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Artist & Where

Name: Steve Bailey
City/Place: Boston
Country: United States

Life & Work

Bio: Began playing bass at 12
Surfing career interrupted due to too much practicing
Began playing upright after hearing Chick Corea’s LIGHT AS A FEATHER.
Began playing fretless at 14 after running over fretted bass with Toyota.
Heard Jaco and Stanley and began practicing 12 hours per day.

THEN……
Got full scholarship to North Texas State Univ. Played lots of Upright.
Got full scholarship to Univ. of Miami. Played lots of electric. Lots of gigs(see below).
Surfed a lot.

THEN….
Joined Paquito D’Rivera’s band and moved to NY. Saw the world. Did not Surf Then.
Joined Dizzy Gillespie’s band in 1983. Saw more of the world and surfed a bit. And Played Lots of gigs. (see below)

THEN…
Moved to Los Angeles In 1985. Surfed too Much and Played LOTS AND LOTS of gigs. (see below)
Formed BASS EXTREMES with Victor Wooten in 1993

BELOW…
Recorded and/or toured with…
Beboppers such as Dizzy, James Moody, Lew Tabackin, Dave Leibman……etc
Latin Jazzers such as Paquito. Claudio Roditti, Michel Camilo…… etc
Smooth Jazzers such as the Rippingtons, David Benoit, Kilauea…..etc
Rockers such as Jethro Tull, Skynyrd, Jon Anderson (YES)…etc
Country guys such as Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Billy Joe Shaver….etc
Fusioners such as Larry Carlton, Emily Remler, Brandon Fields….etc
New agers such as Kitaro, Max Highstein, T Lavitz…..etc
Bluesers such as Tab Benoit, Johnny Witherspoon, Toni Price….etc
Jazz singers such as Mel Torme, Ernestine Anderson, Mark Murphy…etc
Fellow Bassists such as Victor Wooten, John Patitucci, Billy Sheehan…etc

Stuff I am Proud of….
BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR runner-up 1994 and 1996….2 solo cd’s DICHOTOMY and EVOLUTION……new Bass Extremes cd JUST ADD WATER…..I can play a 13th chord in tune on a 6 string fretless bass..Won the last two surfing contests and Tennis tournaments that I entered…. I choose to live in Myrtle Beach SC!

Other stuff….
Faculty at Bass Institute of Technology 10 years…Artist In-Residence @ Coastal Carolina University….Advisory board and columnist for Bass Player Mag…Faculty for NGSW… Solo Bassist and clinician worlwide…Books include Steve Bailey Bass Series, …cont.. Bass Extremes :the book.. Videos include Advanced Bassix, Fretless Bass, The Day Bass Players Took over the World, and BASS EXTREMES.