Joshua Bayer

As both a musician and a composer, acoustic bassist/guitarist Joshua Bayer often brings a strong ‘60s influence to the table. Bayer has used electric keyboards on some of his recordings, but not in a fusion, jazz-funk, smooth jazz or pop-jazz way -- much of his ‘90s and 2000s work has been greatly influenced by the straight-ahead post-bop of the ‘60s. And that post-bop perspective has often asserted itself in Bayer's playing as well as his composing. As an upright bassist, his influences range from Jimmy Garrison to Ron Carter to Eddie Gomez, and as a composer, his long list o...