The IIB MP3 Bass Samplers are comprised of selected tracks that have been recorded by many of today's premier bass artists including Marcus Miller, Michael Manring, Stuart Hamm, Gary Willis, Adam Nitti, Norm Stockton, Ray Riendeau, Tom Kennedy, Yves Carbonne, Gerald Veasley, and many more. 2 HOURS OF MUSIC! To receive The IIB MP3 Bass Samplers, simply: SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

Below, you will find a list of the artists and tracks featured on the The IIB MP3 Bass Samplers. Special thanks to all of the artists and their respective record companies. Please support these artists by visiting their web sites and purchasing their music. Artists are listed in alphabetical order according to last name.

Equally versed at solidifying grooves, blowing lyrical solos, and providing chordal textures on his 6-string bass, Damian Erskine showcased his extraordinary level of musicianship with the release of Trios, his debut as a leader, in February, 2007. As the nephew of world-renowned drummer Peter Erskine (Weather Report), Damian spent much of his childhood surrounded by many legendary musicians. In addition to the degree he earned from Berklee College of Music, Erskine has studied privately with bassists including Marc Johnson, Victor Wooten, Reggie Hamilton, and Kai Eckhardt. Erskine maintains an active presence in the club scene and performs regularly at festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest. Besides touring and recording as a sideman, Erskine offers private instruction from his studio in Portland, Oregon and via webcam through MusicVirtuosity.com. He has also taught seminars at the National Guitar Workshop and Berklee's Guitar Week. ... Read More.

Damian Erskine - "Spain"

Damian Erskine - Bass
Ramsey Embick - Piano; Reinhardt Melz - Drums; Israel Annoh - Percussion
Release Date - 2007
Record Label - Notnek Music
Contact - DamianErskine.com

John Flitcraft graduated from the Bass Institute of Technology at Musicians Institute in 1988 where he studied bass with Gary Willis. After completing his studies at B.I.T., Flitcraft relocated to Boston in order to continue his education at Berklee College of Music. In 1996, Flitcraft returned to B.I.T. as an instructor, and a few years later, he formed a fusion trio called Altered. Influenced by Tribal Tech and Allan Holdsworth, Altered is an aggressive mix of jazz, funk, and rock styles, and to date, they have released two studio projects including their self-titled debut and Graphic. In addition to his performances with Altered, Flitcraft freelances in Los Angeles, plays musicals, does studio work, and teaches bass privately. ... Read More.

John Flitcraft - "Digging Out"

John Flitcraft - Bass
Jeff Miley - Guitar
Steve Holmes - Drums
Release Date - 2005
Record Label - Flitcraft Music
Contact - JohnFlitcraft.com

Through his innovative work as a solo artist and his contributions as a sideman to Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, Stuart Hamm has firmly established himself as one of the most influential electric bassists of the past half-century. Extending the non-traditional function of the electric bass previously revolutionized by Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke in the 1970's, Hamm helped to reshape the contemporary concept of the bass guitar as an unaccompanied instrument with the utilization of polyphonic, two-handed tapping, slapping and popping techniques, chords, and harmonics. Although Hamm certainly wasn't the first bass player to debut during the 1980's and employ an unorthodox approach to playing the electric bass, he was undoubtedly at the forefront of his generation who effectively fused the application of these unconventional techniques. As one of today's leading bassists, Hamm has released four critically-acclaimed studio recordings. ... Read More.

Stuart Hamm - "Outbound"

Stuart Hamm - Bass
Jude Gold - Guitar; John Mader - Drums; John Seppala - Keyboards
Release Date - 2007
Record Label - Ubik Musik
Contact - StuartHamm.net

On his acclaimed 2004 debut solo project, Mad Science, Steve Jenkins established himself as one of today's brightest up-and-coming electric bassists by merging serious bass chops and a sophisticated sense of melody within the context of groove-oriented compositions. While a student on scholarship at Berklee College of Music, Jenkins honed his advanced technical proficiency through his studies with renowned bass instructor and long-time faculty member, Bruce Gertz. In addition to his work as a solo artist and touring with guitarist David Fiuczynski as a member of the Screaming Headless Torsos, Jenkins performs alongside Vernon Reid and many other world-class musicians while based out of New York. ... Read More.

