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Ed Kollar, bass

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About Me


I play the double bass and the bass guitar for everything from jazz to rock to musical theater to free improv to afro-cuban to folk to funk to traditional to punk, as well as commercial jingles and film scores.... I work regularly with the rock band The Prodigals ( web | myspace ), the jazz trio Monk for President ( myspace ) and pop-rock sensation Zipthunk! ( myspace ). These groups, and others, have taken me around the world and put me on tv and radio countless times. Others I feel lucky to have worked with include: Scott Neumann, Tony Lewis, Claudio Roditi, Daniel Binelli, Christos Rafalides, Conor Lyons, Ernest Anderson, Rick Faulkner, Priscilla Owens, Michael Brunnock, Mazz Swift, Steve Holloway, Mable Lee, Mercedes Hall, Maire McVicker, Paul Shapiro, Kenny Venezia, Dave Kain, Sylvester Scott, Gary Hammond, Rick Del Savio, Karen Teperberg, Jerome Morris, Kyle Struve, Buddy Connolly, John Redmond, Randy Borra, Todd Capp, John Wieczorek, Jeff Holmes, Dan Shamir, Stephen Barnett (to name a few) ed kollar

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Member Since: 2/7/2006
Band Website: edkollar.com
Band Members: Alone Together: Vince "Kazi" McCoy (drums), Glafkos Kontemeniotis (piano), Greg Moore (tenor sax), Jessica Medina (voice), and me on double bass. Ginley's Gravel: Eamon Ellams (drums), Eamon O'Tuama (guitar), Gregory Grene (accordion), Darren Maloney (banjo), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), and me on bass guitar and double bass. Mudang: Glafkos Kontemeniotis (piano), Vince "Kazi" McCoy (drums), and me on double bass. Choice (from the musical Beautiful): Alex Vittum (percussion), Chris Barnett (guitar), Stephen Barnett (piano, composer), Kori Withers (voice), Michael Arquilla (lyricist), and me on double bass. Opus 5, no. 7 Prelude by Corelli: me on double bass and me on double bass. ed kollar
Influences: Ray Brown, Chip Jackson, Scott LaFaro, Geddy Lee, Mike Watt, Rocco Prestia, Chris Squire, Steve Harris, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Jeff Holmes, Anthony Branker, Stephan Crump, Chip Jackson, Yusef Lateef ed kollar
Sounds Like: Here are my latest recordings. A complete discography can be seen at www.edkollar.com

The Prodigals Momentum

Beautiful Original Cast Recording

Rick Del Savio New York Minutes