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Brian Mulholland

About Me

Welcome! I am currently a lecturer of Jazz History and Music Business at the University of Texas at Arlington.

After acquiring a M.M. in Jazz Studies as the Jazz Bass and Jazz Theory teaching fellow at the University of North Texas , I toured for a year as electric bassist for the now-late jazz trumpet player Maynard Ferguson . I continue to freelance in the DFW area.

My debut album, DECO, is available at CDBaby , Bandmecca , and iTunes ! It features Stockton Helbing , Tom Luer, Ken Edwards, and Noel Johnston.

You can hear more of my work on Maynard's final CD, The One and Only, Stockton's album Lodestar , as well as on an album from Clay Ross called The Random Puller. I am also on Dan Cavanagh 's Jazz Emporium Big Band album called Pulse, and Lily Maase's LM5 album, aftermath .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/07/2005
Band Website: http://www.brianmulholland.com
Band Members: Ken Edwards: trumpet and flugelhorn; Tom Luer: tenor saxophone; Noel Johnston: guitar; Brian Mulholland: four string electric bass; Stockton Helbing: drums and cymbals
Influences: My family; Fred Pearman; Paul Rucker; Andy Clem; Richard Baskin; Alan Nowell; Motown records; Beethoven; Little River Band; R.E.M.; That Petrol Emotion; Clay Ross; David Little; Stockton Helbing; Bert Ligon; Sam Douglas; Jim Hall; Jim Mings; John Valerio; Justin Haynes; Fred Burrell; Will Boyd; Bela Fleck; Victor Wooten; Howard Levy; Oteil Burbridge; Stanley Clarke; Jaco Pastorius; Steven Ponder; Liz Bernard; James Taylor; Take 6; David Maddox; Chris Potter; Noel Johnston; Tom Luer; Ken Edwards; Pelayo Parlade; Jaime Reyes; Chris Thile; Sean Watkins; Sara Watkins; Wilco; Radiohead; Lynn Seaton; Jeff Eckels; Herbie Hancock; Nickel Creek; Paul Chambers; Andrew Hill; Lee Morgan; Kenny Dorham; Freddie Hubbard; Woody Shaw; Larry Young; Joe Henderson; Elvin Jones; Wayne Shorter; Terri Lyne Carrington; Michel Camilo; Steve Smith; Chris Potter; Mike Clark; Paul Jackson; Matthew Garrison; Dave Holland; Donny McCaslin
Sounds Like: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones; Oteil and the Peacemakers; Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band; Chris Potter; Dave Holland Quintet; Medeski, Martin, and Wood; The Bad Plus
Record Label: McKinley Records

My Blog

New Maynard and Stockton Helbing Albums

The new Maynard Ferguson album, "The One and Only," is now available for order. See www.maynardferguson.com for all the details. Also available for order is the Maynard Ferguson Tribute Concert DVD. ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:04:00 GMT

Tribute Concert

Late last month a bunch of us Maynard Alumni were flown to St. Louis and performed a tribute concert to the memory of our beloved "Boss." The show was amazing! So many talented musicians on one stage....
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:00:00 GMT

Update on Summer Tours

I'm so darn lucky. I got to play at Zanzibar Blue and the Blue Note with some Maynard Alumni, like Dennis DiBlasio, Steve Weist, Chip McNeill, and Mike Dubaniewicz. We also had Chris Botti sit in on a...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:28:00 GMT