Legendary Bassist Stu Hamm

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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
1-4pm

STU HAMM performs in Firesign Entertainment's ‘Sounds of the Row’ Summer
Music Series - 1-4pm

Where: Santana Row – Park Valencia Main Stage
400 S. Winchester Blvd. / Olin Ave. San Jose, CA.
Price: FREE
1-4pm
Ph: 408-469-0251

Firesign Entertainment is extremely proud to present legendary bassist Stu
Hamm as part of our 'Sounds of the Row' summer music series. In addition
to his barrier-breaking solo sessions, Hamm has been hailed for his
recording and touring stints with guitar icons Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
His long-time associations with Vai and Satriani garnered Hamm
award-winning recognition on a global scale, and as a result, Hamm has
received an extensive list of accolades such as being voted "Best Jazz
Bassist" and "Best Rock Bassist" multiple times in magazine polls
conducted by several major print publications.

For the past two decades, Hamm has toured as one of the world's premier
bass clinicians. He has also demonstrated his signature techniques and
methodologies to avid students through his best-selling instructional
videos, Slap, Pop & Tap For The Bass and Deeper Inside The Bass, and a
book of transcriptions, Stuart Hamm - The Bass Book, which contains a
collection of Hamm's greatest hits from his first three solo releases.

Through his innovative work as a solo artist and his contributions as a
sideman to Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, Stuart Hamm has firmly established
himself as one of the most influential electric bassists of the past
half-century. Extending the non-traditional function of the electric bass
previously revolutionized by Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke in the
1970s, Hamm helped to reshape the contemporary concept of the bass guitar
as an unaccompanied instrument with the utilization of polyphonic,
two-handed tapping, slapping and popping techniques, chords, and
harmonics. Although Hamm certainly wasn't the first bass player to debut
during the 1980s and employ an unorthodox approach to playing the electric
bass, he was undoubtedly at the forefront of his generation who
effectively fused the application of these unconventional techniques.
http://www.stuhamm.com

This year Firesign Entertainment’s effort at each of our ‘sounds of the
row’ music shows will be focused on raising awareness for the diminishing
funds for music programs in our local schools. By asking people to donate
instruments, help, and money to the local school or district of their
choice we intend to bring this serious subject to light.

‘Sounds of the Row’ Summer Music Series (June 26th-August 14th)

Presented by Firesign Entertainment
http://www.firesignentertainment.com
* Sponsored in part by State Farm Insurance

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