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DESCRIPTION:&quot\;There were three people paying attention to James Whiton
  play his  double bass onstage at Cafe Van Kleef\, and I was lucky enough 
 to be one  of them\, sipping a greyhound and watching Whiton's winced\, so
 lemn  expression mirror the face of the genie bust that glowers from a she
 lf  above the stage. The other people watching him play\, two guys at a ta
 ble  behind me\, yelled out requests: &quot\;Play some Coltrane\,&quot\; w
 hich Whiton did\,  followed by compositions by Charles Mingus and Miles Da
 vis\, but then he  performed an avant-garde cover of Michael Jackson's &qu
 ot\;Billie Jean&quot\; and  Black Sabbath's &quot\;Iron Man.&quot\; Whiton
  holds his bass like he's taming a  wild animal\, whipping his bow against
  the strings\, viciously plucking  them\, even using its wooden body as a 
 drum\, but other times he gently  pets it in delicate strokes\, allowing s
 oftness to emit from its bones.  While waiting in line for the restroom\, 
 I struck up a conversation with  one of the two obnoxious guys at the othe
 r table\, commenting on Whiton's  artistry\, to which he replied\, &quot\;
 Yeah\, he's pretty good.&quot\; His jaw  dropped when I replied that the m
 an onstage was the bassist for Tom  Waits.&quot\;\n-Whitney Phaneuf\, &quo
 t\;Top Live Shows of 2012\,&quot\; East Bay Express\, 12-26-2012 \n\nJames
  Whiton plays the Double Bass differently than anyone you have ever heard.
 &nbsp\; He has outstanding technique combined with a beautiful sense of mu
 sicianship\, but the most remarkable thing about listening to him play is 
 the strength of his voice on the instrument.&nbsp\;\nCurrently\, James liv
 es in SF\, CA but he's spending a lot of time on the road\, playing as ful
 l-time bass player with the Eric McFadden Trio and Terese Taylor. &nbsp\;
 In 2011\, he was asked to record with the brilliant and iconic Tom Waits a
 nd is featured on several tracks of&nbsp\;Waits' album Bad as Me. &#8232\;
 &#8232\;When he&rsquo\;s not on the road or in the studio\, James plays bo
 th as a solo artist and with several different Bay Area ensembles.\n\nJame
 s Whiton's website
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LOCATION:San Francisco
SUMMARY:James Whiton (solo)
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