Bass Player: Alain Caron

Canada knows how to breed bassists. The youngest of 11 children, Caron started playing bass at age 11 and began pursuing Jazz at age 15. His musical skills were formalised by correspondence lessons with the jazz improvisation teacher Charlie Banacos, who also taught Jeff Berlin and Mike Stern, and by attending a summer session at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Caron is a founding member of the Jazz-Fusion band, UZEB. In 1993, Caron began releasing albums as Le Band. He has also recorded with Leni Stern and Gino Vannelli.

The attached transcription is the head (and tag ending) for the tune ‘Simple Pleasure’ from the 2010 album, ‘Sep7entrion’ (unbelievably, spellcheck didn’t correct that one).