won the independent music awards in the Jam Band category in 2007. In August 2011 Garaj Mahal put an end to touring and there are currently no plans for future shows. Discography Tuba Insight (Deda Music 2015) Kai Eckhardt Band - Zeitgeist (Area 61 Records 2014) Kai Eckhardt - Atomic Bass: Reactive Intervals (Truefire 2014) Instructional DVD George Brooks' Summit Spirit and Spice (Earth Brother Music 2010) Rad Getting Down is Free (7 Bridges recordings 2009) Bimbache Jazz y Raíces - La Condición Humana (nyjg/ESC 2008), with Gregoire Maret, Torsten de Winkel, Maria Mérida and others Tribute to Mahavishnu : Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse (Tone Center 2005) Bill Douglas Sky (Tala Records 2005) Zigaboo Modeliste "I'm on the Right Track" (JZM 2004) Kai Eckhardt - Honour Simplicity, Respect the Flow (2000) with Aydın Esen, Courtney Pine, Zakir Hussain and others Maria Joao : Fabula (Verve 1996) Curandero - Aras (Silver Wave 1996), with Ty Burhoe, Miguel Espinoza, and Bela Fleck Aziza Mustafa Zadeh: Dance of Fire (Columbia 1995) John McLaughlin - Que Alegria (Verve Records 1992), with John McLaughlin, Trilok Gurtu and Dominique DiPiazza John McLaughlin Trio - Live at the Royal Festival Hall (JMT 1989),with John McLaughlin, Trilok Gurtu Torsten de Winkel - Mastertouch (EMI 1985), with Michael Brecker, Alphonse Mouzon and others Steve Smith's Vital Information - Fia Fiaga (Columbia/Sony 1988), with Frank Gambale, Torsten de Winkel and others BassTalk (HotWire 1989) With Garaj Mahal Live Vol. 1 (2003) Live Vol. 2 (2003) Live Vol. 3 (2003) Mondo Garaj (2003) Blueberry Cave (2005) Woot (2008) More Mr. Nice Guy (2010) Discovery (2010) References External links Kai Eckhardt official website Berklee College of Music alumni Feature article from UK Bass Guitar Magazine Japanese feature about Kai Eckhardt text is Japanese Interview with Kai Eckhardt San Francisco feature about Kia Eckhardt Garaj Mahal website Dance of Fire wiki page 1961 births Berklee College of Music alumni German bass guitarists Male bass guitarists German composers Living people Jazz fusion bass guitarists Blue Coast Records artists Male jazz musicians Vital Information members Garaj Mahal members German male guitarists