Chris Thomas – Bass Grammy nominated, Christopher Thomas was born in 1970 in St. Louis, Missouri. Although he’s the only musician in his family, he took to music as if he were a born legacy. His musical venture began with the violin, then quickly gravitated towards the cello and finally settling with the double bass at age…

Gary Willis – Bass With a career spanning more than 50 years, Gary Willis has released 5 solo CD’s, 10 as co-leader of Tribal Tech and has been a part of a multitude of other projects including playing alongside Wayne Shorter, Allan Holdsworth, Hubert Laws and many others. His own works include legends Dennis Chambers,…

Dave Holland – Bass I struggled with this album when it came out – a bit too ‘electric’ for me but I have learned to trust my favourite artists and, sure enough, it was there when I was ready to hear it. I was knocking around with a guitar player friend of mine, Mike Spearman,…

Jimmy Haslip – Bass Born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, Spanish was Haslip’s first language and he learned to speak English in kindergarten. Haslip moved to Huntington, New York when he was four years old. At age seven, he began playing drums and then moved onto other instruments such as trumpet and tuba until…

Jeff berlin – Bass Another one of the Jeff berlin parts from a Kazumi Watanabe tune, this one from the 2013 ‘Spinning Globe’ album that featured Virgil Donati on drums. It is a really strange piece with some odd stuff happening but there isn’t much in the way of shredding so you are in with…

Matt Brewer – Bass Matt Brewer was born in Oklahoma City and grew up in Albuquerque NM, surrounded by a family of musicians and artists. Matt fell in love with the bass at age 10 and began a lifelong study of music. He graduated high school from the Interlochen Arts Academy, and then went on…

John Paul Jones – Bass John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin; 3 January 1946) is an English musician and record producer who was the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Led Zeppelin. He was a session musician and arranger when he formed the band with Jimmy Page in 1968. Jones developed a solo career after drummer John Bonham died…

Jeff Berlin – Bass ‘Hi, I’m Jeff Berlin’. Ol’ Jeff is something of an enigma. An absolutely monster player but someone who has not really had the best gigs in terms of his profile. I think his approach to playing requires a certain strength of purpose or focus on the part of potential bandleaders or…

Percy Jones – Bass Those were the days! A funky thing in 11:8 written by drummer Narada Michael Walden (Mahavishnu Orchestra) – there are a couple of 4:4 bars and a 9:8 just to screw with your head. A tip for reading this; count 1234 and then, double time, 123. 1-2-3-4-123, 1-2-3-4-123. Absolutely impossible to…

Gary Willis – Bass This was a very important album for me and I wore the vinyl out trying to figure this stuff out but, in those days, it was like pushing water uphill. With the technology available now, I have a much better chance of getting it but this one has a sneaky little…