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unusual facts about electric bass



Monk Montgomery

He is perhaps the first electric bassist of significance to jazz, introducing the Fender Precision Bass to the genre in 1951, although he was most famously seen playing the later Fender Jazz Bass, which became his signature instrument.

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (born 1975 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American acoustic and electric, bassist and oud player who has recorded and performed extensively with Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits, Daniel Zamir's Satlah, Rashanim, and Pharaoh's Daughter, and John Zorn.

The Joy of Flying

# "Hip Skip" (George Benson) - 8:03 Guitar - George Benson, Keyboards, Synthesizers - Hammer, Electric bass - Paul Jackson, Saxophone - Michael Brecker, Percussion - Ralph MacDonald

The United States of Mind

Bob Cranshaw - electric bass (Disc One tracks 1-5 & 10-14, Disc Two tracks 1-8 & 10-14)

Thumb position

Electric bassists such as Brian Bromberg and Steve Bailey have applied the thumb position technique to their instruments, due to the fact that they share a common tuning.


see also

Aerodyne

Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass, an electric bass guitar which typically has both "jazz" and "precision" style pickups

David Wm. Sims

Sims currently performs experimental solo electric bass as unFact.

Derrick Spiva

2012 "Neuron Speak" for Los Angeles Electric 8- electric mandolin, electric baritone guitar, tap guitar, electric bass guitar, and four electric guitars.

Go Together

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "A melodic but explorative player, Bley (whose use of space sometimes recalls Thelonious Monk) interacts closely with the electric bass of Steve Swallow on this excellent duet session".

King of America

Bruce Thomas – electric bass on "Suit of Lights" and "Betrayal"

Magpie and the Dandelion

Bob Crawford - Upright and Electric Bass, Lead and Backing Vocals

Ramesh Shotham

His current solo project, Madras Special, features Christian Zurner on electric bass, Zoltan Lantos on violin and Sandhya Sanjana on vocals.

Rose Simpson

Boyd wrote :- "The day Robin proposed that Licorice join the group, Mike went out and bought Rose an electric bass. 'Learn this,' he said, 'you're in the group now, too.'" She learned to play the bass so effectively that Steve Winwood asked her to play on a track of his, which she declined.

Set the Twilight Reeling

Fernando Saunders - fretless & fret electric bass, acoustic guitar on "NYC Man", background vocals

Someone Else's Deja Vu

Joe Knapp (as Joseph Knapp) - Snare, Whistle, Vocal Cuica, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Drum Kit, Analog Synth, Broom, Snare, Cymbal, Wood Block, Piano, Electric Bass, Glockenspiel, Acoustic Guitar, Tarpaulin, 12-String, Cabasa, Knee-Slaps, Mellotron, Hand Claps, Mouth Noises, Fake Strings, Rhodes

The Joy of Flying

# "Hittin' on 6" (Tom Scott) - 6:16 Lyricon - Tom Scott, Keyboards, Synthesizers - Herbie Hancock, Electric bass - Stanley Clarke

Yona-Kit

A U.S.-Japanese collaboration, the group consisted of KK Null (electric guitar and vocals), Jim O'Rourke (electric guitar), Darin Gray (electric bass guitar), and Thymme Jones (drum set).