Bass Player: Anthony Jackson A fairly obscure recording, the album ‘French Toast’ by a band of the same name featured a roster of A-list players including pianist Michel Camilo, alto saxoophonist Jerry Dodgion, French Horn player, Peter Gordon, trumpeter Lew Soloff, drummers Steve Gadd and Dave Weckl and the legendary Anthony Jackson on bass. The…

Bass Player: Will Lee The World’s Most Dangerous Bass Player, Will Lee has been the first call guy for everyone forever and has a list of credits as long as the longest thing in the world. The list in includes Donald Fagan, Barry Manilow, Art Farmer, Cat Stevens, Pat Metheny, Chaka Khan, Dusty Springfield, Michael…

Bass Player: John Wetton John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English singer, bassist, guitarist, and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth, Dorset. Between 1972- 1982, he rose to fame fronting the bands King Crimson, U.K. and Asia. Notable work as a bass guitarist and backing…

Bass Player: Chris Squire Another request from Basschat, this is the Chris Squire bass part from the tune ‘Tempus Fugit’ from the 1980 Yes album, ‘Drama’. Squire plays this with a pick and it would be hard to get the phrasing right without it. There are quite a few passage where there are nuanced differences…

Bass Player: Zev Katz One of the unsung heroes of the bass guitar, KAtz has a ridiculous career that includes performances and recordings with Patti Austin, Jeff Beck, Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, James Brown, Jackson Browne, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Sheryl Crow – and we have only got to the Cs…

Bass Player: Darryl Jones Darryl Jones has a CV to die for and has played with a host of artists such as The Rolling Stones, Steps Ahead, John Scofield and Sting. Heading the list, however, is the Prince of Darkness himself, Miles Dewey Davis III. It was whilst he was with Miles that Jones took…

Bass Player: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Ørsted Pedersen was born in Osted Nr. Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of a church organist. As a child, Ørsted Pedersen played piano, but from the age of 13, he started learning to play the double bass and, at the age of 14, while studying, he…

Bass Player: Anthony Jackson Jackson is a massive legend on the bass scene and has played with pretty much everyone from Steely Dan to Paul Simon, Michel Camilo to Hiromi, Steve Kahn to Dave Valentin, Luther Vandross – the discography is incredible. Jackson was also a massive advocate for the six string Contrabass Guitar and…

Bass Player: Steve Rodby Rodby was born in Joliet, Illinois, into a musical family. His father was a music teacher who bought him an acoustic bass, electric bass, and amp when he was 12. He heard classical from a young age and was educated in classical until high school when he learned jazz. During high school…

Bass Player: Reginald Veal Citi Movement (Griot New York) was a 1992 recording by the Wynton Marsalis Septet. CITI MOVEMENT (GRIOT NEW YORK) embraces the aural and visual cacophony of the cityscape, its throbbing heartbeats, and the harmonies that emerge from the conflicts and compromises of urban life. Wynton’s first dance score, and one of…