Experienced tutor in Bass guitar in Brooklyn, Jim offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

I hadn’t been actively playing bass for a long time and Jim was a life saver when I got involved in a community jazz ensemble then a rock band. He’s extremely knowledgeable, patient and practical in his approach and helped me tremendously. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking to learn or improve their bass playing. Also a very decent guy.

Studying with Jim is a special opportunity to spend time with a wonderful person who is a master of his instrument.
His ability to share his knowledge with clarity and enthusiasm sparked my interest in the double bass.

I was in my 70s when I was A student of Jim’s. He is not only a fabulous musician but an expert in music theory. He is also a very kind amusing and wonderful
teacher. I was a beginner on the double bass and he taught me about improvising, technique and what bass lines were all about. I would recommend him for all ages.

Jim is more than a great bass player and teacher -- he's a true friend whose humility, compassion and generosity are traits that I prize as highly as his skills. Insanely knowledgable about music theory and spot-on about how I can improve my chops, he's also unfailingly patient, pointing out the positives even when I deserve ridicule for failing to practice. I am honored to be his student and cannot recommend him more highly.

I was/am a guitarist, worked on jazz guitar for years but decided maybe I'd try bass. Hard to decide whether I have stuck with it and shifted more and more to bass as my main instrument because I was just interested, or because Jim was so great to learn from. I have to say I think it was the latter. He really makes it fun and he's a great guy and uses really great imagery and metaphors that bring to life some of the key intellectual touch-points -- no pun intended -- for the instrument. For guitarists especially, these are incredibly important because it's easy for a guitarist to think "oh, I can play six strings and voice leading and harmonic shapes and inversions and drops, so this will be a piece of cake." har har. Jim helped me understand just how different Bass really is, and how you can't reaalllly play it like a four stringed guitar! And because of him, I finally get the first position and how important it is to know that for bass. So, "If you are coming at bass from another place, Jim is the guy to get you in the race!" : )