Bill Dickens
Bill "The Buddha" Dickens is an American electric bass guitar player. Though he has recorded and performed a variety of musical styles, Dickens is best known for playing funk. From 1983 to 1999 he played on three recording sessions with Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs, A Classic Encounter, and Urban Renewal.
Bill Dickens
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- Name
- Bill Dickens
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Occupation
- Musician, composer, arranger, educator, songwriter
- Full name
- William Alan Dickens.
- Born
- 1958. · Chicago.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Fields
- soul and jazz-funk.
- Languages
- English.
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Bill "The Buddha" Dickens is an American electric bass guitar player. Though he has recorded and performed a variety of musical styles, Dickens is best known for playing funk. From 1983 to 1999 he played on three recording sessions with Ramsey Lewis: Les Fleurs, A Classic Encounter, and Urban Renewal.
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He performed with Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, and Oteil Burbridge on the concert "The Day The Bass Players Took Over The World". Dickens often performs with extended-range basses.
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• Name — Bill Dickens • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Genre — Soul, funk, fusion • Occupation — Musician, composer, arranger, educator, songwriter • Instrument — Bass guitar • Years Active — 1971–present
Videos
Videos
• The Bill Dickens Collection (DVD), Warner Bros. Publications, 2003
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• Bass Beyond Limits: Advanced Solo and Groove Concepts, Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, • Funk Bass and Beyond, Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 2003,
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q468648: Bill Dickens
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- “Bill Dickens”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Bill Dickens
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- 1.Cita web https://myspace.com/billdickens Pagina ufficiale su myspace
- 2.Bass Beyond Limits: Advanced Solo and Groove Concepts, Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, ISBN 076926493X
- 3.In Case You Forgot da allmusic.com
- 4.Lista dei brani e degli artisti prodotti dal sito ufficiale di Bill Dickens
- 5.Intervista di Victor Wooten a Bill Dickens riportata sul Sito ufficiale di Bill Dickens
- 6.Bill Dickens da allmusic.com
- 8.Snap, Crackle & Pop...Live! da guitar9.com
- 9.Snap, Crackle & Pop...Live! da cdbaby.com
- 10.Intervista a Dickens da notreble.com
- 11.Bassi e Bassisti dal sito genovatune.net
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