Jay Anderson
Acoustic Bass
69 age
October 24, 1955 Birthday
Ontario, California, U.S. Birthplace
www.jayandersonbass.com Website
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About
Jay Anderson is a versatile bassist and composer based in New York City. He is a sought after side man and has appeared on over 400 recordings. Anderson performs with jazz artists such as Michael Brecker, Maria Schneider, Toots Thielemans, and Vic Juris but also works regularly with non-jazz performers including David Bowie, Frank Zappa and Tom Waits. Currently Anderson co-leads the jazz group BANN which includes Seamus Blake, Oz Noy and Adam Nussbaum. Anderson is also a professor of Jazz Bass Studies at the Manhattan School of Music where he has been on faculty since 1999.
Trivia
Twelve of the recordings Jay Anderson is featured on have been nominated for Grammy Awards. Jay Anderson was hired to work with Frank Zappa the day before his move to New York; he had to borrow a friend's bass because his was already in New York. Jay Anderson won an NEA grant for composition.
Early Life
Jay Anderson was born in 1955 in Southern California. He began playing the acoustic bass at age 12. Throughout junior high and high school he played both jazz and classical music winning many awards and accolades. Anderson attended California State University at Long Beach where he earned a degree in Music Performance. Two weeks after graduating he was hired by the Woody Herman Orchestra. A year later, jazz singer Carmen McRae contacted him and Anderson performed with the singer for the next 2 years. In 1982 Anderson moved to New York where he soon became a sought after side man.
Jay Anderson Solos
2019
Acoustic Bass solo - You Stepped out of a Dream - 2019
4/4 latin in C major at 165 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - My Ideal - 2019
4/4 ballad in E♭ major at 58 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - I'll Remember April - 2019
4/4 latin in G major at 253 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Wild Flower - 2019
3/4 waltz in B♭ major at 180 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - I Remember You - 2019
4/4 latin in E♭ major at 140 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Ugly Beauty - 2019
3/4 waltz in D♭ major at 104 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Alone Together - 2019
4/4 swing in D minor at 159 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Equinox - 2019
4/4 swing in C minor at 142 BPM
2018
Acoustic Bass solo - Doxy - 2018
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 114 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Valse Hot - 2018
3/4 waltz in A♭ major at 110 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Green Dolphin Street - 2018
4/4 latin in E♭ major at 202 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Lazy Bird - 2018
4/4 swing in G major at 112 BPM
Acoustic Bass solo - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 2018
4/4 swing in C major at 96 BPM