On his second solo album ( following his first by nine years), bass player Victor Bailey is quick to acknowledge his horoes: "Graham Cracker," with its funky, plucked bass notes, is a tribute to Larry Graham, while "Continuum," a tune by Jaco Pastorius, Bailey´s predecessor in Weather Report, is given a vocalese lyric written and sung by Bailey and turned into "Do You Know Who," which contains lines like "Boy when I first heard Jaco play/I´ve got to admit I was blown away." Beyond these overt homages, however, Bailey doesn´t really betray much… read more
On his second solo album ( following his first by nine years), bass player Victor Bailey is quick to acknowledge his horoes: "Graham Cracker,&qu… read more
On his second solo album ( following his first by nine years), bass player Victor Bailey is quick to acknowledge his horoes: "Graham Cracker," with its funky, plucked bass note… read more
Victor Bailey (March 27, 1960 – November 11, 2016) was an American jazzfusion bass guitar player. He was the bass player for Weather Report during their final years from 1982 to 1986, and launched a solo career in 1988. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Victor Bailey attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston after being disqualified from naval service due to asthma. Bailey has recorded and/or toured with Omar Hakim, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders, Miriam Makeba, Larry Coryell, Lenny White, Mike Stern, Dennis Chambers, Poogie Bell, Weather Report, Michael Brecker, LL… read more
Victor Bailey (March 27, 1960 – November 11, 2016) was an American jazzfusion bass guitar player. He was the bass player for Weather Report during their final years from 1982 to 1986, and … read more
Victor Bailey (March 27, 1960 – November 11, 2016) was an American jazzfusion bass guitar player. He was the bass player for Weather Report during their final years from 1982 to 1986, and launched a solo career in 1988. Born in Philad… read more