Tim Landers
| Tim Landers | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Timothy Gerard Landers |
| Born |
November 1, 1956 ←Taunton, Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Bassist, composer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, Acoustic bass, Guitar, Drums |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Notable instruments | |
| Peavey Tim Landers Signature Series TL-5 and TL-6, Pedulla Buzz bass | |
Timothy “Tim” Landers (born November 1, 1956) is an American musician and bassist, best known for his contribution to the 1970s-80s jazz-fusion genre and his bass work with Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, Gil Evans Orchestra, among others. Landers is also known as a prolific session musician and as a member of Tom Scott's band on the CBS late-night television program ‘’The Pat Sajak Show’’.
Born in Taunton, Massachusetts, Landers has recorded or toured with many artists and was a featured sideman on notable jazz, rock and pop recordings by Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, Crimson Jazz Trio, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Loreena McKennitt.’ He is also known for his contribution to bass guitar design with the Pedulla Buzz bass and Peavey Dyna Bass as well as his Signature Series, the Peavey TL-5 and TL-6.
Tim was greatly influenced to pursue music because of his parents. His father, Edmund J. Landers, played guitar, electric bass and lap steel guitar professionally. Tim’s mother Adeline sang with church choirs and played piano. Tim took up the drums at first, then guitar at 8 years old and by the time he was 11 had formed his first band in Brockton, MA called “The Jordan Empire”. The band members would each earn about $5 for playing songs by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, etc. at small private functions then eventually at larger venues. At age 14 Tim shifted to bass in order to play with his high school big band and soon found himself busy playing with a number of bands in the Brockton, MA area - most notably was a popular southern-Massachusetts rock group called “Pledge”. Before going off to school at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA Tim was playing with some well-known local musicians, Steve Roy, Bobby Chouinard, Frank Withey and Rick Kocor.
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