Occupation(s) Musician Years active 1977-present | Name Tom Barney | |
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Instruments Bass, upright bass, fretless bass Genres Soul music, Jazz, Rhythm and blues, Rock music, Pop music Associated acts Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Dizzy Gillespie Similar Hiram Bullock, Lauryn Hill, Gordon "Commissioner Gordon, Tania Maria, Tony Prendatt | ||
Tom barney demos the jb5 and v59k kiesel carvin basses
Tom Barney is an American bass guitarist.
Contents
- Tom barney demos the jb5 and v59k kiesel carvin basses
- Hiram bullock with stevie ray vaughan www hirambullock com
- Career
- References
Hiram bullock with stevie ray vaughan www hirambullock com
Career
Barney first came to prominence in the late 1970s, when he appeared on different jazz albums by Turk Mauro and Walter Davis Jr., following to appear on records by such artists as Chaka Khan, Judy Collins, Miles Davis, Bob Mintzer, Terumasa Hino, Jane Fonda, Dizzy Gillespie and Lonnie Liston Smith in the early 80s. On December 15, 1984 he appeared on Saturday Night Live with The Honeydrippers. Some of these opportunities led him to play on albums by Mike Stern, Mitchel Forman, Tania Maria, Grover Washington Jr., Lillo Thomas, Ornella Vanoni, Teddy Pendergrass, Desiree Coleman, Regina Belle and Michael Kamen's Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack. In 1989, along with Philippe Saisse, Omar Hakim, Don Alias and Hiram Bullock he was the constant bass player for Jools Holland's Sunday Night show.
In the 90s he played on records by Toshinobu Kubota, James Newton Howard, Alex Foster, Ronnie Cuber, Pierce Turner, Doc Powell, Bernadette Peters, Angelique Kidjo as well as Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill, Jennifer Lopez, Rosie O'Donnell and on Santana's Grammy-Award-winning album Supernatural. He was also a member of Steely Dan and played at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival as part of the David Sanborn Band in 1991. Along with Herbie Hancock, Vanessa L. Williams, Pat Metheny, Bruce Hornsby, Dee Dee Bridgewater, John McLaughlin and others, he appeared on the 1994 VHS release of The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.
Since 2000 Barney has appeared on records by Anastacia, Rod Stewart, Joss Stone, Trina Broussard, Toby Lightman as well as Elbow Bones & the Racketeers. From 2008-2010 he was the constant bass player of the Las Vegas musical The Showgirl Must Go On starring Bette Midler and is the current bass player of the musical The Lion King in New York City.