Touching bass with Chennai

Photo: Ric Fierabracci

APOORVA SRIPATHI
For someone who entered the music field quite late, Ric Fierabracci has done well for himself — he is a multiple Grammy nominee and has performed and recorded for a number of artistes such as British jazz and rock drummer Gary Husband, American jazz fusion and blues guitarist Scott Henderson, former guitarist of The Police Andy Summers (with Sting as a special guest), Stevie Wonder, and others.

In the city to host a five-day workshop in association with Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music (SAM), Ric says his experience at the academy has been fantastic, “I feel that the environment is friendly and inviting for both beginners and advanced students.”

Ric’s tryst with music started when he was 14: “I had a friend who was a bass player and I bought his old bass when he upgraded.” When he turned 16, he accompanied a friend to the University of Miami: Frost School of Music where he was offered a four-year scholarship in their Studio Music and Jazz programme. In 2003, Ric moved to New York and started playing with The Chick Corea Elektric Band. Five years later, he debuted with an album called Hemispheres that was nominated for a Grammy.
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