Wooten has been called the most influential bassist of the last two decades and one of the Top 10 Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine.Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey and Derico Watson will bring Bass Extremes to the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 10.
Tickets to the 8 p.m. performance are $39. Visit AlysStephens.org or call 205-975-2787 for tickets or more information.
Wooten is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a founding member of the supergroup Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He has been called the most influential bassist of the last two decades and was listed as one of the Top 10 Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine. Wooten has won Bass Player Magazine’s reader poll three times — the only person to have won it more than once. With many solo recordings, Wooten is also the author of “The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music.”
Bailey is a pioneer of the six-string fretless bass whose techniques are studied around the world. An avid recording artist with two solo recordings under his belt, Bailey is chair of the Bass Department at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Bailey has played and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, The Rippingtons, Jethro Tull, Paquito D’rivera, Larry Carlton and Willie Nelson, to name a few. Bass Player Magazine wrote: “Steve Bailey is to the six-string fretless bass what Columbus is to America.”
Together, Wooten and Bailey formed Bass Extremes in 1992, releasing their self-titled debut, which remains one of the top-selling musical and instructional bass products of all time. They are also known and respected as a dynamic teaching duo who continue to teach together at events and universities around the world, according to their bio.
Wooten is a featured artist for the Alys Stephens Center’s 2023 MUSE Conference, a free musicians conference, and will lead a musicians workshop in addition to his performance. The MUSE Conference provides musicians the tools to succeed. Register or learn more at AlysStephens.org/muse.