Steve Jenkins - "Merkaba"

Steve Jenkins - Bass
Tony Escapa - Drums, Percussion
Dan Brantigan - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Release Date - 2004
Record Label - Jenkadelic Productions
Contact - SteveJenkinsBass.com

On Those Days, his debut recording, Austrian bassist Bernhard Lackner demonstrates a musical maturity far beyond what his age might initially indicate. With an assorted compilation of tracks spanning a contemporary fusion of jazz, pop, funk, and hip hop styles, Lackner's performance delivers a profound statement. Accompanied by saxophonist Jeff Coffin from Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and produced by Adam Nitti, Those Days immediately makes Lackner one of this year's artists to watch. As a solo artist, Lackner has presented his music at events such as the Euro Bass Day and NoiBassisti Groove Festival in Italy, Austria's Outreach Jazz Festival, and BassUp! in the United States. ... Read More.

Bernhard Lackner - "We Try To Fly"

Bernhard Lackner - Bass
Scott Bernhard - Guitar; Blair Masters - Keyboard; Derico Watson - Drums
Release Date - 2006
Record Label - Bernhard Lackner Music
Contact - BernhardLackner.com

From sold out soccer stadiums in Mexico to packed arenas in Asia and abroad, Jonni Lightfoot has toured extensively throughout the world since becoming a member of Air Supply in 2001. Lightfoot, a native of Salt Lake City, performed before 175,000 people in 2005 as part of only the second Western group to ever play inside Cuba. Along with his bass playing duties in Air Supply, Lightfoot has also assumed the roles of the band's studio engineer and musical director. As the leader of his own projects, Lightfoot has emerged as an expressive solo bassist on the piccolo bass while revealing his versatile musical vocabulary on three studio recordings including his debut Copper Street Fair in 1996, Pendulum in 2001, and the highly anticipated Blu which was released in 2006 and features tracks with performances from members of Air Supply and legendary solo bassist Michael Manring. Today, Lightfoot continues to broaden the boundaries of conventional application and utilizes the bass as a lead instrument in his own bass-fronted band. ... Read More.

Jonni Lightfoot - "Flutterbys"

Jonni Lightfoot - Solo Piccolo Bass Guitar
Release Date - 2006
Record Label - DreamAttik Productions
Contact - JonniLightfoot.net

Whether recording as a solo artist, performing as a member of E.M.P. Project, or touring as a sideman, Joseph Patrick Moore has demonstrated the diversity of his musical prowess across a broad spectrum of musical genres while utilizing acoustic upright, electric, and fretless basses. Moore's fascination with music began at a young age. With encouragement from his family, Moore started playing alto saxophone at age eight before switching to drums and then later bass in high school. Following high school, Moore attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) on a full scholarship to pursue double and electric bass studies with a major in both classical and jazz performance. In order to experience more performance opportunities, Moore transferred to the University of Memphis after 2 1/2 years at UTK and eventually relocated to Atlanta in 1997 where he continues to reside today. ... Read More.

Joseph Patrick Moore - "Mystery"

Joseph Patrick Moore - Bass
Buzz Amato - Programming; Al Smith - Keys; Jon Chalden - Drums; Emrah Kotan - Percussion; Al McSpadden - EWI
Release Date - 2006
Record Label - Blue Canoe Records
Contact - JosephPatrickMoore.com

After years of percussion-related studies that were pursued on the college level with the intent of becoming a band director, Brady Muckelroy turned his attention to bass guitar. By fusing his previously-acquired percussion experience with the harmonic and melodic potential of alternately-tuned fretted and fretless electric basses, Muckelroy found his voice as a solo bassist. Since 2001, Muckelroy has released two recordings as a leader, Brady Muckelroy Live (2004) and Too Much Coffee (2001). As a soloist, Muckelroy has toured throughout the United States and has performed at bass events such as BassUp! and the Bozeman Bass Bash. Currently a resident of San Marcos, Texas, Muckelroy teaches privately in addition to his live solo bass performances. ... Read More.

