Michael Manring

Michael Manring is an electric bassist from the Bay Area (Northern California). In addition to a tenure as the in-house bassist for the Windham Hill record label, Manring has recorded with Michael Hedges, Alex Skolnick (in the bands Skol-Patrol and Attention Deficit, also featuring Herb from Primus), Patti Larkin, and many other noted musicians. He has been a member of Yo Miles!, Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith's Miles Davis tribute band, since its inception. He remains active, touring the world for performances and clinics. Manring studied with Jaco Pastorius.

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Electric bassist - Bay Area - Northern California - Record label - Michael Hedges - Alex Skolnick - Primus - Patti Larkin - Henry Kaiser - Wadada Leo Smith - Miles Davis - Jaco Pastorius

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Manring is regarded as a technical virtuoso, using the bass as a solo instrument and frequently taking advantage of unusual alternate tunings. Manring occasionally plays on two (or even three) basses at the same time during live performances.

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He is known for playing and endorsing Zon Basses -- specifically, the Zon Hyperbass, an unusually flexible four-stringed instrument which Manring co-designed with Joseph Zon.

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Some of his albums:

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• Thönk
• Drastic Measures
• Scatter
• The Book of Flame
• Soliloquy
• The Idiot King (with Attention Deficit)
• Controlled by Radar (with McGill/Manring/Stevens)
 
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