My Musical Influences

I learned how to play the stand-up bass before the bass guitar. As such, my first influences were “the 3 Rs:” Ray Brown, Richard Davis, and Ron Carter.

 

Some of my other bass heroes include:

• James Jamerson
• Charles Mingus
• Stanley Clarke
• Jaco Pastorius
• Paul McCartney
• Percy Heath

• Miroslav Vitous
• Niels Orsted Pedersen
• Victor Wooten
• Marcus Miller
• Anthony Jackson
• Adam Nitti

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a bassist from whom I didn’t learn something