Lynn Seaton has had a stellar career as a jazz bassist. Born in Oklahoma in 1957, he started playing the bass at age
9. By the late 70’s he was performing around the state. From 1980 until 1984 he was the house bassist at the Blue
Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, accompanying big name guest soloists every week. In 1984, he joined Woody Herman and
in 1985 he played with the Count Basie Orchestra. After a two-year engagement with the Basie Band, he did extended
tours with Tony Bennett and George Shearing. Most of 1991 and 1992 was spent touring with Monty Alexander. Lynn
spent a lot of time on the road as a member of the Jeff Hamilton Trio from 1995-1999.
Since 1993, Lynn has also had a busy career free-lancing with many of the great jazz musicians from many generations,
including: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Monty Alexander, Ernestine Anderson, Buck Clayton, Al Cohn, Kenny Drew Jr., Blossom
Dearie, Bob Dorough, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Herb Ellis, John Fedchock, Frank Foster, Freddy Green, Tim
Hagans, Jeff Hamilton, Scott Hamilton, Wynard Harper, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Marian McPartland, Jay McShann, Mark
Murphy, Ken Peplowski, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jimmy Raney, Emily Remler, Diane Schuur, Maria Schneider, Bud Shank, Carol
Sloane, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Maxine Sullivan, Mel Torme, Frank Wess, Joe Williams, Nancy Wilson, Steve Wilson,
Mark Vinci, and Teddy Wilson.
He lived in NY from 1986 until 1998. That year, he accepted an offer to teach at the world famous University of North
Texas, home to one of the largest jazz programs in the world. He has performed at festivals world wide including Bern,
Concord, JVC, Kool, Kyoto, Newport, North Sea, Perugia and Pori. Lynn has performed in 49 of the 50 United States and
35 foreign countries. He has performed on over 100 recordings, including the Grammy winning "Diane Schuur and
the Count Basie Orchestra", and two Grammy nominees, John Fedchock "No Nonsense" and Woody Herman
"50th Anniversary". He has three recordings as a leader, "Bassman’s Basement", "Solo
Flights", and "Puttin’ on the Ritz".
Visit Lynn at
lynnseaton.com
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