Results for "bass, electric"

Marcus Miller

Born: June 14, 1959

Marcus Miller, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2001, was born in Brooklyn in 1959 and raised in Jamaica, New York. He came from a musical family and was influenced early on by his father, a church organist and choir director, as well as his musical extended family (which included the extraordinary Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist for Miles Davis during the late fifties and early sixties!). He displayed an early affinity for all types of music. By the age of thirteen he was already proficient on the clarinet, piano, and bass guitar and had begun composing music. The bass guitar, however, was his love and by the age of fifteen, he was working regularly in New York City with various bands

Abe Laboriel

Born: July 17, 1947

Abraham Laboriel is a world renowned bassist and the founder of the band KOINONIA. He was born and raised in Mexico City where he received his earliest musical training from his father, a gifted guitarist and composer. His first recording was at age 10 as part of a "rock and roll" group called "Los Traviesos". After performing in Mexico thru his teen years as both a musician and an actor, he moved to Boston where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from the Berklee School of Music in 1972. During that time he recorded with faculty member, famed vibraphonist Gary Burton. He traveled with Johnny Mathis, Michel Legrand, and Henry Mancini and moved to Los Angeles in 1976 to begin a very diverse and fruitful studio recording career. He has performed and recorded with many jazz artists including George Benson, Larry Carlton, the Crusaders, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Al Jarreau, John Klemmer, Manhattan Transfer, Joe Pass, Joe Sample, Lalo Shifrin, Diane Schuur, Sara Vaughan, and Joe Zawinul

Hugh Hopper

Born: April 29, 1945

Hugh Hopper is perhaps the central figure of the whole Canterbury scene. In a career spanning over thirty years, he has played with literally everyone: Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean, Mike Ratledge, Phil Miller, Dave Stewart, Pip Pyle...

Hopper was one the founder members of the seminal Wilde Flowers in 1964. During the 60's, he also worked in an experimental context with guitarist Daevid Allen (who later founded or co-founded Soft Machine and Gong). After leaving the Wilde Flowers, he became Soft Machine's roadie, and when Kevin Ayers departed for a solo career, he swapped roles and moved to the role of bass player, remaining in the band until 1973 and playing on most of Soft Machine's classic albums.

In the early days of Soft Machine, Hopper was a prolific songwriter (his song "Memories" became a standard, even covered by Whitney Houston!), but when the Softs opted for an instrumental format, he kept the same level of inspiration, providing compositions full of unusual yet catchy riffs, and experiments with sounds (Hopper was a pioneer in the use of 'tape loops'), for instance on the groundbreaking Third (1970), which featured his own "Facelift," one of the Canterbury "hymns" alongside "Nan True's Hole" and "Calyx." Although he provided the bulk of the material for Fourth (1971), his creative input sadly decreased over the next couple of years, contributing short and rather minimal pieces to 5 and Six.

Hopper left Soft Machine in May 1973, shortly after the release of his first solo album, 1984, which had good jazz-rock instrumentals on one side, and a long experimental and partly improvised composition/collage on the other

Jimmy Haslip

Born: December 31, 1951

Jimmy Haslip grew up in a rich musical environment. As a youth, he listened to Latin and salsa music around the house, including such Latin music icons as Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Machito, Ray Barretto, Celia Cruz and Eddie Palmieri, to name a few. In addition to learing various Latin dances from his parents, Jimmy learned how to play a lot of basic Latin rhythms on the different percussion instruments that they had around the house. He learned to play authentically on the claves, maracas, cowbell, bongos and the guido, which gave him that keen sense of time and rhythm that surfaces in his bass playing today. His older brother Gabriel also played Jimmy some jazz and classical music, so he had exposure to John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Eric Dolphy, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck on one hand, and the music of Debussy, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart and Mahler on the other

El Chicano

El Chicano made the scene in 1970 with a Gerald Wilson composition 'Viva Tirado" which garnered them with being named #1 Jazz group of the year. And went on to earn their first gold record.Have continued on over a 40yr. span to travel the world and still performing today. Just completing another tour with celebrating their 40th anniversary by peforming at the Woodstock West Fest in San Francisco that was also a 40yr. anniversary . Always being hailed by fans "Viva El Chicano" and they truly have still going strong !

Vaughn Bratcher

Born: August 18, 1952

Vaughn Bratcher put down his Cornet and picked up his first Electric Bass Guitar at the age of 13. From there he went on to perform with a family teenaged group “The Uniques” in the late 60’s. He played in church and with local R&B bands through high school and college. While at Towson State University, he met Gregg Hatza, a Baltimore based pianist/organist who instructed piano theory and harmony at the college but also was the leader of a Latin/Jazz group “Moon August”. Vaughn recorded one album with the group. After several years with Moon August, Vaughn went on to”Free-Lance” as a bassist with some of Baltimore and Washington, DC’s area talent

Kevin Wells

Born: June 10

The career of KWT4 is long, varied and continues to evolve at every turn. Their music has captivated audiences throughout the United States. And has built a loyal following by never doing the same thing twice. Combining jazz with elements of R&B, and pop music. Tom Theabo has been a guitarist/arranger/writer for more than 35 years. A full time musician and teacher, his style is a unique voice in the jazz world and immediately recognizable. He has shared the stage with George Benson, Chuck Mangione and Gene Bertoncini. He continues to shape his artistry on guitar as well as an arranger and song writer

Deep Pocket Theory

Born: August 1, 1970

Gary Short has performed several covert operations for the CIA. He sleeps once a week, in a chair sitting up facing the wall. While on vacation in Canada, he successfully negotiated with a group of terrorists who had seized a small hockey rink and demanded Bush's resignation ( I think they were from California). The laws of physics do not apply to him. He balances, weaves, he dodges, he frolics and his bills are all paid. Oh yeah, he also plays bass for Deep Pocket Theory... writes music, too.

Rick Bishop

Born: April 8, 1955

Rick Bishop: What 4 CD Review by Lucky Clark- Rick Bishop Offers Topnotch Jazz CD Reviewer: Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel More than 10 years ago I brought a new album by an old favorite to your attention when I interviewed Rick Bishop about his then new release, "From The Inside." It's with great pleasure that I bring his latest CD, "What 4," into the spotlight. This jazz album is aliberal helping of various styles presented in an accessible way with Bishop's tasteful, tasty bass augmented with guitar (Tom Hoffman, Steve Blum, Larry Vigneault, Bishop),sax (Marshall DeMott, Will Bartlett, Chris White), piano Terry Eisen, Chris Houston)and drums (Tim Osborne, Peter Runnels, Bob Bilideau, Tim Gaynes)

Reza Saleh

Born: August 30, 1976

Reza Saleh is an exceptional bassist and musician with a passion for jazz, music and the arts. Reza’s simple, integrated approach emphasizes chord progressions, riffs and harmonies, resulting in distinctively intelligible, enjoyable music that everyone can appreciate. His compositions and performances leave listeners and audiences impressed and delighted. With recordings of his work and performance clips available on YouTube, Facebook and featured on several podcasts, Reza’s enthusiasm speaks for itself. Originally from Indonesia, Reza became interested in playing bass when he was 12