Results for "Bass"

de Valk

Born: June 19, 1958

After having been a semi-professional musician for twenty years, I became a journalist/writer in Holland. Some of my books have been available in the US too and got rave reviews. (Info: www.jeroendevalk.nl) Two years ago - my kids having grown up - I returned to playing parttime. I work mostly with a band called Dutch Treat, feat. singer Nynke Geertsma, who sings her own lyrics to my (and other's) songs. We're preparing the recording of our second cd now, with some great guest soloists. On my site, you'll find some clips of the band with Eef Albers, a local guitar king. He's dynamite.

Lee Whalen

Born: April 27, 1983

For the past ten years, Lee Whalen has built a successful recording and performing career as a bassist on the music scene in Boston and surrounding areas. Although originally trained as a jazz musician, throughout the years he has played in theater orchestras, rock bands, R&B and blues groups, straight-ahead jazz and fusion ensembles, country and country-western bands, Cajun/Zydeco bands, and even Klezmer and gypsy-jazz ensembles. Equally at home in front of an audience or on a recording session, Lee knows that each booking is an important job, not an ego trip: "My role is to make you sound great, whether its in the studio or on stage". When not working as a sideman, tracking in the studio, or playing more wedding dates than any one man should be allowed, Lee can be found onstage with his jazz band The Sleepless Knights or the fantastically-funky Soulphonic

Ugonna Okegwo

Ugonna Okegwo is one of the most distinctive and sought-after jazz bassists in the world. Critics across the globe have praised him for his rich tone, supple sense of swing, stylistic range and inventiveness. These qualities have not only earned him a place on the bandstand with jazz legends as diverse as Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Pharoah Sanders and Joseph Jarman--they have established him as one of the leading lights of a younger generation redefining jazz for the new century. "He is very individualistic, both in his soloing and accompanying. I love the way he plays in the ensemble,” says Tom Harrell, with whom Okegwo has worked for several years

Klenes

Active since: February 14, 1954

André KLENES.Bass player and composer, André Klenes was borned in Vielsalm (Belgium) onfebruary 14, 1954. He obtained the first prize for double bass and chambermusic at the Royal Conservatory at Liège, Belgium. He has worked extensivelyas a classical musician, playing concerts and making recordings with theRadioSymphonic Orchestra, the National Brussel's Orchestra, the PhilharmonicOrchestra from Liège and the Royal Opéra de Wallonie. As a Jazz musician, hehas taken part in a number of seminars (with Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, SteveHouben, Charles Loos and John Clayton) and has appeared with JacquesPelzer,Jean-Pierre Catoul and others

Bobby DeLisle

Born: June 22, 1988

Allen Park, Michigan native Bobby DeLisle is an outstanding young bassist who is pursuing a music degree from Wayne State University. Bobby is the son of a professional drummer and is a student of veteran jazz bassist, Dan Pliskow, and Detroit Symphony bassist Maxim Janowsky. Bobby has written several charts which have been well received by the group and our audiences. Because of his fondness of reading and his love of jazz, Bobby has earned the title of "Jazz Historian" of the group. Our group Lights Out has performed at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Cliff Bell's, The Music Hall Jazz Cafe, and The Michigan Jazz Festival.

Massimo Biolcati

Born: December 22, 1972

21st century jazz is a global movement, and New York bassist Massimo Biolcati embodies the music’s creative reach. A first-call accompanist, producer, composer and bandleader, he is known as a founding member of Gilfema, the acclaimed collective trio with Hungarian drummer Ferenc Nemeth and West African guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke that recorded two albums for Obliqsound. The group also recorded three albums for Blue Note as the Lionel Loueke Trio, including Karibu featuring Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.

Pedro Giraudo

These two ensembles, lead by Pedro Giraudo, have captivated listeners around the world with its unique blend of South American grooves, Argentine folk songs, the passion of tango and jazz improvisation. Pedro Giraudo, in the tradition of such composers as Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus, highlights the unique talents of each band member, masterfully weaving together pre-composed and improvised elements.

Originally from Cordoba Argentina, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. Since then he has become an in-demand bass player and arranger working in a great variety of musical projects

Matthew F. Vacanti

Born: July 3, 1966

A highly accomplished bass player, Matt's training in classical bass has helped him become a first-call bassist in Central New York for string, fretless and fretted bass. He can bow a beautiful solo on an upright, then turn around and slap a funky backbeat on electric. Over the years he has worked with Joey DeFrancisco, Ron Jackson, Kevin Mahagony, Willie and Lobo and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas to name a few.

Matt is a skilled recording engineer and record producer as well. He started Spider Records back in 1990 and has produced many Sammy (Syracuse Area Music) award-winning records for CNY musicians

Tom Spiker

Born: June 20, 1974

Mmm.. I was feeling jazzy for a second, but that feeling is gone.

Gary Stark

Born: May 9, 1952

Playing since his early teens, has lived and played in Australia and the USA. Today spends more time listening and mentoring other players, as well as doing several hours weekly on Sydney radio and MCing at local blues and jazz festivals.