Baba Elefante's Profile |
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Bassist Jazz, Funk, R&B, whatever |
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| Location: | UPLAND, California |
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| Last Login: | Jul 15, 2008 (537 days back) |
About Me |
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Layout customized with the MySpaceLayoutSupport.com MySpace Profile Editor MySpace Backgrounds MySpace CodesFreelance Bassist and composer Baba Elefante was nominated as one of the nation's top bass players in a Bass Player Magazine poll. Baba has been the bassist for The Ron Kobayashi Trio, a trio that has been together for more that 12 years. The group members, Ron Kobayashi, Steve Dixon and Baba Elefante has recorded 4 CD’s… Starting with, the self titled “Ron Kobayashi Trio” 2nd release “Exotic Places” 3rd release “No Preservatives” and 4th “Be Bop and Swing”. Baba is currently working with the Ron Kobayashi Trio as well as The Joe Jewell Quartet and the Jody Fisher Trio. His studio work spans television, movies and records including the 1995 Universal movie "The Hunted". He has recorded and or performed with jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, saxophonists Pete Christlieb, Justo Almario, Eric Marienthal, Albert Wing and Brandon Fields, "Yes" keyboardist Patrick Moraz, Lee Osker of the bad “War” and "Kansas" lead vocalist John Elefante. |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 11/27/2007Band Members: Rhythm section musicians I work with : Piano: Ron Kobayashi, John True, Joe Bagg, Norm Aberjam Drums: Steve Dixon, Ronnie Ciago, Scott Ickes, Leo Vigil, Ramon Banda, Chris Wabash, Mike Bennett, James Nation, Jason Harnell, Gary Stanionis Guitar: Joe Jewell, Jody Fisher, Blake White, John Heussenstamm, Daryl Caroco, Dave Murdy, Shan Kenner Record Label: Carpet Cat Records (www.carpetcat.com) Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / R&B) |
My Blog |
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Song Credits |
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| Here's some info on the tunes on my playlist as well as Snocap downloads Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and Stella are tunes that will be on my up coming CDThese two tunes feature Ronnie Ciago and myself.... Posted by Baba Elefante on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:50:00 PST |
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Youtube |
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| Here are some youtube clips with the Ron Kobayashi Trio and othersYouTube... Posted by Baba Elefante on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:53:00 PST |
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Global Bass Interview |
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| Here's an interview I did a while back for global Bass online magazine.Global Bass Interview... Posted by Baba Elefante on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:49:00 PST |
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Snocap Downloads |
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| The easiest way to download the tunes is to use the SNOCAP download manager software. It's an quick, easy, simple program that installs in seconds, and it totally tracks all your downloads. You also c... Posted by Baba Elefante on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:44:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Ray Brown, JACO PASTORIUS, Grant [USB], Ron Kobayashi Trio, Joe Jewell, Jody Fisher, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Joe Louis, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Thelonious Monk, The Official James Jamerson MySpace, The Funk Brothers, Cachao, MILES, Marcus Miller, THE OFFICIAL Victor Wooten MySpace, F Bass - Custom Built Basses, Tal Wilkenfeld, Bootsy Collins, MICHAEL, Miko Espanol, Katherine Prouse, Todd Johnson, Peter Erskine, Ronnie Ciago, Jules Day, Nichole Preuss, Scott Ickes, Mark Gusek, JR Rodgers, Peggie Perkins, Mike Bennett, Llew Matthews, Big G Music, Leo Vigil, Joe Bagg, TOOTS, Brian Bromberg, Reijo, ♥DAWN♥, Jules, Arte Hernandez, Bei Bei, SpeedofSound, Andy Kubicki, Scott O, Papiboy, TaylorSummersGlenn, WCA Photo Studio, Duo Session, Holly, Mariana, Lori, dreambird, Tracimuzik ♫, Kara Stephens, HuEvoNo, JD Pinckney, Ian Enderson, Michael Kotzen - Cajon Builder
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