Steve Bailey is an American bassist. He is the chair of the bass department at Berklee College of Music. Career Bailey began playing bass guitar at age 12 and started playing fretless bass after he ran over his fretted Stuart Spector with his car. He started playing double bass after hearing Stanley Clarke playing with Return to Forever. He has been a faculty member at Coastal Carolina University and the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He was also a faculty member at Hollywood's BIT for 10 years. He is a co-founder of Victor Wooten's Bass/Nature Camp, which helps to teach bassists of all ranges. Thebassvault.com is also a joint project with Bailey and Wooten. He is an avid tennis player and surfer. Bailey has worked with Ernestine Anderson, Bass Extremes, David Benoit, Tab Benoit, Michel Camilo, Larry Carlton, Paquito D'Rivera, Chris Duarte, Bryan Duncan, Brandon Fields, Dave Liebman, Dizzy Gillespie, Scott Henderson, Carol Kaye, Kitaro, T Lavitz, James Moody, Mark Murphy, Willie Nelson, John Patitucci, Ray Price, Toni Price, Emily Remler, The Rippingtons, Claudio Roditi, Billy Joe Shaver, Billy Sheehan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mel Tormé, and Jethro Tull. His latest Album, CAROLINA, is a collection of 17 duets (one track of bass and another person doing what they do) featuring 17 different guests including Willie Nelson, Ian Anderson, Ron Carter, Victor Wooten, Mike Stern, Becca Stevens, Dennis Chambers and much more. Bailey has "authored" 3 different signature bass models. Aria AVBSB 1992-2002 Fender SRB Jazz BASS 6 2008-2010 Warwick Signature Steve Bailey models, 4, 5, &6 string 2010-present Discography As leader Dichotomy (Victor, 1991) Evolution (Victor, 1993) Bass Extremes "Cookbook" with Victor Wooten (Tonecenter, 1995) Bass Extremes Vol. 2 with Victor Wooten (Tonecenter, 1998) Bass Extremes Just Add Water with Victor Wooten (Tonecenter, 2001) So Low...Solo (BATB, 2007) Carolina (Treehouse, 2020) As sideman With David Benoit Inner Motion (GRP, 1990) Letter to Evan (GRP, 1992) Shaken Not Stirred (GRP, 1994) With Tab Benoit Nice & Warm (Justice, 1992) What I Live For (Justice, 1994) With Paquito D'Rivera Live at the Keystone Korner (Columbia, 1983) – live Taste of Paquito (Columbia, 1994) – compilation With Steve Reid Bamboo Forest (Sugo, 1994) Water Sign (Telarc, 1996) With The Rippingtons Tourist in Paradise (GRP, 1989) Welcome to St. James' Club (GRP, 1990) Curves Ahead (GRP, 1991) Weekend in Monaco (GRP, 1992) With Harry Sheppard This-a-Way That-a-Way (Justice, 1991) Points of View (Justice, 1992) With