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Click here to view excerpts from the Carol Kaye documentary First Lady of Bass from director Pekka Rautionmaa.
(Windows Media, 6.3MB)


Catch Carol's live playing on guitar and bass on film (year 2000) click here! Film Courtesy of Debby Hastings. Charles Chapman guitar, John Repucci bass.


 
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Laura Veirs "Carol Kaye" Tribute Song

CK Guitar Blues Jam w/Marco Panascia
CK Guitar Jam "Just Friends" w/Marco Panascia
CK Bass

Click Here to listen to the C.K. interview, used with permission from BobEdwardsRadio.com. Taped at NPR on 3-9-09, aired on XM Radio on 3-11-09, aired on NPR on 3-28-09. Special thanks to Bob Edwards and his Producer Chad Campbell, Washington D.C.

Free Lessons/Interview with Carol Kaye:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9idtdWAAEA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












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Frank Wilson 1965 Motown "Do I Love You" MP3 (with Carol Kaye bass, Earl Palmer drums, cut in Hollywood) This recording auctioned at record $41, 700, is UK soul hit.

Frank Wilson recent phone interview.

Carol was 1 of 9 bass players recording in Hollywood for Motown 1963 through 1968-69, as verified by Motown producers Frank Wilson, Hal Davis, and also by Pres. of Jobete, Lester Sill, others.


MESSAGE: "I'm always deeply devoted to the cause of studio musicians being recognized for the talent and full scope of their depth in helping to create the 1960s-70s hit records. Sadly, the Denny Tedesco film-doc doesn't tell the real story as I was told it would, I don't support it, and regret my appearance in this re-edited film."
-Carol Kaye.

On Any Sunday filmscore cues, 1971.

  • Dominic Frontiere - composer, arranger, conductor
  • Larry Bunker - drums
  • Emil Richards - percussion
  • Tommy Tedesco - guitar
  • Dennis Budimer - guitar
  • Carol Kaye - electric bass (mostly improvised)
  • Tommy Morgan - harmonica
  • Mike Melvoin - organ, piano
  • Pete Candoli - trumpet
  • Conte Candoli - trumpet
  • Buddy Childers - trumpet
  • Dick Nash - trombone
  • Tom Scott - flute, tenor sax, piccolo
  • Dominic Frontiere - rocksichord
  • Sally Stevens - lead vocals "On Any Sunday"
  • Sara Jane Kane, Jackie Ward, Sally Stevens, John Bahler, Ron Hicklin, Gene Moreford - background vocals
  • Arty Becker - engineer

Track #5 - 2 min
Track #6 - 50 sec
Track #12 - 45 sec

Recorded at United Recorders, Hollywood



"Excellence in Education, Musicianship" Award,
presented by Director Jamie Knight & Dean Torrence,
Academy of Performing Artists, Huntington Beach 2008.

NPR Bob Edwards Interview!
Check out this great new interview that Carol did with NPR's Bob Edwards. You'll hear Carol playing and just may catch her singing a bit too.Your'e gonna love this one!

New DVD Now Available!
Click here to purchase the new "Jazz Improv Soloing DVD Course by Carol Kaye on Guitar". See and hear video clips below:
Chapter 3 - Minor Chords
Chapter 8 - Working With Chord Charts
Chapter 10 - Jam with bass legend Jim Hughart/Credits

New Video from NAMM 2006 watch Carol jam with George Benson


Please do not download any of my books/CDs from Google. I filed FTC Complaint #25172648 against Google for those illegal downloads, don't be a pirate!
Thank-you, CK

Piracy is someone robbing money from you, stealing from your pocket - the pirate is a cold-hearted bad-guy thief who thinks it's OK to steal from hard-working musicians who bring you joy and pleasure with our music Please don't buy Pirated CDs, that's aiding and abetting a criminal. Please do not buy our "Thumbs Up" CD from any place on the web that has the label "Quicksilver" - a 1-man company. This is in violation of Piracy laws and is completely Unauthorized, Unlicensed. The only license on our "Thumbs Up" is to "The Orchard" on iTunes, EMusic and our label is MR-C Music, M = Mitch, R = Ray, C = Carol, a partnership - we own the master and the copyright on Thumbs Up. Please buy legally, thank-you. Carol Kaye, Ray Pizzi, Mitch Holder. See our Thumbs Up download in Catalog here.

Please don't buy my CDs or recordings of any kind from Hot Wire Records (Germany), Gap Classics, EFA, Disq D'Or, or Soul Coast Records -- these are all dealers in PIRATED RECORDINGS and are selling unauthorized stolen pirated recordings of mine. Please don't buy "California Creamin" (which is "Guitars 1965" CD Catalog), or "First Lady Of Bass" aka "Picking Up On The E String w/Bass Catch" (which is "Carol Kaye: Bass"CD), or the "Better Days" Joe Pass/Carol Kaye CD put out by 1-man co. Hotwire Records in Germany. These are pirates, illegal, and unauthorized. All these CDs are for sale here in
Catalog-CDs legally.

Anitra's Twist was recorded by Carol Kaye on guitar and bass in the 1960s, and is copyrighted and owned by Carol. This recording was never owned by Hal Blaine who illegally uses it for his own purposes without her permission.

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A Finnish tv-company YLE has produced a 52 minutes documentary called The First lady of the Bass about Carol. The producer of the doc is LA based cameraman Pekka Rautionmaa and executive producer Ari Ylä-Anttila at YLE Helsinki, Finland. The program will air Aug. 22nd at 7:30pm in Finland, Iceland, Germany and others to follow.

Order educational videos, books, tapes and CDs on line from the catalog!

Discographies, TV and film lists, photos, sound clips and frequently asked questions are in the library.

Looking for playing tips? Or a bass instructor who uses Carol's methods and materials? Check out education.

And forum is Carol's good ole message board - with a new look!

CAROL'S GEAR: Ibanez SRX700 Bass, Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats strings, GK MB150S-iii Amp, Gibson SG Elec. Guitar, TI Benson Flats Strings for Jazz playing.

 

 

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The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers has honored Carol Kaye for creative bass lines on Records, Movies and TV-Film recorded music