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Crosstown Arts presents John Bass and Friends: Nowhere in Between Album Release Concert in The Green Room.
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door | $10 student tickets
To celebrate the release of his new record Nowhere in Between, John Bass brings an amazing lineup of talented Memphis musicians and friends who the guitarist has worked with over the past 20 years.
Bass is a Memphis-based guitarist, songwriter, and educator whose work over the past 20 years has garnered regional, national, and international recognition. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby Rush, George Coleman, Kirk Whalum, and Eden Brent and was invited performer at the 2023Festival Internacional de Guitarra in Cartagena, Colombia.
In 2021, he arranged, co-produced, and performed on an original recording of “America the Beautiful” that featured blues legends Bobby Rush and Eddie Cotton, and his debut solo album Nowhere in Between is scheduled to be released in 2024.
Bass is also an Associate Professor at Rhodes College, where he serves as the Director of the Mike Curb Institute for Music, which has been recognized by Billboard magazine as a “Top Music Business School.” At Rhodes he teaches classes on Songwriting, Improvisation, and Popular Music History, and his writing appears regularly in scholarly journals and other media outlets.
