Steve Bailey

Steve Bailey is a professional bassist who is famous for his pioneering work with the six string fretless bass. He was voted runner up for "Bass Player Of The Year" in 1994 and 1996. Steve Bailey began playing the bass guitar at age 12 and began playing fretless bass after he ran over his fretted bass with his car. Bailey not only plays electric bass, but he also plays double bass; he started playing upright after hearing Stanley Clarke playing with Return to Forever. Steve got a full scholarships to both North Texas University and Miami University. He is currently an Artist in Residence at Coastal Carolina University and a teacher at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He has done work as a studio musician, as well as numerous collaborations including several albums with fellow bassist Victor Wooten. Bailey and Wooten host a bass camp called Bass At The Beach which helps to teach bassists of all ranges. The camp is for people who just bought their basses, to people who are very advanced in their playing. Steve also likes to surf and play tennis.

Associated Acts

Steve has played with a huge range of artists, including Victor Wooten in Bass Extremes, Paquito D'Rivera, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Dave Liebman, Claudio Roditti, Michel Camilo, The Rippingtons, David Benoit, Jethro Tull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Billy Joe Shaver, Larry Carlton, Emily Remler, Brandon Fields, Kitaro, Max Highstein, T Lavitz, Tab Benoit, Johnny Witherspoon, Toni Price, Mel Tormé, Ernestine Anderson, Mark Murphy (singer), John Patitucci, Billy Sheehan, and many many more. He has released albums with many of these artists.

Instruments and Electronics

Steve plays through Ampeg amplifiers, uses two custom-made signature Aria Pro II and Fender fretless six-string basses equipped with a pair of custom-wound, dual-coil Basslines humbuckers powered by an 18V active 3-band EQ and strunged with D'Addario EXLS510 strings.

Discography

* Ashkan - In From The Cold (1970)
* Roberto Perera - Erotica (1981)
* Paquito D'Rivera - Taste of Paquito (1981)
* Starfighters - In-Flight Movie (1982)
* Compilation Album - Guitar Fire!: GRP Gold Encore Series (1983)
* Masi - Downtown Dreamers (1985)
* Max Highstein - Stars (1988)
* Compilation Album - GRP: On The Cutting Edge (1989)
* Bryan Duncan - Strong Medicine (1989)
* The Rippingtons - Tourist in Paradise (1989)
* Roberto Perera - Erotica: Enhanced CD (1990)
* David Benoit - Inner Motion (1990)
* Compilation Album - Just Friends: A Gathering in Tribute to Emily Remler (1990)
* Compilation Album - Just Friends: Tribute to Emily Remler, Vol. 2 (1990)
* The Rippingtons - Welcome to St. James' Club (1990)
* The Rippingtons - Curves Ahead (1991)
*Compilation Album - GRP Digital Sampler: On The Cutting Edge
*Compilation Album - Just Friends, Vol. 3: Tribute to Emily Remler (1991)
*Harry Sheppard - This-A-Way That-A-Way (1991)
*Kilauea - Antigua Blue (1992)
*Wendi Slaton - Back Here Again (1992)
*Kitaro - Dream (1992)
*Compilation Album - GRP 10th Anniversary Collection (1992)
*David Benoit - Letter to Evan (1992)
*Robert Hicks - New Standard (1992)
*Tab Benoit - Nice & Warm (1992)
*Harry Sheppard - Points of View (1992)
*Kilauea - Spring Break (1992)
*Kilauea and Daniel Ho - Tropical Pleasures (1992)
*The Rippingtons - Weekend in Monaco (1992)
*Steve Reid - Bamoboo Forest (1994)
*David Benoit - Shaken Not Stirred (1994)
*Tab Benoit - What I Live For (1994)
*Kilauea and Daniel Ho - Diamond Collection (1995)
*Compilation Album - GRP Christmas Collection, Vol. 2 (1995)
*Russ Freeman - Holiday (1995)
*Jesse Dayton - Raisin' Cain (1995)
*David Rice - Released (1995)
*Jeff Kashiwa - Remember Catalina (1995)
*Jethro Tull - "Roots to Branches" (1995)
*Shaver- Highway of Life (1996)
*Doug Cameron - Rendezvous (1996)
*Steve Reid - Water Sign (1996)
*The Rippingtons - Best of the Rippingtons (1997)
*Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten - Bass Extremes Vol. 2 (1998)
*Toni Price - Lowdown & Up
*Robin Williamson - Old Fangled Tone (1999)
*Victor Wooten - Yin-Yang (1999)
*Ray Price - Prisoncer of Love (2000)
*Bobby Boyd - Honky Tonk Tree (2001)
*Bass Extremes - Just Add Water (2001)
*Compilation Album - Leaflets, Vol. 1 (2001)
*Jessie Allen Cooper - Moment In Time (2002)
*Mark Winkler - Garden of Earthly Delights: The Best of Mark Winkler (2003)
*Victor Wooten - Soul Circus (2005)Main source: [http://www.stevebaileybass.com/ http://www.stevebaileybass.com/]

Books

Steve is the author of a successful series of bass instructional books.
* "Rock Bass (Steve Bailey Bass Guitar Series)" (1991)
* "Advanced Rock Bass (Steve Baily Bass Guitar Series)" (1991)
* "Five String Bass (Steve Bailey Bass Guitar Series)" (1991)
* "Six String Bass (Steve Bailey Bass Guitar Series)" (1991)
* "Fretless Bass"
* "Bass Extremes" (1993) by Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten ISBN-10: 0769249159 ISBN-13: 978-0769249155

Videos

* "Fretless Bass"
* "Bass Extremes: Live" (1994) (Warner Bros.)