Brady Muckelroy - "Love Song For The Mountains"

Brady Muckelroy - Solo Bass Guitar
Release Date - 2004
Record Label - Brady Muckelroy Music
Contact - BradyMuckelroy.com

On October 7, 2005, bassist Jeff Schmidt of San Rafael, California was declared the winner of the first Bass Extremes International Contemporary Solo Bass Competition. Before a live audience and an all-star panel of judges including bass greats Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Anthony Jackson, Will Lee, and drummer Gregg Bissonette, Schmidt performed three compositions for unaccompanied bass guitar at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. "If this competition was about who could display the best knowledge and application of music theory, I wouldn't have been there. If it was about who could play the fastest or demonstrate the most mind-boggling technique, I wouldn't have been there, but I possessed something that the judges felt was emotive and musical, and that is what this competition was all about," said Schmidt. Schmidt also stated, "I thought I did exceptionally well considering this was the first time I had ever performed solo bass in front of a live audience." ... Read More.

Jeff Schmidt - "Satori"

Jeff Schmidt - Solo Bass Guitar
Release Date - 2007
Record Label - Jeff Schmidt Music
Contact - Beautiful-Bass.com

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, bassist Chris Tarry has firmly established himself amongst his contemporaries as both an award-winning leader and a sideman on a global scale. Over the past decade, Tarry has appeared on a collection of recordings with artists that span a wide range of musical genres and has participated in tours extending from one end of North America to the other and abroad. With the Canadian jazz quartet Metalwood, the first jazz group in Canada to be signed to the Verve Music Group, Tarry has been the recipient of a number of distinguished awards including the Juno Award (the Canadian Grammy) in 1998 and 1999 for "Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year" along with multiple West Coast Music Awards for "Jazz Album Of The Year." Also among their long list of accolades, Metalwood has been acknowledged as a two-time winner of Jazz Report Magazine's "Electric Jazz Group Of The Year." ... Read More.

Chris Tarry - "There Was One"

Chris Tarry - Bass
Pete McCann - Guitar; Kelly Jefferson - Saxophone; Dan Weiss - Drums; Jon Cowherd - Piano
Release Date - 2006
Record Label - Cellar Live
Contact - ChrisTarry.com

Chuck Bianchi is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. During his time as a performance major at Berklee, Chuck explored the possibilities of solo electric bass and studied with Joe Santerre, Bruce Gertz, Whit Brown, Rich Appleman, Anthony Vitti, and many other great players and teachers. Before graduating in 1997, he was selected, along with a half-dozen other students, to perform at the Berklee Performance Center during the school's annual Bass Week where he performed an original composition with a band. Since then, Chuck has been writing and performing music for solo bass with single-minded dedication after realizing the melodic potential and subtle range of expression that are possible on the bass guitar. His originative solo arrangements and compositions utilize various slapping and tapping techniques, altered tunings, the harmonic E-Bow, and his unique approach to counterpoint on the bass guitar. ... Read More.

