TAL WILKENFELD

“One of the very first things I learned to play on bass was The Black Page by Frank Zappa.”

al Wilkenfeld’s career is successful and fascinating. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1986, she was a budding guitarist as a kid, with only a few rock records on her shelf. Aged 16, she dropped out of high school and emigrated to the US, switching to bass and enrolling at Los Angeles Music Academy College Of Music. After graduating she moved to New York and earned a reputation as a hotshot player on the circuit, sharing a stage with in 2006, and Chick Corea selected her to play in his band on his Australian tour the following year. Her big break came soon after when Jeff Beck enrolled her as his bassist, and since then she has played with an incredible list of artists, among them Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, Prince, Trevor Rabin, Todd Rundgren, The Who and Brian Wilson. The plot thickens on her second album, , which sees her step up to the mic to deliver a moody, heartfelt, subtly complex set drawing on her many musical influences and life experiences.