Results for "Bass"

Bill Harrison

Born: December 5

Bill Harrison created the innovative jazz education website http://www.playjazznow.com. This site offers the world's only downloadable play along (or backing) tracks for all musicians and vocalists. Bill is a graduate of DePaul University, and has been a performer, teacher and clinician for nearly thirty years. Jazz credits include work with Clark Terry, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess, Bunky Green, Woody Herman Band, Joe Daley and many others. Bill has worked extensively in the Chicago theater, both in the pit and onstage as a musician and actor. Credits include the long running Always...Patsy Cline, Showboat, Sunset Boulevard, Singin' In The Rain, Scrooge, Peter Pan, Sweet Charity and the world premieres of The Visit and Bounce at Goodman Theatre

Kenny Wright

Born: March 10, 1970

Kenny Wright Bassist Kenny Wright is a native of Baltimore,Maryland. During his career he has performed with Violinst Michael White, Stevie Wonder, ,Roger Collins(You're Lookin' Good'), Oscar Brown Jr ( The Work Song ), Flutist Bobbi Humphrey and others.Known as a strong bandleader, he has opened shows with his own group for Kim Waters, Glady's Knight and Walter Beasley. Kenny's strong songwriting and producing skills have seen him release three solo CD's that have garnered critical acclaim and have gotten as much airplay around the country as projects done by major studio's.A new CD is set to be released in the spring of 2006

John Geggie

Born: October 5, 1960

A native of the Gatineau Valley, John Geggie has studied with numerous esteemed teachers in both the orchestral as well as the improvised music fields. In Ottawa, he worked with David Currie of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and continued post-graduate studies with Larry Hurst and Bruce Bransby at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN). With the help of a grants through the Canada Council for the Arts, John studied with the well-known bassists Gary Peacock, Palle Danielsson and Anders Jormin. John Geggie has secured for himself a position in the Canadian and international jazz scene as a versatile musician and creative composer

Ryan Enderle

Bassist and composer Ryan Enderle is fluent in nearly every genre of music. Throughout his early years exploring various styles of music, from progressive metal and classical to punk rock and hip hop, Enderle's deep love for jazz has come to the foreground. Enderle has been described as "a mindful bassist who solos lyrically." This, combined with his strong rhythmic approach, has earned him the reputation of being a valuable asset to any musical organization. Enderle has become a popular figure in the Detroit jazz scene over the past several years. He has shared the stage with many internationally recognized jazz artists, including saxophonist Branford Marsalis, vocalist Kurt Elling, and drummer Paul Wertico

Bob Whitlock

Born: January 21, 1931

James Genus

Born: January 20, 1966

American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, with an impressive list of artists with whom he has worked. Genus was born in Hampton, Virginia. He began on guitar at age six and switched to bass at 13. He studied at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1983 to 1987 where he studied under jazz great Ellis Marsalis (father of Branford, Wynton and Delfeayo). Receiving a degree in jazz studies, he later moved to New York and played and recorded acoustic and electric bass for some of the biggest talents in jazz, including David Sanborn, Bob James, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Wynton Marsalis, who is called the most influential jazz musician of his generation. While you can hear Genus every week playing in the Saturday Night Live band, his double bass contributions to Dave Douglas' Meaning and Mystery and Bob James' Urban Flamingo shows why Genus is among the most in-demand jazz bass players in the world. He has played with Out of the Blue (1988-89), Horace Silver (1989), Roy Haynes and Don Pullen (1989-91), Nat Adderley (1990), Greg Osby and New York Voices (1990-91), Jon Faddis (1991), T.S

Chuck Metcalf

Born: January 9, 1931

Bassist-composer Chuck Metcalf's music-teacher parents started him on violin and piano in elementary school. To his mother's dismay, by age 12 he was playing boogie-woogie instead of Mozart, so by age 15 was encouraged to take up the bass. That year the first bebop records--and Charlie Parker particularly--captured his soul. Moving from Pasadena to Seattle to live with his father that year, he played bass in high-school until going away to college at the University of Washington where he found a thriving, informal jazz scene. That led to his doing gigs in the many clubs of the time as detailed in Paul deBarros' "Jackson Street After Hours"

John Levy

Born: April 11, 1912

John Levy, born April 11, 1912 in New Orleans, grew up in Chicago. When he was just a kid, a well-intentioned teacher told him to get a job at the Post Office so that he’d have a secure future. He didn’t listen to her because he imagined himself sitting behind a big desk. He didn’t know what he’d be doing at that desk, but he knew that he would be in business. He also loved music—jazz music. Years later, his love and his vision finally merged, leading him to become a personal manager in his own office with his own big desk. It did not happen overnight. John started out as a jazz musician

John Lamb

Born: November 29, 1933

John Lamb is an American jazz double bassist who was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Born in Vero Beach, Florida, Lamb grew up as a child who loved playing music, specializing in the tuba. He left high school to join the United States Air Force as a musician for their military band. He was stationed in Texas and then Montana, where the long winters left him ample time to practice. When the band's usual string bass player was unavailable for a gig in 1951, the bandmaster asked Lamb if he could play the bass; Lamb immediately said yes, and before long became the band's new string bassist

Joe Sanders

Born: October 15, 1896

Joe Sanders is an American bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer based in the south of France. Given his proficiency in styles ranging from jazz and samba to blues, R&B, Afro-Latin grooves, and classical music, he is a first-call session and touring musician. His discography includes recording sessions and tours with a who's-who of modern jazz musicians. Sanders also plays in the bands of Ben Wendel, Joshua Redman, Kendrick Scott, Gerald Clayton, and Logan Richardson. In addition to that work, Sanders is also a bandleader. He released his first album, Introducing Joe Sanders, on Criss Cross in 2011. His sophomore offering, 2017's Humanity, was privately issued but widely acclaimed. He joined Slovenian saxophonist Jure Pukl's studio band on 2012's Abstract Society, and has played with him since. They formed the jazz quartet Anorok with drummer Nasheet Waits and trumpeter Peter Evans, and released Melt on Whirlwind Recordings in 2023. He also signed to the label and released his star-studded third album, Parallels.