Don Ross and michael manring improv (incomplet)

micheal manring and don ross jamming together, one of the final stage performances of the evening. This piece was recorder live in montreal on november 2nd 2006. as you might have guest, we where out of space on the camera's memory card. please enjoy even if incomplet! Michael Manring www.manthing.com Bio : Hailed by many as the worldís leading solo bassist, Michael Manring has been pushing back the boundaries of whatís possible on the bass guitar for over two decades. While his technical skill and innovations always make an impression, it is his ability to communicate on a profound emotional level that most touches listeners. As editor Tom Darter wrote in Keyboard magazine after seeing one of Michael's solo concerts, "Forget his astounding technique and musicality; forget his absolute command of his instruments; forget how seamlessly the musical ideas and the performance of them were wedded together...The enlightenment came most from feeling (seeing, hearing) the joy Michael felt to be playing...his brand of transcendental chops and musical understanding...was all in the service of the final outcome, the joy of making music." Building on the conceptions of his teacher, the late bass legend Jaco Pastorius, Michael has developed a new approach to the instrument that includes unorthodox tunings, techniques and methodologies. He has honed his skills on hundreds of recordings as a session musician and thousands of concerts throughout the world. Michael has worked with a ...

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