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Jazz Round Table #15 – Bass Night with Ken Wild and Kevin Axt

by | Nov 29, 2021 | Jazz Round Table Show


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Bass Players Ken Wild & Kevin Axt

Ken Wild may be best known in L.A. for the countless recording sessions he’s done for TV, Film, and Records but he has also toured with Natalie Cole, Seawind, and Sammy David Jr. to name a few. 

Kevin Axt has toured quite a bit with Natalie Cole, The Manhattan Transfer, Chuck Mangione, Eddie Daniels, Dave Grusin, and a myriad of others!

This episode is an intimate look into the bass which includes little things few of us know about the instrument!  There are also some great road stories! And – BASS DUETS!  Really beautiful playing by bith of them.

At minute 49 I needed to switch to the live feed audio because the audio computer stopped recording.  So you know – the audio changes and that is on me – it’s not your podcast player!

Enjoy!

 

Kevin Axt – Bass

Performed with: Will Brahm Trio 10/29/20, Brad Rabuchin Trio – 11/12/20, David Derge Trio – 5/20/21, Quinn Johnson Trio 9/2/21, Dave Tull Trio 10/28/21, Jazz Round Table #15 – Bass Night 11/2/21 Bio – Bassist Kevin Axt was born in Burbank, California. He attended the University of Southern California as a music major and subsequently began his career in Los Angeles as a freelance musician. Proficient on both upright and electric basses, Kevin has toured and recorded with many artists of diverse musical genres. In addition to three personal Grammy Nominations, he has performed on over 300 albums which have garnered a total of 26 Grammy nominations overall. He has also performed on hundreds of feature films and television soundtracks. His performance and recording credits include artists Natalie Cole, The Manhattan Transfer, Chuck Mangione, Eddie Daniels, Dave Grusin, The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band, Shelby Lynne, The Tierney Sutton Band, Bernadette Peters, Hank Jones, Bob James, Phil Woods, Dave Koz, Glenn Frey, David Benoit, Arturo Sandoval and Seal. Mr Axt currently resides in Santa Clarita, California and continues to pursue an active career in music as one of LA’s busiest bassists....MORE INFO!
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Ken Wild – Bass

Performed with: Wild/Rizzo Duo – 9/16/21, Jazz Round Table #15 – Bass Night 11/2/21, Trio WoRK – 2/3/22 Bio – Ken Wild was born in New York City NY in 1951. Member of a military family which traveled extensively in early years. Learned clarinet in grade school, switched to saxophone in high school. The family settled in Hawaii in 1965, where he began playing bass in a trio with Dave Wild around 1966. Attended the University of Hawaii 1970 – 1972, studying bass with Armand Russell, but left before graduating to go on the road with Seawind. Early professional experience with performers such as Sammy Davis Jr. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Barbara McNair and others. Founding member of the band Seawind in 1972. Opened for Herbie Hancock, Herbie Mann, George Benson and many others. Seawind moved to LA in 1976 and began recording for CTI records with noted drummer Harvey Mason as producer. Later records were released on A&M records; their last record for that label was produced by George Duke. Continued interest in the band’s music led to the 1995 release of “Remember”, combining songs from the CTI recordings with later, unissued recordings. 2009’s “Reunion” features new material and adds vocalist Al Jarreau on several tracks. Ken also became a very active studio musician starting in 1976, working in TV, film, and records. That active schedule continues today....MORE INFO!
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