Sean Oliver

Sean Oliver

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Bassist, Educator, Composer

American bassist, composer and educator Sean Oliver grew up in the Northeast United States dedicating his life to music studies from the age of twelve.  His influences stem from his exposure to rock, hip hop and eventually jazz through the bass style of Jaco Pastorius in the legendary group Weather Report.

Sean Oliver graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music where he received a degree in Performance and Education. While at Berklee Sean studied with renowned bassists Whit Browne, Ron Mahdi, Victor Wooten, and John Patitucci. During his time in Boston, Sean became an in-demand bassist playing with many renowned jazz, funk and pop musicians up and down the East Coast.

Sean’s compositional style blends elements of electro-funk, Jazz, hip hop, disco and r&b in a blend that sounds like The Robert Glasper Experiment collided with Little Dragon and Roy Ayers. 

In addition to his busy schedule as a performer producing his own music and touring, Sean is an avid music educator and brings his experience and love of music to students who share his passion.


 
 

 LISTEN

Primarily written and recorded from August 2019 to July 2020 in Valencia, Spain, with the help of an ensemble cast from around the world, "Atmospheres" takes you on a trip down the sunny Valencian streets and into the primordial soup of music and mind.

credits

released December 28, 2020

All tracks produced, mixed, and mastered by David Gilmore

All tracks Co produced by Sean Oliver

Track 5 Co Produced by Miles Ships

Track 4 Co produced by Song Ah Chae

Jorge Salas Quesada- Drums on Tracks 3, 5
Pedrinho Augusto- Percussion on Track 3
Song Ah- Piano, keys on tracks 5, 7
Dan Pappas- Synth, keys on tracks 1, 2, 3
Fairin Moon- Vocals on track 3
Jawren Walton- Sax on track 5
Jungsoo Ji- Guitar on track 4
Lalit Kumar- Tabla on track 2
Michael Lucarelli- Violin on track 7
Joshua Wheatley- Drums on track 7
All other instruments and vocals- Sean Oliver

"Everybody Loves the Sunshine" lyrics and song written by Roy Ayers
All other music and lyrics by Sean Oliver

Engineering on track 5 by Larry Wood, and Emily Shek

Album Cover Graffiti- David de Limon

Album Cover Photo- Sean Oliver

Live

Herbie tune. Dan Pappas, Ryan Scalia, Sean Oliver

 

 
 
 
 

EDUCATION

                   

B.M. Professional Music Berklee College of Music

 Concentrates in music performance and education

M.M. Berklee College of Music Valencia

Contemporary Performance and Production

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FOR BOOKING OR LESSON INQUIRIES : SEANOLIVERMUSIC@GMAIL.COM