Person · Open Library
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- Studio musician
- How to play the electric bass
- The Fender Bass Handbook How To Buy Maintain Set Up Troubleshoot And Modify Your Bass
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Acting · Everett, Washington, United States
Carol Kaye is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years. Kaye began playing guitar in her early teens and after some time as a guitar teacher, began to perform regularly on the Los Angeles jazz and big band circuit. She started session work in 1957, and through…
Known for
- Spector — Self2022
- Soundbreaking — Self2016
- Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line — Self2015
- Beyond Central Avenue: Contemporary Female Jazz Instrumentalists of Los Angeles — Self2011
- Carol Kaye: Pioneer and Session Legend2011
- Classic Albums: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds — Self (archive photos)2010
- The Wrecking Crew — Self - Bass2008
- Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile — Self2004
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935
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Carol Kaye (born March 24, 1935) is an American musician, best known as one of the most prolific and widely heard bass guitarists in history, playing on an estimated 10,000 recording sessions in a 55-year career. As a session musician, Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She played guitar on Ritchie Valens' La Bamba and is credited with the bass tracks on several Simon & Garfunkel hits and many film scores by Quincy Jones and Lalo Schif
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Global Consequences of Land Use
· 2005 · cited 9,855x
- Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being.
· 1989 · cited 9,335x
- Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
· 2020 · cited 9,223x
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