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Artist
Geoff Gascoyne
12+ albums
jazzSmooth Jazzjazz bassmodern jazzpop-jazz
about
Geoff Gascoyne was born in Nottingham, England, on November 23rd 1963. He was attracted to music at an early age, starting with the piano at the age of 6. Formal Classical training lead him to the passing of the Grade 8 examination at the age of only 13. Soon after that, his love of the popular music of the day and the need for musicians in local groups encouraged him to take up the electric bass. In 1978 he moved to London to study painting at St Martins School of Art. Throughout this period he was still committed to playing music and shortly before he left in 1981 he joined his first professional group. This began a period of learning and intense musical experiences for Geoff, he became a freelance musician for the first time. By 1988 his natural curiosity and self-motivating attitude had lead him to begin studying jazz music. In 1990 he joined the group 'Everything But The Girl'. This association lasted for 3 years and included tours of the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the recording of the album 'Worldwide' in 1991. There was also another world tour in 1994 with the award winning 'Hip Hop-Jazz-Rap'group, 'US3'. This took him to South America for the first time. Geoff's early jazz work was playing electric bass in the groups lead by Jim Mullen and Ian Shaw, amongst others and it was in 1993 that, together with guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane he founded his first group 'Wabash.' This was a very creative period in his life. It was at this time that he started pla
