Results for "Bass"

Mark Egan

Born: January 14, 1951

Over the past 30 years, Mark Egan’s ability to groove, perfectly complement the music in any situation and solo expressively has made him one of the most in-demand bass players on the international music scene. While racking up credits with the likes of the Pat Metheny Group, saxophonists Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Stan Getz, Sonny Fortune and Bill Evans, vocalist Michael Franks, guitarists Pat Martino, Larry Coryell, John Mcglaughlin, Alex De Grassi, John Abercrombie, Chuck Loeb and Vic Juris, the Duran Duran off-shoot group Arcadia, the Gil Evans Orchestra as well as pop stars Sting, Joan Osborne, Sophie B

Hilliard Greene

Born: February 26, 1958

Hilliard Greene has been studying music for more than 30 years and has been playing professionally over twenty. His emphasis is in classical, jazz, rock, blues, R&B, Tango as well as the music of other continents and US regions, and solo performances. Greene studied at the University of Northern Iowa and at Berklee College of Music in Boston and has been teaching private students and classes for over 25 years. He is currently a faculty member at the Bass Collective in New York City. He continues to teach privately and to do workshops and master classes in upright and electric bass for both children and adults

Adam Cohen

Born: March 12, 1963

In a city where the best in the business have set the bar high for those that follow, Adam Cohen has aspired to follow in their footsteps. Along the way, he has found his own voice among the many gifted musicians in Los Angeles. A true "double-threat" on both acoustic & electric bass, Adam brings a wealth of musical knowledge and musicianship stemming from his many years on stage, in the studio, as a teacher, and on the road. His prowess on both basses has led Cohen to work with the likes of Ray Charles, Taylor Dayne, The New York Voices, Engelbert Humperdinck, David Benoit, Ernie Watts, Maxine Nightingale, Phil Upchurch, Eric Benet, and Mark Isham

Mike B Tucker

Born: May 22, 1966

Mike B. Tucker is a native New Yorker who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. He has performed, recorded and shared the stage with numerous artist such as Joe Bataan (Latin), Chanda Rule, Donnie C, Dead Prezidents, Mike Brick and the Foundation, Letha, Lady Alma, Jaguar Wright, Cleve Douglas, Tony Romano, Ronnie Williams, Furley, Sweet Georgia Brown, Cats with Shades (Blues and Popular), Stafford Hunter to name only a few. He is a graduate of The City College of New York (CUNY) and has had the honor to study with some of New York's greatest professional Bassist such as, Andrew Harkin (Prodigals, Joe Lieberman), Ron Jenkins (Anita Baker, Cher, Chuck Loeb), Jeff Andrews, (Mike Stern) Mike Richmond and currently David Finck. During the summer of 1995 Mike Tucker successfully toured South America with the Latin-Soul Artist Joe Bataan and his Mestizo Orchestra. Currently, he is performing with Furley, www.furley.net, an exceptional New York Jam Band and Cats with Shades a great New Jersey Classic pop band which are all currently touring the Northeastern States

Scott Marvill

Born: February, 1957

Bassist Scott Marvill, a founding member of Freeport, is originally from Philadelphia, PA. His father, a jazz drummer, had a great effect on his early development. Scott remembers music always being played in his house and recalled that his Dad would go to the basement after dinner and play along with recordings. Scott joined in on any instrument found in the basement, be it bongos, a woodblock, the guitar, even a box. One day his Godfather, a jazz guitarist himself, showed Scott a version of the 9th chord, and that did it. He became a guitarist then at the age of 11. In his twenties, he found himself attendng Combs College of Music, playing gigs, teaching guitar and bass, traveling and being a session man at Ridge Sound Studios in Philly

Daniel Ori

Born: September 9, 1979

Originally from Kfar Saba, Israel, bassist and composer Daniel Ori's first exposures to music were piano recitals at his grandmother's apartment in Tel-Aviv. Her attempts to teach Daniel traditional piano lessons were disrupted by his interest with contemporary music. At age 14, Daniel took his older brother's electric bass, which was lying around the house into his own hands. The connection with the instrument came immediately and Daniel's musical voyage had begun. His growing interest in Jazz music brought him to Rimon School of Music, where he studied Jazz performance for three years. Daniel has since collaborated with some of Israel's top Jazz prospects and has played at the Red Sea Jazz Festival and Tel Aviv Jazz Festival to name a few

Ajamu Akinyele

Born: June 21, 1972

You've heard the buzz about his latest CD Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience, predicted to be one of "The Best Independent Jazz Album's of 2006," from music critics around the world. You've seen the amazing album cover. You've heard his music on major and independent radio stations around the world. You've seen him on the morning television show Sacramento & Co. broadcast on ABC (KXTV Affiliate). And, his music was featured on the hit television show Girlfriends, which aired on the CW Network in the Bay Area, but who is the man behind the music? Meet producer/bassist/multi-instrumentalist/label owner and one fourth of the dynamic quartet "Gemini Soul," Andre Marcel Ajamu Akinyele, pronounced Ah-jah-moo + Ah-kin-yay-lay. Ajamu Akinyele's latest double CD is titled Black Magic The Cyber Jazz Experience released early 2006 on the Pearl Jazz Recording Label

Tim Luntzel

Born: November 1, 1972

Tim Luntzel was born and raised in Palo Alto, California where at the age of 11 he began playing the bass guitar. In high school, repeated and involuntary exposure to the music of Count Basie and Duke Ellington eventually led to a fledgeling enthusiasm for jazz, manifesting itself in scholarships to the Monterey Jazz Camp, the coveted Louis Armstrong Award, a tour of Europe and enrollment at the Berklee College of Music.

In 1994, while still at Berklee, Tim undertook the study of the double-bass, garnering further scholarship dough for his seeming ease in handling this very difficult transition. In the years following graduation ('94-'98) Tim went on to lead the popular and critically acclaimed Venus Band and play a pivotal role in the founding of the forward-looking hip-hop band Red Time, at the same time freelancing for such artists as George Garzone, Frank Tiberi and Danillo Perez.

Martin Vallely

Born: July 1, 1962

Belfast born jazz composer/songwriter is presently domiciled in his adoped home of cork city in the republic of IRELAND where he has been assembling a comprehensive body of original work culminating in the 2006 release of "debut" his maiden release as a jazz composer which has garnered considerable critical acclaim and the release of '12' which showcases his songwriting abilities. Martins musical history spans a career working with seminal cork oufits Soon and No Sangoma to working with acclaimed indie oufit Dear Wolf in germany with whom he recorded the acclaimed 'la spezia' Marins musical prowess is impressive to say the least

Ross Krutsinger

Born: October, 1970

Ross Krutsinger is a Nashville session bassist and jazz artist whose creative and versatile playing earns him work with dozens of recording projects and countless live shows. Ross records, tours, and co-writes songs with independent and major-label artists alike, and he has performed across te U.S. and internationally. Whether as bandleader, or as a sideman, Ross anchors the rhythm section while playing 4, 5, and 6 string fretted and fretless electric basses, acoustic upright bass, or keyboards. Ross performs in all genres of music-- from jazz, funk, reggae, and Afro-Cuban, to country, rock, gospel, and bluegrass