Results for "Bass"

Jeff Johnson

Born: December 12, 1954

Jazz bassist, Jeff Johnson, received an acoustic guitar at age 9 and began his personal musical journey. British rock and American soul music were his earliest influences. Early 1960's AM radio became his first "teacher". Jeff learned the licks and chords of popular music of the time by listening and copying what he heard. At age 15, Jeff took a job offer to play electric bass guitar in a steadily working band which introduced him to jazz. By age 17 he was teaching himself the acoustic double bass, learning onstage with veterans and peers of the fertile "Twin Cities" jazz scene. Jeff credits saxophonists Irv Williams, Larry Hillman, Bob Crea, Dick Oatts, and Bob Rockwell, as well as pianists Buddy Davis, Tom O'Donnell, Bobby Peterson, Art Resnick, and Bobby Lyle, along with guitarist Dean Granros, bassist Billy Peterson, and drummers Jay Epstein, Kenny Horst, Paul Lagos, and Eric Gravatt as early Minneapolis/St.Paul mentors. In 1975, at age 20, Jeff left Minneapolis for Philadelphia to join legendary drummer Philly Joe Jones' then touring group called "Le Gran Prix"

Jimmy Johnson

Born: January 20, 1930

Alphonso Johnson

Born: February 2, 1951

Alphonso Johnson is an iconic musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whose contributions with the electric bass set the landscape of music to come. As Weather Report’s bassist, Johnson’s warm tone and fluent chops contributed to the band’s initial breakout from avant-garde into funk fusion. His playing was featured on the songs “Mysterious Traveler”, “Scarlet Woman”, and “Cucumber Slumber” which he co-wrote. Alphonso played with the group Santana and also toured with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist James Beard, drummer Rodney Holmes, and guitarist David Gilmore playing S.R.O. shows that stretched across Europe and Japan. Johnson has taught all over the world and in 2004 was appointed Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of Southern California and Part-Time Lecturer at The California Institute of The Arts.

Dennis Irwin

Born: November 28, 1951

Dennis Irwin was born on November 28, 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama but grew up in Atlanta and Knoxville. Early in life he discovered music"inspired by older brothers who coached him in jazz early on"and began playing clarinet. As a teenager, his family moved to Houston, where he played in R&B bands playing alto sax and handling lead vocals. He attended North Texas State University studying classical music focusing on his clarinet. Two friends in the program, drummer John Riley and bassist Marc Johnson turned him on to the upright bass at the age of 19: he thus found his true calling and joined the school’s acclaimed Two O’Clock Big Band. In nearby Dallas, he worked as a sub with pianist Red Garland, who suggested Irwin move to New York

Robert Hurst

Born: October 4, 1964

A Detroit native, Hurst has enjoyed a stellar career spanning 30 years, and is a highly respected and well recognized composer, electric and acoustic bassist, educator, recording artist, and business man. His cultivation into a membership of talented musicians from around the world was fostered by lengthy tours and GRAMMY® Award winning recordings featuring: Sir Paul McCartney, Charles Lloyd, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Dave Brubeck, Harry Connick Jr., Terrence Blanchard, Tony Williams, Nicholas Payton, Sting, Carl Allen, the legendary Pharaoh Sanders, Barbara Streisand, Willie Nelson, Yo Yo Ma, Ravi Coltrane, Chris Botti and Diana Krall. Robert Hurst has performed on over 150 diverse and critically acclaimed recordings

Duncan Hopkins

Canadian double bassist, composer and arranger Duncan Hopkins

has been working at the highest levels of jazz for almost thirty years.

In that time he has worked with such jazz legends as Norma

Winstone, Bobo Stenson, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Scott

Hamilton, Houston Person, Warren Vache, Ed Bickert, Mark Murphy,

Peter Appleyard, Bobby Watson, Jeremy Pelt, Byron Stripling, Dianna

Krall, Kenny Wheeler, Sam Rivers, Harry Allen and Edward Simon to

name but a few and playing in clubs and venues such as the

National Arts Centre in Canada, Royal Festival Hall in England and

Fred Hopkins

Born: October 10, 1947

Fred Hopkins was an American double bassist. He played with many musicians and ensembles connected with the Chicago based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and was an active participant in the so-called Loft Jazz Scene in New York during the 70's. He is perhaps best known as a member of the celebrated avant-jazz trio Air, which he formed along with Henry Threadgill and drummer Steve McCall. As a highly sought after bassist throughout his career, he was also an integral member of Henry Threadgill's Sextet (later renamed Sextett), and also played with, among others, Muhal Richard Abrams, Hamiett Bluiett, Marion Brown, Peter Brötzmann, Oliver Lake, Don Pullen, and on numerous albums with David Murray

Joe Holiday

Dave Holland

Born: October 1, 1946

Amid endless choices, the sound of a Dave Holland bassline compels attention. A master of tone and rhythm, thebassist, composer, and bandleader is now in his fifthdecade as a performer and his music possesses a rich andkaleidoscopic history. One of Holland's mentors, the affablysage-like saxophonist Sam Rivers, gave him a tip once."Sam said, ‘Don't leave anything out?"play all of it,' " Hollandonce told a radio interviewer. "That's become almost amantra for me over the years," he says, "as I've tried to finda way to build a vehicle which lets me utilize the full spectrumwhich includes the tradition, playing the blues andimprovising freely. I love all that music, and there's been adesire to reconcile all those areas, to make them relevant,hopefully, in a contemporary context, as one music."

Jerome Harris

Born: April 5, 1953

Jerome Harris has won international recognition as one of the more versatile and penetrating stylists of his generation on both guitar and bass guitar. Jerome's first major professional performances were as bass guitarist with Sonny Rollins in 1978; from 1988 to 1994 he was Rollins' guitarist, and appears on five of his recordings. Over the past two decades, Jerome has also recorded and/or performed live on six continents with such jazz notables as Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, Ray Anderson, Don Byron, Bobby Previte, Oliver Lake, Amina Claudine Myers, Bob Stewart, George Russell, Julius Hemphill, and Bob Moses. His extensive international work has included several stints in Japan with Sonny Rollins, as well as tours sponsored by the U.S