Bass Player: Reginald ‘Swing Doom’ Veal Reginald Veal (born November 5, 1963) is an American jazz bassist and multi-instrumentalist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Veal grew up in New Orleans where he began piano lessons at a very early age. After receiving a bass guitar as a gift from his father at the age of eight, Veal…

Bass Player: Dave Holland One of the UK’s most celebrated double bass exports, Holland has lived in the US for several decades and continues to perform with a host of Jazz A-listers like John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Chris Potter, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Miles Davis, Anthony Braxton and many, many more. As well as being…

Bass Player: Dave Holland Dave Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for over five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years.[ His work ranges from pieces for solo performance to big band. Holland runs his own independent record label, Dare2,…

Bass Player: Robert Hurst ROBERT HURST, A 1982 NEA PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR AWARDEE, WHO IMMEDIATELY MATRICULATED TO INDIANA UNIVERSITY, HAS EVOLVED INTO ONE OF THE MOST IN-DEMAND AND TOP TEN POLLS RANKED BASSIST OF THIS CENTURY.  A Detroit native, Hurst has enjoyed a stellar career spanning 30 years, and is a highly respected and well recognized…

Bass Player: Reginald Veal Reginald Veal (born November 5, 1963) is an American jazz bassist and multi-instrumentalist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Veal grew up in New Orleans where he began piano lessons at a very early age. After receiving a bass guitar as a gift from his father at the age of eight, Veal went on…

Bass Player: Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking Ornette Coleman Quartet. Haden revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz. German musicologist Joachim Brendt…

Bass Player: Dusty Hill Joe Michael Hill (May 19, 1949 – July 28, 2021) was an American musician who was the bassist of the band ZZ Top. He also sang lead and backing vocals, and played keyboards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top in 2004. Hill played…

Bass Player: Dusty Hill Joe Michael Hill (May 19, 1949 – July 28, 2021) was an American musician who was the bassist of the band ZZ Top. He also sang lead and backing vocals, and played keyboards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ZZ Top in 2004. Hill played…

Bass Player: David Hood David Hood (born September 21, 1943) hales from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone. He is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Hood started his career playing with the Mystics and as a backup musician at FAME Studios. He went on to co-found Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where…

Bass Player: Robert Hurst III Robert Hurst was born on October 4, 1964. Hurst played guitar early in his career before concentrating on bass. He worked with Out Of The Blue in 1985 and also did work with drummer Tony Williams, pianist Mulgrew Miller and Geri Allen, guitarist Russell Malone, singer Harry Connick Junior and saxophonist…