Biographies

Cary Black

Cary Black has played acoustic bass in perhaps the widest range of musical styles of anyone else on the planet. Among those he has accompanied: Laurindo Almeida, Ernestine Anderson, Tex Beneke, Cheryl Bentyne (Manhattan Transfer), The Boys of the Lough, Petula Clark, Bob Crosby, Kenny Edwards, Nokie Edwards (The Ventures), Nina Gerber, Dan Hicks, The Kingston Trio, Laurie Lewis, Rose Maddox, Mark Murphy, Mollie O'Brien, Eddie Pennington, Johnny Ray, Paul Siebel, Kay Starr, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Ernie Watts, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, … and, now, the KKB. His inventive and melodic bass lines never get in the way of his perfect timekeeping, and he's pushing the band to new levels of creativity and drive. Cary has toured extensively, and is one of the country's most in-demand instructors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

photo: Anne Hamersky