Chuck Bianchi - "December"

Chuck Bianchi - Solo Bass Guitar
Release Date - 2002
Record Label - Dreaming Out Loud Music
Contact - DreamingOutLoud.net

Born and raised in France, sub-contra bassist Yves Carbonne started learning classical piano at age 7. His career on electric bass commenced when he was 13 years-old, and two years later, he began playing the acoustic upright bass. Upon hearing the music of bass icons Stanley Clarke and Jaco Pastorius, Carbonne's interest in jazz became apparent, and he soon pursued the sounds of fretless bass. Over the past twenty years, Carbonne has spent time in private studies with fretless bass virtuoso Alain Caron and former John McLaughlin Trio bass great Dominique Di Piazza. After years of experimenting with various types of basses including 4, 5, and 6-string models, Carbonne conceived a sub-contra bass tuned one octave below standard bass tuning, and today, he researches the various ways of using sub-basses within the context of ensemble configurations, as a soloist, and pedagogically. ... Read More.

Carbonne - Di Piazza - Manring - "Holy Spirit"

Yves Carbonne - Solo Bass Guitar
Release Date - 2005
Record Label - Yves Carbonne Music
Contact - YvesCarbonne.com

David Hughes was born and raised in Sweden. After studying bass guitar and acoustic upright at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, David left for Los Angeles and began exploring life as a studio musician. David decided to spend a year at B.I.T. in Los Angeles where he studied with Gary Willis, Todd Johnson, Jeff Berlin, and Steve Bailey amongst others. A couple of years later, David joined the teaching staff at Musicians Institute. For the past several years, David has been touring the world with Wayne Henderson's Jazz Crusaders. David has also performed with David Benoit, Ronnie Laws, Everette Harp, Bobby Lyle, Chaka Khan, Melissa Etheridge, Burt Bacharach, Ray Manzarek (of the Doors), and many others. David has played on a number of independent albums, commercial jingles, and music libraries. TV work includes Baywatch, The Tom Green Show, and he can be seen and heard in the film "Old School." David released his debut solo project, Swoosh in 2003. ... Read More.

David Hughes - "Swoosh"

David Hughes - Bass, Keyboards, Programming
Release Date - 2003
Record Label - ABZ Music
Contact - SwedeBass.com

Todd Johnson is recognized as a pioneer of the six-string bass. With his signature model Zon TJ6 six-string bass, Johnson uses an innovative technique where he plays chord changes and bass lines simultaneously, giving him an uniquely rich and fuller sound that proves extremely useful in both solo and small combo work. As an integral member of the critically acclaimed jazz trio of guitarist Ron Escheté, Johnson excels as both a supporting musician and a seasoned soloist. He is consistently cited for his contributions of skill, originality, and versatility, as well as his ability to sound as if he is simultaneously playing bass and rhythm guitar. Zan Stewart of the Los Angeles Times writes that Johnson's six-string bass along with Escheté's seven-string guitar "give the musicians an amazing range of sounds and approaches." The group is repeatedly hailed as the trio that sounds like a quartet. ... Read More.

Todd Johnson - "Goin' Home"

Todd Johnson - Electric Bass
Kristin Korb - Acoustic Upright Bass
Kendall Kay - Drums
Release Date - 2004
Record Label - GraceBase Productions
Contact - ToddJohnsonMusic.com

For the past three decades, St. Louis' Tom Kennedy has been a consummate, first-call bassist in the world of instrumental-based music. Alongside his piano-playing brother, Ray, Kennedy started building his now prolific career around the St. Louis area at age nine on the acoustic upright bass by playing mainstream jazz music. By the time Kennedy graduated high school, he had already performed with veteran jazz artists such as Peter Erskine, David Sanborn, Eddie Harris, Nat Adderly, Freddie Hubbard, and Stan Kenton. Ever since Kennedy was first introduced to the electric bass when he was seventeen, he has divided his time between both instruments. In the mid-1980's, Kennedy left St. Louis and relocated to New York where he became highly-regarded through performances in multiple groups on both instruments. ... Read More.

