Bass
Mike Pratt
A London-based bassist, composer, producer, and improviser with a composer's ear for groove and texture.
Mike Pratt is a double bass and bass guitar player, composer, and producer based in London.
Early in his career he was drawn to funk, acid jazz, fusion, and the music of Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Steps Ahead, John Scofield, Charles Mingus, and Duke Ellington.
Mike performed fortnightly at Ronnie Scott's for several years with Shorter Than Miles. He plays and writes for the jazz fusion project KGQ with Kieron Garrett, Dave O'Higgins, and Duncan Eagles, and has performed with Acantha Lang and Liane Carroll.
His credits include the Cape Town Jazz Festival, the Jazz Cafe, the Royal Albert Hall, Kingston University teaching, composition work for Ford and the FIA, bass recordings for the documentary Stewart, and musical direction for the live theatre rockumentary Seven Decades.
In the Pete Roth Trio, Mike steps away from the traditional support role of the bass to become an equal melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic partner in the conversation.