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Seth Ford-Young

Tom Waits' "Orphans" out now w/ Seth on bass!

About Me

Now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seth was raised in the Washington D.C. area by his yoga instructor mother and his Aikido instructor father. While still in high school Seth began performing in clubs around D.C. with his hardcore band Initial Reaction, later Seth moved to California and immersed himself in Jazz and Classical bass and vocal study. Now Seth is a busy professional with numerous ensembles, performing many styles. Check out the calendar for upcoming performances , and look at the top friends for many artist's information.....-------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- You may have seen Seth live or heard him on recordings with the following artists----------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- -- Tom Waits, Ralph Carney, Eric McFadden, The Hot Club of San Francisco, Eight Legged Monster, Beats Antique, John Schott , Smith, Gail, and Sasha Dobson, Mark Growden, The Estate, Mia and Jonah, Myles Boisen's Past-Present-Future , Carneyball Johnson, El Radio Fantastique, Jellyroll, Vermillion Lies, Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, Graham Connah, Ben Marcato, Hal Stein, Ben Goldberg, Lucky Seven, Gaucho, Jesse DeNatale , and more too numerous to mention. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Some favorite venues where Seth has performed--------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Bimbo's 365 club, The Great American Music Hall, The Fillmore , D.C. Space, The Safari Club, The Bayou , Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Monterrey Jazz Festival, Big Sur Jazz Festival, The Redwood Coast Jazz Festival, Bruno's, Enrico's, The Fairmont Hotel, The Claremont Hotel, The Venetian (Vegas), Theater LaFourmi ( luzern , CH), Ono (Bern , CH), The Half Note ( Athens , GR) The Redwood Room at the Clift Hotel, The Palace of the Legion of Honor, S.F. MOMA, The Derby (L.A.), Bottom of the Hill, The Justice League, The Independant, Storyville, The Boom Boom Room, The Cocoanut Grove, The Crystal Ballroom (Portland), Bacar, Cafe Du Nord, the Tangiers (LA), The Plush Room, Mecca, The Post st. Theater, The Marines Memorial Theater, The Vavavoom Room, and many others. -

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Member Since: 3/9/2005
Band Website: sethfordyoung.com
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Influences: Everyone I have ever played with or heard, but especially.... Mingus , Ellington, Bach, Lester Young, Chopin, Stravinsky, Arvo Parte, Dexter Gordon, Cab Calloway, Cachao, Django Reinhardt, Chet Baker, Sam Cooke, Piazzola, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles, Hank Williams, Roy Eldridge, Radiohead, Sun Ra, Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Eric Dolphy, David Bowie, Bad Brains, Iggy and the Stooges, Son House, Danny Richmond, Billie Holliday, Taraf de Haidouks, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Red Garland, Ahmad Jamal, Errol Garner, Billy Strayhorn, Charlie Parker, Howlin' Wolf, and a whole bunch of others ...
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A Partial Discography

2007 Eric McFadden " Let's Die Together Forever" (bad reputaion) ericmcfadden.com  2007 Beats Antique " Tribal Derivations " (CIA records )  beatsantique.com 2006 Tom Waits " Orphans " box...
Posted by Seth Ford-Young on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:36:00 PST

SAVE INTERNET RADIO!!! IMPORTANT!!

The giant media companies are trying to crush internet radio! Help us stop them. They are raising the royalty rates 100% over the next three years. This will kill companies like the one I work for , w...
Posted by Seth Ford-Young on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:09:00 PST