Bass Player & Arranger

I've been away for quite a while! I'm still out and about playing, teaching and recording but I've neglected my blog for many months! ...

John Edwards is possibly the bassist that has had most effect on my own playing - his quirky use of the upper register for his rock style...

Jaco Pastorius was a big fan of practising turnaround lines (they tend to round off a chorus of jazz or blues) and making up lines that...

This week, I started working through some ideas for jazz improvisation with VERY BASIC ii V I arpeggio-based lines and I have posted three o

I’ve been shedding a lot of blues recently and I’ve been exploring new ways of playing over a ‘jazz 12′. I recorded one of my practice...