Patrick Pfeiffer is a professional bassist, composer, clinician, author and bass teacher in New York City. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in music from Arizona State University, and his Master’s in jazz studies (with distinction) from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music. Pfeiffer’s solo CD Fruits and Nuts (recorded with his group PHX) earned stellar reviews and a recommendation from Bass Player Magazine. Besides performing and recording, Pfeiffer teaches bass guitar in New York City and gives clinics on rhythm section playing for bassists and drummers throughout the US. He is co-founder of Bass Immersion Day and conducts clinics and performs alongside such luminaries as Will Lee, John Patitucci, Gerald Veasley, Michael Manring, Bakithi Kumalo, Adam Nitti and many more.
His former students include Adam Clayton of U2, Jean-Louis Locas of Cirque du Soleil, Mark Wike of the Bogmen, Alec Such of Bon Jovi and Nick diPierro of Her & Kings County. Other former clients include Red Ant Records, Polygram and Arista Records.
Pfeiffer has played and/or recorded with George Clinton, Jimmy Norman, Phoebe Snow, Slam Stewart, Paul Griffin, Bernard Purdie, Babatunde Olatunji, Sheila Jordan, George Russell, Margaret Whiting, Joe Lovano, Carlos Alomar, Hernan Romero, Katie Agresta, the Marvelettes, the KMA Allstars and the Gary Corwin Dream Band, to name a few. In 2008 Pfeiffer was featured artist and adjudicator in the Jazz on the Great Plains festival in South Dakota and in March of 2012 and 2013 Pfeiffer was one of the featured performers and instructors at Gerald Veasley’s famous Bass Boot Camp in Reading, Pennsylvania. His latest project, a concept CD named Soul of the City, is fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Pfeiffer authored five classic bass books: the international best-selling Bass Guitar for Dummies (1st & 2nd edition) and Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies (published by Wiley), Improve Your Groove: The Ultimate Guide For Bass (published by Hal Leonard), as well as Daily Grooves for Bass (published by Carl Fischer).
Pfeiffer is endorsed by Aguilar Amplification and by the elite bass companies MTD and Fodera. In 2011 Fodera Guitars honored Pfeiffer with a Pfeiffer Signature 6-string fretless electric bass.
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