Jimmy Haslip

Born:: December 31, 1951, he's 60 and American.
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Snapshot:: An Artist with 6 releases, a member of 2 groups, and credited twice on others' music. 10 collaborations.

Jimmy Haslip (born 31 December, 1951 in Bronx/New York City) is an American electric bass player and record producer best known as a founding and current member of the pioneering fusion group Yellowjackets. He was also an early user of the 5-string electric bass.

Haslip is notable for his versatility of tone, including being able to very closely achieve the tone of an upright acoustic bass on an electric bass guitar, his melodic bass lines, and his expressive solos. Haslip is a left-handed player, but strings his electric bass from low to high, as opposed to the traditional high to low.

In addition to the Yellowjackets, he has worked with, and is working with, many notable artists, including Bruce Hornsby, Rita Coolidge, Gino Vannelli, Kiss, Tommy Bolin, Allan Holdsworth, Marilyn Scott, Chaka Khan, Al Jarreau, Donald Fagen, Bobby McFerrin, Anita Baker, Carol Welsman, Brenda Russell, Cher and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Haslip has released three solo albums, Arc, Red Heat and Nightfall. Haslip remains active with the Yellowjackets, is part of a combo with Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua, and Chad Wackerman. Other collaborations include Jing Chi (with Robben Ford and Vinnie Colaiuta), Renegade Creation (Robben Ford, Michael Landau and Gary Novak), The Jeff Lorber Fusion (Jeff Lorber and Eric Marienthal), Structure (Terri Lyne Carrington, Greg Osby and Adam Rogers) and Modereko.

Jimmy Haslip was a member of rock group Blackjack from 1979-1980 with Bruce Kulick, Sandy Gennaro, and Michael Bolton.