Pings + Musician in Portland, OR

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ABOUT

Bassist/arranger/composer/producer.

Currently developing The Triage ft. LaTee Da (jazz and blues standards with unique originals). We're looking for a regular drummer, and occasional strings and a trombonist for recording projects now and gigs when (if?) we ever get back to having a live music scene in PDX. Tracks 2&3 are from our 2019 Christmas E.P. I played bass and drums, arranged the strings and produced the tracks.

Placeholder Web site: the.triage.band

Ongoing solo project: Pomo Leviathan (original Latin jazz). Looking for perc (timbales, congas, bongos), piano and horns for collab and possible club dates. Track 1 and the video are a winter 2021 demo; I played everything and produced the track and video.

Placeholder Web site: pomo.leviathan.band

Hit me at steve <at> rawley <dot> org if you're interested in collaborating.

I may also available for other (established) projects as a sub or regular, if it's interesting enough. :) I don't have the bandwidth for developing a new act at the moment.

I play primarily double bass. I also play bass guitar and synth bass, plus drums and Latin percussion (congas, bongos, timbales).

I played lead alto sax with Poli Chávez y sus Coronados in the 90s, and still play sax once in a while.

I have a home studio for practice and recording, and pro gear for gigging. I can arrange and transcribe and produce pro horn/strings charts.

Latin jazz and jazz are my jam, but I'm open to other styles (except guitar rock). As long as it swings and has spaces in between, I'm down. Americana, singer-songwriter, acoustic is cool. Theatrical, psychedelic, performance art, or otherwise cross-pollinated stuff would be a blast.

Screen name:

Pings

Member since:

Dec 17 2018

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

45

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, J.S. Bach, Esther Phillips, Phillip Glass, Phyllis Dillon,The Meters, Dr. John, The Neville Brothers, 70s NYC salsa/nuyorican/bugalú/brown-eyed soul, Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Poncho Sánchez, Rene Camacho, Oscar D'León, Willie Colón, The Staple Singers, Irakere, Betty Harris, Los Van Van, N.G. La Banda, Parliament/Funkadelic, Peter Tosh, George Porter, Larry Graham, Aston Barrett, Tony Banda, Paquito D'Rivera, Celia Cruz, Georgia Aguirre... and on and on...

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Expert

Upright bass:

Expert

Other Percussion:

Advanced

Saxophone:

Advanced

Drums:

Moderate

Keyboard:

Moderate

Clarinet:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Main: 1938 Kay C-1 (double bass)

Bass guitars: Fender Precision, Fender Jazz, Fender Jazz Bass Special (fretless P/J), Ibanez 6-string fretless, G&L L-2500, Stingray

Synth: Korg Volca Bass + Alesis Q25

Amplification: GK

Drums and percussion: traps, timbales, congas, bongos, bells, hand perc, etc

Reeds: alto and tenor sax, clarinet

MUSIC