Jack Daley is a world-class bassist, studio musician, record producer, mixer and the owner of Dug Deep Productions, a recording studio in Asbury Park, NJ. He’s best known for his work as bassist for Lenny Kravitz. His full resume is a dream for working bassists the world over and includes Beyoncé, Joss Stone, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Avril Lavigne, Michael and Janet Jackson, Naughty By Nature and many others. You can see Jack’s full bass player and production resume on his website here.
After moving to New York city in the late eighties, Jack quickly established himself as one of the city’s top bassists. In 1993, he auditioned with about twenty of New York’s top players for Lenny Kravitz’s Universal Love Tour. That was the easy part. After the audition Jack and another hopeful were flown to L.A. to compete in an open, radio-fueled audition that involved 250 more contenders. Jack nailed that audition, and spent nearly 15 years as Lenny’s bassist of choice on world tours, tv appearances, videos, CD’s and DVD’s.
Jack’s been a very busy boy, currently juggling production and mixing projects with touring and bass sessions, away and at home in his new recording studio www.dugdeepstudio.com. He brings a joyful, professional intensity to every aspect of his career; his all-consuming love of music and his easygoing, collaborative nature have kept him on a first-call basis with the best in the business.
Jack is currently holding down the low end with The Spin Doctors, be sure to catch them on tour!
I was able to sit down with Jack at Dug Deep Studio in Asbury Park, NJ to talk bass, touring, the new studio and to get some insight on how he’s been able to build a resume of playing and recording with some of the most prolific artists of all time.
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