About me:
I grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, lived a year in Amsterdam, and now I live in New York. I play upright bass, violin, guitar, and piano and write songs.
This winter I recorded a full-length album of my own music, which will be available very soon. It features Greg Ruggiero on guitar, Pete Rende on rhodes/prophet/etc., Dan Rieser on drums, and me on a few different instruments.
I mostly play as a sideman in a other people's projects. Below you can find a link to Rick Parker's myspace page, who is an excellent trombonist and composer. I play bass in his band and on his latest CD, "Finding Space", which you can aquire through myspace or through the conventional means, such as iTunes or CdBaby. Check it out.
Another band that I play as a sideman for is Jeremy Pelt's "Wired". That band has a CD available on the MAXJAZZ lable entitled "Shock Value: Live at Smoke". I play electric bass in that band. There's a link to Jeremy's MySpace below, and you can buy the CD on iTunes, too.
About the tracks I've posted:
'Death Sentence in a Foreign Land', 'Black Spring', and 'Can't Go Wrong' are project songs I made in my apartment, and I played all of the instruments on those numbers.
'How Deep Is The Ocean' is an excerpt from a gig with saxophonist Guy Sion at Louis 649, and also features Nir Felder on the guitar and Alex Wyatt on drums.
'Beyond' is a track from Jeremy Pelt's CD that features me in a rare moment (for that band) on upright bass.
Hope you enjoy! -Gavin
