Well in one way or the other I play with; Myself, Mikhal Caldwell, Eric Wilhelm, Cheikh Ndoye, Ken Andreoni, Jimmy Pitts, Bob Sworoski, Joe Deninzon, Greg Tyler, Romero Wyatt, Damian Erskine, Omar Taji, Ed Marz, Mike Prescott, Jim Morris, Carlos Studalone, and anyone else I don’t scare off!
Miles, Jaco, John Mclaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Jeff Berlin, Verdine White,
James Jamerson, Trane, Jimi Hendrix, Ron Carter, Rocco, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Larry Graham, Al Dimeola, Quincy Jones, Percy Jones, Weather Report, Tony Levin, Geddy Lee, King Crimson, Where will it stop!!
Eddie Kohen's musical career began at 9 years old with a beat up Kay classical guitar. By the time he was 13 He was playing with the high school kids as a lead guitarist. It was at this time that his musical interest turned to jazz. In the early 70's there were a lot of exciting things happening in the jazz world largly fueled by Miles Davis electric work at the time. The Miles family of musicians of this time proved to be a major influence.
At Berkley High School Ed's desire for a more formal music education combined with the schools need for a string bass player led to private lessons with Detroit jazz legend Ed Pickens at Oakland University.
Upon graduation Eddie entered The Berklee College of Music as a dual guitar and bass performance major. Private study with Rich Appleman and ensemble classes led by Gary Burton and Michael Gibbs seemed to indicate bass was direction Eddie would head in. Meeting Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, and Bob Moses and the chance to see them play regularly clinched the fact that bass would be the voice.
Eddie returned to Detroit in 1977, purchased his first fretless bass and hit the ground running, entering the famous "Detroit School of Hard Knocks".
Through the 70's and 80's Eddie performed regularly all over town. During this time he was able to play with many Detroit greats including but not limited to, Ed Marz, Dave Mcmurray, Earl Klugh, Perry Hughes, Captain Woodwinds, and also did many studio dates.
From about 1990 to 1998 Eddie took a hiatus from playing. It was during this time he met his beautiful wife Cathy and ran a Holistic Pet Supply store.
It was in late 1998 that Eddie decided to resume his playing. After intensive woodshedding and the building of Electric Bassmentland Studios Eddie once again emerged on the Detroit music scene. A chance meeting with Detroit guitar legend Mikhal Caldwell propeled Ed's playing to new heights.
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Currently Eddie can be found performing locally with a variety of top level Pop, Rock, R&B, and Jazz projects. Also Eddie is working on select fusion projects including Mikhal Caldwell, Slice of Pi, and his solo project.
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Lessons are available privately, through Motor City Guitar in Waterford Michigan and via live webcam at www.musicvirtuosity.com. Please look for my clinics at Motor City.
Thanks for all the help from:
Morley Pedals, Thomastik-Infeld strings, Bartolini pickups, Hipshot hardware, Thunderfunk amps, Accugroove cabinets, Dean and Elrick basses, and Leo Fender.
eddie!! whats up man? ive got my new 5 string wick resting in my lap and i couldn't be happier. im almost through jaco's 'jam in e' and i wish you could here the growl im getting out of this thing!!! hope things are going well i will be sure to check out a show within the next few months
Hey, I'm finally getting around to personally thanking everyone who's shown the slightest bit of support for this project. Everyone here at Create_Labs is very appreciative of the amount of people who seem interested in this, such a very obscure, project. Currently we're working hard on finishing up the EP that should be coming out in a month or two. The three tracks from the demo are being reworked and will reappear with three or four new tracks (depending on recent creative spurts which seem to pop up out of nowhere) . A live lineup is also being assembled to expose more and elaborate on ideas and concepts touched upon during the recording process...once again, we appreciate your support and will continue to keep you posted.
HEy Eddie yeah I'm workin' on the tune right now....Jerry says wassup eddie!...I'm havin' alot of fun workin' with it but I'm bein' real picky....anyway hope all is well...MIKE
Hey Eddie..I wasn't sure if Mikal and Jimmy were just playing a cruel April fools joke on me, or if you were actually intrested in throwin' me a reason to live...Jerry Twyford (bass for fractured, and my personal rodie of 20 years) came over to help preview the tune and brainstorm ideas...so far i'm cautiously optimistic i'll be abled to do it. Things were moving well until we paused to hear bassturbation which spawned a rediculos and crude spinoff improv of songwriting...including "drumbodies a bassist basstard"..."Keys don't drum on her bass"..." Drummer then a box of rocks"..."Drum and Drummer"....etc..etc...I'm crusin' to Kansas City tonight, but i'm free all weekend to work on the tune....which by the way is extreamly kickass and intimidating, but i'll do my best and hopefully you'll find a use for it....all the best.....
