Jazzunky Workshop in Watertown

Bellew Avenue near Coffeen, Watertown NY

Description

Experienced, mature jazz/blues 4 string electric bass player looking to challenge myself with new material and get better. Not a pro but serious about my music - have taken lessons for several years with a working pro in NYC, and studied quite a bit of theory. I ran a workshop in Brooklyn for a few years - the Jazzunky Workshop - RnB/soul-jazz/jazz-blues instrumental material - Booker T, Butterfield.... - hard bop, blues and soul-jazz/funk-jazz material from people like Herbie Hancock (Cantaloupe Island...), Horace Silver (Jody Grind...), Lee Morgan (Sidewinder...), Wayne Shorter (Adam's Apple...), Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock), Adam's Apple (Wayne Shorter), Blue Monk, Silver's Serenade, Doodlin, Nutville (Horace Silver), Green Onions (Booker T), Moritat (Mack the Knife) and Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham). Been working with more modern versions of a lot of the material too - more contemporary grooves and sound. Unfortunately, COVID sunk the Jazzunky™ Workshop and (not unfortunately) sent me to North Country. I also have a bunch of originals. You can hear a lot of Jazzunky™ and me myself with some digital backing @ https://soundcloud.com/user-863562777 and https://soundcloud.com/user-863562777/sets/mng-bass. At the moment, I'm not sure what I want to do besides find a few people to play with from time to time, and take it from there. I have space and some equipment and recording facilities (modest right now) here in Watertown. If you're interested, take a listen up there on Sound Cloud and give me a shout by replying to this post. Tnx MNG