Funk fusion jazz solo and latin electric bass

Biography

• Born Plymouth UK 1962
• Gets first guitar aged 10 and starts to teach himself.
• Starts playing drums in garage band at 14
• Buys first electric guitar at 15
• Switches to bass age 16 in 1979, buys a Shaftsbury Rickenbacker 4001 copy in cherry sunburst.
• Lots of jamming and the odd little gig over the next few years.
• 1983 Joins working band Night after Night and plays covers, rock n roll and original material.
• Gets first jazz bass Squire JV series 62 re-issue, using Acoustic amps and various 15” speakers
• 1984 Meets jazz keyboardist Paul Harris and starts to play straight ahead jazz and funk/fusion music.
• 1985 moves to London plays in a few bands and attends courses at Basstech and Goldsmiths college
• Gets first fretless bass
• 1988 returns to Plymouth and meets jazz pianist Dave Thompson who is a big influence. Continues to do jazz gigs and general freelance work. Finds and buys ’75 Jazz bass.
• 1990 enrols on honours degree course at Salford University and moves to Manchester. Spends the next 3 years studying and gigging.
• Runner up in John Lennon award songwriting competition.
• 1991 Joins Gary Boyle’s Triple Echo which records an album in 1992.
• 1993 graduates and goes into teaching, continues to gig and get involved in projects over the next decade or so.
• 1997 gets first 6 string bass.
• 1999 starts to play upright bass
• 2002 returns to Devon to record album and get involved in local music scene.
• Forms Mike Isaacs’ “Funk consortium” and “Fourjazz”. Freelance gigs, teaching and production work.
• Prepares material for solo electric bass project
• 2007 releases solo album Sunrisin’
• 2008 Launches website

Recordings

• Mike Isaac-Sunrisin’
• Gary Boyle-Triple Echo
• Angie Palmer-Romantica Obscura
• Marrila Ness - Resting in Love

Performed with

Gary Boyle, Jerry Donahue, Chris Farlowe, John Etheridge, Jim Mullen, Bruce Adams, Angie Palmer, Digby Fairweather, Mike Gorman, Mike Outram, Les Chisnall, Milan lad, Simon Willescroft, Andy Treacey, Steve Buckley, Martin Dale, Stewart Macallum, Mike Walker, Craig Milverton, Neil Yeates, Afrodiz