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Member Info: Brad Mock - Just another Bass Player in Austin... |
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Name: Brad Mock
Contact: Available to Members
Focus: Jazz
Location: Austin, TX USA
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...doing my bit to keep it Weird!
Since I grew up in the 70's playing R&B and Rock and Blues it's just natural to want to play Jazz. Ok so I was only a guitar player then but I played string bass in the school orchestra. My senior year, 1976, I discovered Jaco & Stanley and my special purpose- Electric Bass. Since then College, a couple of few on the road with a couple of bands that almost made it. Then a year after that playing the gypsy trying out LA, Philadelphia and New York (I even got to sub several shows on Broadway). But I got homesick for bluebonnets, chicken fried steak, Tex-Mex, wide open spaces and musicians with the same musical legacy -- so I came Home.
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Back home
Since returning to Austin I've been in a number of bands and played sideman to others. I had a fusion trio called Inertia in the early 80's that rocked and groved. I've also been very fortunate to have played with some of the best guitar players and drummers in town.
Until recently I played both acoustic and electric bass, but I had to retire my upright buddy due to shoulder problems. The down side is that I am finding it increasingly difficult to be taken seriously as a jazz bass player but have resorted to booking my own gigs and players and that has it's own challenges & rewards. I also run a home for wayward and under appreciated basses, some rare and unusual but they were all cheap.
In 2005 I started a home recording project and am developing tunes for my statement cd. I am exploring piccolo bass and keyboards to expand my range of sounds and expression. I am also in the procees of recording several of the projects I am involved in.
My main focus right now is a jazz quintet of like minded players who have a grounding in the legacy of jazz but are trying to find the new future for that expression. I am also in an original rock trio Gravelwhip as well as a duo with keyboardist Francis McGrath.
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Musical Influences
• Thelonious Monk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden
• Jaco, Stanley, Ralphe, Anthony, Alphonso and a bunch of unknown bass players ask me Ill tell you more.
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Favorite Recordings
• Too many to list here, see I've work in a music store almost 20 years.
• I'll try to review the ones that are still available for young and old(er).
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