Alan Hampton

Given birth to and raised in Houston, Tx, Alan Hampton is a fresh York-based vocalist and songwriter of elegant, jazz-informed pop parts, best known being a studio room and touring bassist/vocalist for the diverse roster of performers which has included Andrew Parrot, Meshell Ndegeocello, the brand new Pornographers, and Robert Glasper. As a musician, he examined jazz bass functionality at some prestigious music academic institutions, attending the SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL for the Performing and Visible Arts before relocating to NEW YORK for university at the brand new College, which he implemented up using the Thelonious Monk Institute in LA. At the last mentioned, he had the chance to review bass with famous brands Ron Carter and Charlie Haden, and perform internationally with Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter. While he started as totally a bassist, performers including Gretchen Parlato and Clare & the reason why began requesting him to also sing back-up after hearing his tone of voice, which resulted in various other dual-assignment gigs in addition to voice-only function. In 2011 he released his single debut, The Shifting Sidewalk, an extraordinary set of sensitive, acoustic-feeling music that combined the noises of vocal jazz, ’60s baroque pop, indie folk, and French Impressionist traditional. The record helped to spread phrase of Hampton’s abilities and range, and among a great many other sideman careers, he offered as bassist and support vocalist for Andrew Bird’s 2012 record Hands of Glory and following tours. On the other hand, Hampton added to recordings including however, not limited by jazz drummer Kendrick Scott’s Conviction, indie pop music group Lucius’ Wildewoman, and Gretchen Parlato’s Grammy-nominated Reside in NYC, all released in 2013. His collaborations with Parrot continuing, with Hampton executing on Bird’s 2014 Good-looking Family cover record, Things ARE ACTUALLY Great Here, TYPE OF… (and tour), and Parrot showing up on Hampton’s sophomore long-player, Origami for the Fireplace, issued afterwards that calendar year. He also offered as bassist for Bird’s 2016 LP, HAVE YOU BEEN Serious.