Tom Kennedy - "Suede Shoes"

Tom Kennedy - Electric Bass & Acoustic Upright Bass
Kara Baldus - Keyboard
Miles Vandiver - Drums
Contact - TomKennedyMusic.com

Expanding upon the concepts firmly established by his former instructor, the late bass icon Jaco Pastorius, in the 1970's, solo bassist Michael Manring has pioneered a non-traditional approach to unaccompanied electric bass performance that incorporates unconventional tunings, astoundingly virtuoso technical innovations, and ground-breaking methodologies. By seamlessly merging all of the modern bass techniques including traditional fingerstyle playing, slapping, plucking, chord strumming, and contrapuntal two-handed tapping techniques on fretted and fretless instruments with his amazing and unparalleled work with the EBow, explorations with harmonics, and his extensive use of altered tunings, Manring has completely redefined the role of the electric bass as a legitimate solo instrument and opened the ears of bassists worldwide to all the previously undiscovered textural possibilities accessible on electric bass. ... Read More.

Michael Manring - "I Left America"

Michael Manring - Solo Acoustic Bass Guitar
Release Date - 2005
Record Label - Manthing Music
Contact - Manthing.com

Born in Brooklyn in 1959 and raised in Jamaica, New York, Marcus Miller came from a musical family. He was influenced early on by his father, a church organist and choir director, as well as his musical extended family (which included the extraordinary Wynton Kelly, jazz pianist for Miles Davis during the late fifties and early sixties!). He displayed an early affinity for all types of music. By the age of thirteen, he was already proficient on the clarinet, piano, and bass guitar and had begun composing music. The bass guitar, however, was his love and by the age of fifteen, he was working regularly in New York City with various bands. Soon thereafter, he was playing bass and writing music for flutist Bobbi Humphrey and keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith. Miller spent the next few years as a top-call New York studio musician, working with Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Grover Washington Jr., Bob James, and David Sanborn, among others. ... Read More.

Marcus Miller - "3 Deuces"

Marcus Miller - Bass
Poogie Bell - Drums; Dean Brown - Guitar; Roger Byam - Sax; Bruce Flowers - Keyboards; Michael Stewart - Trumpet
Release Date - 2002
Record Label - 3 Deuces Records
Contact - MarcusMiller.com

Emerging as one of today's premier electric bassists, Adam Nitti successfully balances mind-boggling displays of technical wizardry with art. A jazz/fusion recording artist and session player for both commercial and album-oriented ventures all over the country, Adam is based out of Nashville, Tennessee and currently has 3 CD's released on his own Renaissance Man Records label, the latest of which is Evidence. Adam is the bassist with Steven Curtis Chapman, a 5-time Grammy award-winning artist. In addition to being a performer and composer, Adam is also Chief Learning Officer for MusicDojo.com, an interactive online music school. Adam has toured with the Dave Weckl band, Jeff Coffin Mu’tet, the Justice League, Angie Aparo, and has also performed with such legendary artists as Scott Henderson, T Lavitz, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Herring, Mike Stern, Kirk Covington, Susan Tedeschi, Wayne Krantz, and many others. ... Read More.

Adam Nitti - "Skitzo"

Adam Nitti - Bass & Keyboard
Bill Hart - Guitar; Tom Knight - Drums; Sam Skelton - Sax
Release Date - 2001
Record Label - Renaissance Man
Contact - AdamNitti.com

Utilizing a repertoire of innovative arrangements and contemporary techniques, Ray Riendeau has showcased his virtuoso bass playing ability on four discs including All Funked Up, Groove Therapy, Enlightenment, and Arrhythmia that he has released through his Groove Theory Records label. Before Rob Halford left to rejoin Judas Priest in 2003, Riendeau recorded two studio projects, a live double CD release, and toured around the world with the Priest frontman as a member of the band Halford. Besides his work with Halford, Riendeau is acknowledged for his contributions alongside highly-revered guitarists such as Gary Hoey, Greg Koch, and Neil Zaza. While a member of Machines of Loving Grace, Riendeau played on the movie soundtrack of "The Crow" which sold over one million units. Riendeau's playing has also been featured in a number of commercial ads for Fox TV, MTV, United Artists, and Disney. ... Read More.

