Joe Sanders (bassist) explained

Joe Sanders is an American jazz double bassist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} In 2023, saxophonist Joshua Redman described Sanders to the New York Times as among "the greats of [his] generation and [one] of the most active and emulated musicians on the scene today."^[5]

Background

Sanders was born in Milwaukee in 1984 and grew up at the intersection of Ninth and Locust Streets.^[6] A 2002 Milwaukee High School of the Arts graduate, Sanders studied music at the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in California under bassist Christian McBride after winning a rare scholarship to the then-new program.^[7] Sanders additionally studied at the Thelonious Monk Institute. He studied under Terence Blanchard, learning from John Clayton and Bob Hurst, and moved to New York thereafter.^[8]

Career

Sanders recorded the album Introducing Joe Sanders in 2011 with his New York band, featuring pianist Luis Perdomo, alto saxophonist Will Vinson, and drummer Rodney Green. The album was released by Criss Cross Jazz.^[9] Sanders has played bass on recordings by numerous notable modern-day jazz artists.^[10] Sanders has performed in Vietnam and India with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, and toured North America and Europe with the Roy Hargrove Quintet.^{[11] [12]}

He collaborated with Justin Brown as a member of Gerald Clayton's trio, and toured with Charles Lloyd as part of his quartet in 2015.^{[13] [14]}

In 2023, he performed on Joshua Redman's Where Are We.^[15]

Personal life

As of 2022, Sanders lives outside Marseille, France with his family.^[16]

Awards

• Second Place, 2009 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Bass Competition.^[17]
• Second Prize Recipient, ISB Double Bass Competition, Jazz Division (2009).^[18]

Selected discography

As leader

• Introducing Joe Sanders (Criss Cross Jazz 2011)
• Humanity (2017)

As sideman

• Joshua Redman ft. Gabrielle Cavassa, Where Are We (Blue Note 2023)
• Kendrick Scott Oracle, A Wall Becomes a Bridge (Blue Note 2019)
• Ben Wendel, What We Bring (Motéma, 2016)
• Dayna Stephens, That Nepenthetic Place (Sunnyside, 2013)
• Walter Smith III (with Ambrose Akinmusire, Jason Moran, Eric Harland, Logan Richardson) (Criss Cross 2010)
• Theo Croker, In the Tradition (Arbors Records 2009)
• Gerald Clayton, Two-Shade (2009)
• Oran Etkin, Kelenia (Motéma, 2009)
• Ambrose Akinmusire, Prelude... to Cora (Fresh Sound 2008)

External links

• Discogs - Joe Sanders

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joe Sanders – Inside Jazz. insidejazz.com.
2. Web site: Jazz Blues News - Interview with Joe Sanders: Whether it be the Blues, Samba, Classical or Jazz, it keeps my musical muscle working analyzing.. September 25, 2017.
3. Web site: Leading From the Bass: Joe Sanders. February 29, 2012. Jazz Speaks.
4. Web site: Philip Dizack Interview. September 21, 2013. Jazz Line News.
5. News: 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz. Giovanni. Russonello. The New York Times . February 1, 2023. NYTimes.com.
6. Dietrich, K. (2018). Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland United States: Wisconsin Historical Society Press (containing a profile of Sanders at pgs 199-205) (available at https://books.google.com/books?id=0iNjswEACAAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false)
7. Young bassist in a class by himself (almost). Talent takes Milwaukeean to exclusive jazz program. By ELAINE SCHMIDT Special to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Sunday, November 17, 2002.
8. Web site: Joe Sanders - Bass | Ibiza Music Agency. ibizamusicagency.com.
9. Web site: Joe Sanders - Introducing Joe Sanders Album Reviews, Songs & More AllMusic . . 2024-01-17 . en.
10. Web site: Earshot Jazz Wraps Up Spring Series with Two Celebrated Pianists; Earshot Jazz. by Earshot Jazz
11. Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 20, 2014)
12. Web site: Joe Sanders by Phil Freeman in Burning Ambulance: An Art & Culture Quarterly. January 9, 2018.
13. News: The New York Times - Jazz Listings for Aug. 28-Sept. 3. The New York Times . August 27, 2015. NYTimes.com.
14. Web site: St. Cecilia Music Center presents The Blue Note 85th Anniversary Tour Celebrating the Newest Eclectic Jazz Artists of today on January 18, 2024 | The Rapidian. The Rapidian | therapidian.org.
15. Web site: Joshua Redman: Where Are We album review — a bittersweet musical odyssey across America. www.ft.com.
16. Web site: The New Jazz Émigrés: Insights from noted artists living abroad. June 29, 2022. WBGO.
17. Web site: Hancock Institute of Jazz.
18. Web site: International Society of Bassists - ISB Double Bass Performance Competition - Past Winners. www.isbworldoffice.com.