Gerald Spaits

The story

Kansas, City

Gerald Spaits, a native of Kansas City, is one of the foremost bass players in the Kansas City area. Spaits has enjoyed an active career including playing with jazz legends Jay McShann and Claude “Fiddler” Williams. Appearing with national recording artists Herb Ellis, Karrin Allyson, Marilyn Maye, Gary Foster, and The Woody Herman Orchestra,among others. He has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the San Jose Jazz Festival, and the World’s Fair in Seville, Spain. Mr. Spaits is the adjunct assistant professor of jazz string bass at the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and leads a bass ensemble at UMKC. He also teaches private lessons.

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Bands and projects

• Eldar Djangirov Trio
• Westport Art Ensemble
• Russ Long Trio
• The Gerald Spaits Ensemble

The bands Gerald Spaits played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

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Records by other artists with Gerald Spaits in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

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