Bassist
and composer Brad Cheeseman has released an EP of tender and intricate
contemporary jazz tunes called "Mixed Messages", which you can listen
to and/or buy here: http://bradcheeseman.bandcamp.com/
How
long have you been playing bass for? Was fusion an early love, or something you
developed a liking for as your talents grew into it?
I started playing bass in 2004, so roughly nine years now.
Jazz (and eventually fusion) was kind of an acquired taste for me. When I first
listened to bands like Weather Report and Return to Forever, it was the
musicianship that I was listening for; the language was beyond me. On the more
"traditional" side of things, Dave Brubeck's Time Out was
the first jazz record I bought, and it was the mixed meter compositions which I
was attracted to most, as they appealed to the inner progressive rock fan in
me. Since I could get a few of the elements in the music though, I kept
listening and gradually began to understand the music better.
