Bass Bible; Paul Westwood 2CDs included Kr.: 434,- (frakt kommer i tillegg til prisen)

Paul was born in England in 1953. At 16 he joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and 2 years later attended The Guildhall School of Music, studying the contrabass. Until the age of 23, Paul played many residences, clubs, concerts and tours, visiting over 25 countries. He became one of London's elite session musicians with album credits for artists such as Elton John, Vangelis, Cliff Richard, John Miles, Stephen Bishop, Andy Williams, José Carreras, Hot Chocolate, Madonna, Jennifer Rush, Justin Haywood (Moody Blues), John Williams (guitar), The Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras, and for writers and producers like Lieber & Stoller, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phil Ramone, George Martin, Gus Dudgeon and Mickey Most. Paul has worked for more than a dozen British TV companies with the orchestras of Alyn Ainsworth, John Coleman and Ray Monk, Accompanying artists such as Tom Jones, Barry Manilow, Janet Jackson, Al Jarreau, Gloria Estefan, Randy Crawford, Shirley Bassey, Chuck Berry, The Temptations, Joe Cocker, Dionne Warwick, George Benson and the Pointer Sisters.

His film credits include movies with composers Michel Le Grand, Hans Zimmer, John Barry, Philip Sarde, Trevor Jones, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Paul McCartney, Peter Knight and Debbie Wiseman. He has played in many London stage show productions including Cats, Les Misérables, West Side Story and Chess. He has toured with Charles Aznavour, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine, Cliff Richard, Elkie Brooks, Michael Crawford, and worked with many Jazz musicians including Steve Gadd, Wayne Shorter, Joe Beck, Warren Bernhardt, Larry Coryell and Jon Hiseman.

Paul teaches at The Royal Academy of Music, King's College and Stowe School, and has held master classes at the Bass Centre, The Academy and The Musicians' Institute. He produced a tuition video called "The Complete Bass Guitar Player" in 1992, which has been sold throughout Europe. His compositions and TV themes have been used extensively all over the world. Recently he has been on 3 major European jazz tours with Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, appearing at over 350 concerts. He has written several articles for music magazines, and is at present involved in writing, producing and recording 2 albums of his own material. ISBN 3-927190-67-5

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