Eberhard Weber, Tony Levin, Steve Lawson, Jaco Pastorius, Stuart Zender, Scott LaFaro, Marcus Miller, Pino Palladino, Tal Wilkenfeld, Gary Peacock, Bootsy Collins, Jonas Hellborg, Eddie Gomez, Trey Gunn, Peter Hook, Danny Thompson, Ray Brown, Mick Karn.....
....and my teachers: Barry Glynn, Steve Watts, Jeff Clyne, Martin Hathaway, Simon Purcell, Pete Churchill, Kevin Rundell, Jan Bunting, and Claire Whitehead.
Simon Little is a session bassist living in London.
Perhaps best known as the bassist with The Divine Comedy and Clare Teal, he also tours regularly with Maggie Reilly, Duke Special, Lea DeLaria and The Duckworth Lewis Method. As a jazz bass player he plays regularly with Kate Eden, Ian Shaw, Symeon Cosburn, Nina Ferro and Esther Bennett. Simon has also played with Chris Difford, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, A Girl Called Eddy, Carleen Anderson, Jonathan Jeremiah, Beth Rowley, Ben Folds, Norma Winstone, Claire Martin, Boo Hewerdine, Ryan Edwards, Alan Barnes, Polly Gibbons, Sarah Moule, Julie McKee and The Ronnie Scott's Allstars amongst others.
You can check out Simon's official blog at Blogger. And don't forget to have a look at the Reverb Nation site and sign up to the mailing list.
You can also follow updates on Twitter if you're that way inclined.
Simon has also just started a solo bass podcast, you can check it out Here or on iTunes. Search for Simon Little's Podcast. Very imaginatively titled that one....
Simon plays Electric, Upright and fretless basses and the Chapman Stick. He currently uses Warwick basses and amps, and Elites strings. And if you ask him nicely, he might play the musical saw for you....
Discography:
White Lunar (2009) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis,
Lean Baby EP (2009) Kate Eden,
Clare Teal Live At Ebenezer Chapel (2009) Clare Teal,
Waiting For The Sunset (2008) Nina Ferro,
Get Happy (2008) Clare Teal,
The Last Temptation of Chris (2008) Chris Difford,
What A Woman Shouldn't Do (2008) Julie McKee,
Paradisi Carousel (2007) Clare Teal,
Victory For The Comic Muse (2006) The Divine Comedy,
Drawn To All Things (2006) Ian Shaw,
Rowan (2006) Maggie Reilly,
South East Side Story (2006) Chris Difford,
Breakfast with the Blues (2006) Symeon Cosburn
Whatever It Takes (2006) Jai Cavill
Live at the London Palladium (DVD 2004) The Divine Comedy,
Absent Friends (2004) The Divine Comedy,
Vollmilch 2004 - Das war Haldern (2004) with The Divine Comedy
Just In Time (2004) Esther Bennett,
The Very Thought of You (2003) Lol Williams Band
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