Ray Riendeau - "Living For The City"

Ray Riendeau - Bass
Jesse McGuire - Trumpet; Ted Belledin - Saxophone; Joe Morris - Cajon, Shakers & Tamborine
Release Date - 2001
Record Label - Groove Theory Records
Contact - RayRiendeau.net

As both bassist & clinician (MTD Basses, Gallien-Krueger, Maranatha! Music), Norm Stockton travels extensively throughout North America and Europe. He also serves as the bass columnist for Christian Musician magazine. Profiled in Bass Player magazine (12/95), he is a bassist/composer/educator with extensive experience in a wide array of musical settings. His recording and/or performance credits include jazz guitarist Steve Laury (solo artist, Fattburger), keyboardist Rob Mullins (solo artist, The Crusaders), bassist Dominique Di Piazza (John McLaughlin Trio, Front Page), keyboardist Scott Wilkie (Narada Jazz recording artist), guitarist Lincoln Brewster (worship & solo artist, Vertical Records and Steve Perry), Fernando Ortega (worship & solo artist, Word Records), bluesman Darrell Mansfield, heavy rock group Luna Halo (Sparrow recording artists), and singer/songwriter Bill Batstone (Harvest Crusade Praise Band, Franklin Graham Crusades, formerly with The Praise Band). ... Read More.

Norm Stockton - "The Race"

Norm Stockton - Bass
Rod Lincoln - Drums & Loops; Steve Laury - Guitar; Scott Wilkie - Keyboards; Larry Williams - Trumpet
Release Date - 2001
Record Label - Stocktones Music
Contact - NormStockton.com

Born in Philadelphia, Gerald Veasley started playing bass when he was 12. In the 1980's, Veasley had developed into a versatile and reputable sideman and session player. He joined Grover Washington's band in 1986 and played on six of the sax players recordings. Two years later, he moved on to the Zawinul Syndicate, led by fusion pioneer Joe Zawinul, co-founder of Weather Report. He would tour the world with his idol for the next seven years. Among the many other credits on Veasley's resume are studio sessions and/or tour gigs with artists representing a range of genres including Special EFX, Pieces of a Dream, McCoy Tyner, Gerald Levert, Teddy Pendergrass, Nnenna Freelon, Philip Bailey, the Dixie Hummingbirds, John Blake, Phil Perry, and Joe McBride. In response to the longtime clamor among his fans for a live album, Veasley released At The Jazz Base! in July, 2005. ... Read More.

Gerald Veasley - "On The Fast Track"

Gerald Veasley - Bass; Chris Farr - Saxophone; Will Brock - Keys; Peter Kuzma - Organ; Eric Greene - Drums; Pablo Batista - Percussion; Matt Cappy - Trumpet; Jeff Bradshaw - Trombone
Release Date - 2005
Record Label - Heads Up
Contact - GeraldVeasley.com

Merging technical virtuosity with musical mastery, Gary Willis is widely acknowledged by fans, peers, and critics alike as one of the most influential voices of our time. Recognized for his fretless bass prowess and fingerboard harmony concepts, Willis' unconventional musical facility is demonstrated through often thick, 16th note-laced, hypnotic grooves and lyrical solo flights entrenched with a dynamic melodic sense. Over the past two decades, Willis' innovative, ultra-light right-hand approach has defined economy-of-motion while the depth and scope of his musical vision has often defied easy categorization. Now a resident of Barcelona, Spain, Willis' story begins as a Texas-native. In 1978 Willis enrolled in the legendary jazz program at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) where he studied composition and improvisation. ... Read More.

Gary Willis - "Hipmotize"

Gary Willis - Bass
Dennis Chambers - Drums; Scott Kinsey - Keyboards; Steve Tavaglione - EWI
Release Date - 1998
Record Label - Alchemy Records
Contact - GaryWillis.com