Joseph Conyers "The Energizer Bassist!"

The Hump With Katie Thiroux

The Hump is thrilled to welcome our guest this week! Bassist, educator and all around joyful person, Joseph Conyers! Tune in to find out why him, "The Energizer Bassist!"
💥Did you know...
➡️ Josephs's first instrument was going to be trombone?!
➡️ He has studied with David Warshauer, Hal Robinson, Edgar Meyer and many others? 😲
➡️ He is currently the assistant principal bassist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and previously in the Atlanta Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra! 💯
➡️ He is started Project 440 and is the director of Philadelphia’s All City Orchestra 🌟💪
Check out Joseph's Socials and Links to Project440!
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Your Host
Katie Thiroux
Los Angeles jazz bassist and vocalist.
Following her prodigious beginnings on bass at age 8 and studies under renowned vocalist Tierney Sutton at 12, Thiroux was mentored by the legendary bassist John Clayton and was awarded a Phil Ramone Presidential Scholarship to Berklee College of Music while gaining experience on the bandstand with artists including Terrell Safford, Terri Lyne Carrington, Branford Marsalis, Larry Fuller, Ken Peplowski, Jeff Clayton, Patti Austin, Geri Allen, Helen Sung, Charles McPherson, and dozens of others.

“This girl is IT!” (Quincy Jones)

“A multitasking talent who swings her bass with a Mack-truck-powered lilt that would make her hero Ray Brown proud." The New Yorker

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