NAME: DANE ALDERSON
GROUP: JAMES MORRISON
PRODUCT: DAVID EDEN WT-400 + ED-410XLT
WEBSITE: NOT AVAILABLE

Plays: Electric Bass
Styles: Fusion, Latin Jazz, Electronic/nu-jazz, Modern/contemporary, Mainstream/swing, Funk/soul jazz, Big Band, World Jazz, Bop/post bop, Avant garde/free jazz.

Dane Alderson was introduced to the language of music by his father (a jazz drummer) at an early age. His first musical love was the drums, but by the age of 13 he had switched his attention to the electric bass.
A fan of rock, blues & jazz music, he began sitting in and performing regularly with local musicians & bands around his hometown of Perth, Western Australia.
In 2001, at the age of 18, backed by James Muller and Scott Lambie, he achieved 3rd place at the National Australian Jazz Bass Awards, held at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival, where he also performed with his original jazz/groove band "K".
In 2002, he won the James Morrison Scholarship, and also completed his Bachelor of Music (Jazz Performance) degree at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where he studied with some of Australia's finest jazz musicians including Graeme Lyall and Paul Pooley.
Dane was also a member of the West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra for two years, under the direction of Graeme Lyall. He has been a regular performer in the Perth jazz scene for many years, performing at such events as three annual Bass Fests and the Fremantle International Jazz Festival. He recently completed an Eastern States tour & a debut album with "K", and even more recently, a European tour & live album "On The Edge" with James Morrison's group, featuring 3 other WA James Morrison Scholarship winners. He is also recording his debut album on the Morrison Records label later this year.
Dane is also working with K on their next album planned for release in late 2003 and featured on the jazzaziz site.