Rudolphe Kreutzer – Composer One from another old dead bloke. Kreutzer was a mate of Beethoven who dedicated his Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 to him. Born 15 November 1766 and died 6 January 1831, Kreutzer as a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including La Mort d’Abel (1810). I…

Hans Glawischnig – Bass Acoustic/ electric bassist and composer Hans Glawischnig grew up in Graz, Austria. His father, a pianist, leader of the free jazz group, The Neighbors, educator, and longtime chief conductor of the NDR big band in Hamburg, Germany, encouraged Hans to pursue a career in music. His American mother, having studied Art History,…

Mike Rutherford – Bass Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group’s two continuous members. Initially serving as Genesis’s bass guitarist and backing vocalist, Rutherford also performed most…

Eric Revis – Bass (From his website) – One of the most talented and accomplished musicians of his generation, Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer Eric Revis has firmly established himself as an important voice in jazz. Branford Marsalis states, “Eric’s sound is the sound of doom; big, thick, percussive.” Scores of musicians across various disciplines…

Anthony Jackson – Contrabasse Guitar What can anyone say about Anthony Jackson that hasn’t been said? He is undoubtedly one of the most original voices on our chosen instrument and is recognisable instantly in whatever context he performs. Chaka Khan (no relation), Michel Camilo, Hiromi, Al Di Meola – his note choices are incredibly personal…

Ralph Towner – Gutiar Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940)[1] is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn.[2] Biography [edit] Towner was born into a musical family in Chehalis, Washington, United States. His mother was a piano teacher and his father a trumpet player. Towner learned to improvise on the piano at…

Al Di Meola – Guitar I feel able to include this chap as he is a bit of a failed bass player (like most guitarists). He has tried to record bass on a few tracks but, generally, his playing is a little stilted and he has to call upon other professional bass players to help…

Richard Bona – Bass I remember reading about Richard Bona when he first appeared and was captured by the headline ‘the African Jaco’. ‘Got to be worth a look’, I thought. I got hold of his ‘Celebration’ CD which is great and has some great playing on it but, apart from some great grooves, was…

Stefano Cerri – Bass I know nothing about this guy beyond his contribution to the 1982 Jon Anderson album ‘Animation’. He is an Italian bass player and highly though of but most of the biographical information on line is in Italian so I am afraid that I will have to leave it there. To be…

Andy West – Bass Another crippling part from the great Andy West, this is tough to read and tough to play (and, dare I say it, tough to transcribe). I tried transcribing the 7:4 sections as 7:4 but it was unreadable so I plumped for the alternating 4:4/3:4 which does make it a little easier…