James Genus

James Genus ( born January 20, 1966 in Hampton ( Virginia)) is an American jazz bassist.

Life and work

James Genus began at the age of six years with the guitar and switched to bass at age 13. He studied from 1983 to 1987 at the Virginia Commonwealth University, including Ellis Marsalis, and eventually moved to New York where he made ​​his name as a session musician of the local jazz scene. 1988/89 he played in the formation Out of the Blue, with Vincent Herring, 1989 Horace Silver, 1989/91 with Roy Haynes and Don Pullen. In 1990, he briefly replaced Walter Booker in the Nat Adderley band, then worked in the 1990s with Greg Osby and also the New York Voices, Jon Faddis, TS Monk, Benny Golson, Dave Kikoski, Bob Berg, Geoff Keezer, Lee Konitz, Michael Brecker, Bob James, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea. In 1995 he was involved in John McLaughlin's album The Promise; 1998 began working with Dave Douglas, in his albums In Our Lifetime, Soul on Soul, Strange Liberation and Leap of Faith he participated. 1998/99 he worked with Uri Caine, together with its production The Sidewalks of New York / Tin Pan Alley and its trio album Blue Wail; 1998 to 2001 he was band in Conrad Herwig.