Tal Wilkenfeld

 

Just two years after she first picked up the instrument in her native Australia, Tal Wilkenfeld commenced studies at Los Angeles Academy of Music. She split college for New York City wherein she sat in on local jam sessions and quickly built her reputation as a top player. An invitation by Allman Brothers Oteil Burbridge and Derek Trucks to join the band on stage at their annual Beacon Theater residency led to widespread exposure and an impressive audition tape which she sent to Jeff Beck. Within months of that performance, Tal waxed her debut slab Transformation (2006) and was on the bandstand with Chick Corea. She later joined Beck’s band for several tours, one of which is  captured on the incendiary Live At Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.

 

Wilkenfeld quickly rose to the top echelons of her profession, which is where she sits now, collaborating with the crème de la crème of rock, jazz, and pop artists including Prince, Herbie Hancock, Warren Hayes, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, The Roots, Wayne Krantz,  David Gilmour, Macy Gray, Ryan Adams, Pharrell, Buddy Guy, Jackson Browne, Todd Rundgren, Ringo Starr, Brian Wilson, and Dr. John to cite a very select few. Tal’s weapons of choice are Sadowsky basses, and EBS amplifiers.

 

Her solo bow entitled Transformation (2007) is a 21st Century jazz-fusion masterpiece.

 

Tal’s sophomore slab, Love Remains (2019) was a surprise to her “bass only” fans as she emerged as a formidable singer-songwriter, drawing influences as diverse 70s Laurel Canyon and 90s alt-rock!

 

Tal Wilkenfeld Sound & Vision…

 

Tal with Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scott’s “Nadia” https://youtu.be/drAv2FoYji8

 

“Transformation” https://youtu.be/iBKChtJ2AeU

 

“Corner Painter” https://youtu.be/sJuO_HKrVPQ

Nathan East (Eric Clapton)

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An award winning first-call session cat and among the most in-demand touring bassists on the planet, it would be easier to list the artists whom Nathan Harnell East has not played with on stage and on record!

East, who prefers (and endorses) extended range Yamaha bassists, grew up to the sounds of Philadelphia and has incorporated his reverence for jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, and rock into platinum records aplenty by Eric Clapton, Fourplay, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Loggins, Michael Jackson, Daft Punk, and Herbie Hancock to cite an extremely select few.

Dig Nathan with Whitney: https://youtu.be/YohL_QJhFaw

Dig Nathan with Slowhand: https://youtu.be/–ND7U44k_M

Dig Nathan with The Eurythmics https://youtu.be/Uhpu2N4rQZM

Dig Nathan’s “Daft Funk” https://youtu.be/07GgekHHud8

An accomplished singer, cellist, educator, composer, producer, in 2014 Nate waxed his debut solo album, which, of course, featured his famous friends Stevie Wonder, Slowhand, Ray Parker Jr….the list goes on and on and on…