Results for "bass, electric"

Shawn Manske

Ricardo A Freitas

Born: April 13, 1974

Born in Lisbon in 1974. Bass player and composer with collaborations in jazz, improvised music, theatre, dance and video. Developed compositions in his own projects, Interlúnio and GRIP 5. Participated in Al-jiçç, 3-Bass-Hit, Wishful Thinking and Pablibut Sone.

Michael Staron

Acknowledged in Jazz Times as “a versatile, forwarding looking and accomplished performer,” Michael began his professional career playing Latin Tropical music in Chicago’s inner city at age fifteen. 

His jazz bass playing has been reviewed in Cadence, Pulse, Jazz USA, Jazz Review, Jazz Word, Jazz Weekly, AMG, New City, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, The Wire, Jazz at a Glance, Beyond Coltrane, Chicago Reader, All About Jazz, Progression Magazine, and live performances of Michael have been aired on BET, 190 North and local cable. 

Michael is also an accomplished theatre / pit musician, his performance credits include national tours of Evita, the international and national touring companies of A Chorus Line, Sid Caesar, Red Skelton, Bob Newhart, Eddy Arnold, Roger Williams and Joseph with Donny Osmond. 

Jesse Dietschi

Born: 1987

The worlds of classical and jazz collide as Canadian bassist Jesse Dietschi presents works that defy genre. With credits ranging from orchestral soloist to jazz session player, Dietschi is equally fluent in both musical idioms as a bassist, composer, and bandleader. He has toured globally with artists and groups including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Nick Maclean Quartet, Tunnel Six, Abraxas, and Ken Lavigne, and is the Principal Bassist of the string orchestra Sinfonia Toronto. Dietschi performs frequently with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Canadian Opera Company as an extra section bassist, jazz bassist, and electric bassist, and has served as guest Principal Bassist with the Niagara Symphony. He will be releasing his debut recording as a bandleader, Gradient, in October 2023.

Steve Perakis

Hogo Fogo

The sound of Hogo Fogo’s musical universe derives from the four corners of the world. This Danish instrumental band is often boundary-pushing in their improvisations, other times insisting in their grooves and melodic ostinatios and sometimes very mellow and sensitive. 
With inspirations from Nordic Folk, American Jazz and African Funk Hogo Fogo is a breath of fresh air on the Danish music scene. The band describes their own music as a kind of World/Urban/Soul/Folk intstrumental groove music. 
The four Danish musicians Michael Dalgas (Dr), Lars Emil Riis (Keys), Spencer Gross (Gui) and Søren Lund (Bas) have played together for more than 14 years as backingband for a wide range of artists

Tony Saunders

Two-time Emmy Award winning bassist, composer, producer and son of legendary Bay Area keyboardist, Merl Saunders, Tony Saunders’ life has been infused with one musical adventure after another. As an arranger, producer, composer and performer, Saunders has conquered the worlds of jazz, gospel, R&B, pop, rock and world music. He earned the first of his two Emmys at age 14 for collaborating with his dad on the PBS documentary Soul Is and by 17 was playing with Merl and Jerry Garcia on their collaborative projects. The second was earned for his contribution on the TV show, Digital Journey, on the episode, “China: Their New Digital Economy.” Though he took one of his first musical lessons on piano from Herbie Hancock, the bass he received from John Fogerty’s brother Tom – and watching recording sessions with famed bassists Anthony Davis and Lee Miles - sparked a lifelong passion for that instrument that now, 50 years later, has led to his emergence as a major independent force in contemporary jazz.

William Chernoff

Born: January 5, 1995

William Chernoff is a Canadian bassist from New Westminster, British Columbia. Will performs original instrumental music and has played professionally on both upright and electric bass since his teens. He is best known as the founder of Rhythm Changes, an online publication covering creative music in Canada with a focus on the Vancouver scene.

Steve Messick

Born: 1970

Steve Messick is a bassist, composer, producer, and bandleader based in Seattle, Washington.

Steve is the founder and bandleader of the Endemic Ensemble, which has been performing original modern mainstream jazz at clubs in the Seattle area since 2010. The Endemic Ensemble’s debut album, Lunar, made Lucid Culture's "The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2012." Steve also co-founded the Random Access Quartet in 2013 and the New Bop Brigade in 2002.

Steve has been co-principal double bass for Orchestra Seattle / Seattle Chamber Singers since 2011, and has been a member of the bass section since 1999. Steve has also performed with the Lake Union Civic Orchestra, Seattle Chinese Orchestra, Cascade Symphony, Northwest Mahler Festival, and Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society.

William Strickler

William Strickler is a bassist, bandleader, composer and educator based in Columbus, Ohio. Since graduating with a Bachelor in Music from the Capital University Conservatory of Music, he has played across the country for a variety of local and national artists, including Grammy-award winning pop singer Daya. Besides his work as a sideman, Strickler leads Waves De Aché, a project mixing his upbringing on American jazz, rock and hip-hop with his love of Cuban and other styles of Latin music. Waves De Aché released their debut studio album in spring of 2019, featuring eight original compositions.