorced, and his father returned to his native country, Jordan

Matthew Garrison

Born: June 2, 1970

Born June 2, 1970 in New York. Here he spent, with his mother Roberta Escamilla Garrison and sister Maia Claire Garrison, the first seven years of his life immersed in a community of musicians, dancers, writers, visual artists and poets. After the death of his father Jimmy Garrison (John Coltrane's bassist), his family relocated to Rome, Italy where he began to study piano and bass guitar. In 1988 Matthew returned to the United States and lived with his godfather Jack DeJohnette for two years. Here he studied intensively with both DeJohnette and bassist Dave Holland. In 1989 Matthew received a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston

Keith E. Cooper

Born: March 4, 1955

I am an accomplished electric bass guitar player and saxophonist who doubles on flute and clarinet. I have been a professional musician since 1972. I can sight read well and I sing lead and harmony. I have been in numerous bands including the US Army s 2nd Armored Division Band. I played baritone sax in the dance band. I played bass guitar and sang in the duty combo known as “The Statesmen”. In the chorus I was the section leader for the basses. I played both flute and piccolo in the concert band and the marching band. Civilian bands I have been in include the show band “The Boys Next Door.” I played bass, saxes, flute, some guitar and some keyboards as well as singing lead and harmony

John L. Schulman

Born: February 6, 1953

Berklee Class of 2010, private studies with jazz guru Charlie Banacos.

Joseph Alan Fears

Born: September 7, 1957

Born In Hasting Nebraska September 7th 1957, and began a musical career in 1968 after moving to Salina,Kansas with his family. at age 12 Joseph alan fears began as a bass guitar player & Singer, performing With Various Well Known R&B Bands . from 1970-1974 Joseph Performed with A Band Called”Kool-Sat & The Second Breeze” And Recorded His First Song “How Does It Feel”,Although,The Song was Written By All Of The Band Members-Albert Whitaker(drums) Mythias Wright(Guitar & Vocals) & Micheal Jackson(Organ) Back In 1970,Joseph Was The First To Join (BMI) & Copyright The Tune In 1976

Edo Castro

Born: April 24, 1959

Edo Castro is an eclectic modern instrumentalist borrowing from jazz, ambient, folk and world music - a chameleon who adapts his musical surroundings to create his montage of compositions. Castro is a SF Bay Area Native who grew up in the Haight-Ashbury during the 60’s. “ I was influenced by Sly Stone, Tower of Power, Cold Blood and Santana. There was so much music going on, it was pratically oozing out into the neighborhood. You couldn’t help not being affected," Castro recalls. He initially was a self-taught bassist but later attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. During his stay in Chicago he played with some of the finest young bloods of the music scene at that time including Jim Trumpeter, Fareed Haque, Mark Walker and Hassan Khan

Franc O'Shea

Born: October 16, 1966

FRANC O'SHEA Composer/Bass Guitar/Composer Franc was born of Irish, English and Spanish blood in Swaziland, Africa. He was influenced by the sounds of the native’s songs and drumming as his mother would take him to tribal gatherings. After living in Indonesia for two years he moved to England when he was 6 and took up the bass guitar at the age of 12. His open spirit led him to discover a love for all types of music including Jazz, Flamenco, Funk, Irish Folk, African, Rock and Classical. He was a founding member of the Brazilian dance combo BATU in 1992. Their first single ‘Seasons of my mind’ which they recorded in Paris became a world wide club and radio hit