1. Nathan East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from the University of California, San Diego.
18 Facts About Nathan East
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Nathan East is a founding member of contemporary jazz quartet Fourplay and has recorded, performed, and co-written songs with performers such as Bobby Womack, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Joe Satriani, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Toto, Kenny Loggins, Daft Punk, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock.
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Nathan Harrell East was born on December 8,1955, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Gwendolyn East.
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Nathan East is one of eight children raised Catholic in San Diego, where the family moved when he was four.
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Nathan East is the younger brother of Msgr Ray East of St Teresa of Avila Church in DC.
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Nathan East first studied cello from seventh through ninth grade and played in local Horace Mann junior high school's orchestra.
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Nathan East was active in his high school's music programs along with a local top 40 band called "Power".
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Nathan East has said his early influences included Charles Mingus, Ray Brown and Ron Carter on upright bass; and James Jamerson, Paul McCartney and Chuck Rainey on electric bass.
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Nathan East is an accomplished amateur magician member of The Magic Castle and the Academy of Magical Arts.
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Nathan East is a founding member of the contemporary jazz band Fourplay with Bob James, Lee Ritenour on guitar and Harvey Mason.
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Nathan East co-wrote the song "Easy Lover" for Phil Collins and Philip Bailey.
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Since the 1980s, Nathan East has been a member of Eric Clapton's studio and touring bands.
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Nathan East was invited to play at We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, in 2009.
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Nathan East later joined Toto for their 2011 and 2012 tours as well.
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Nathan East joined Eric Clapton's band for concerts in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and Dubai in February and March 2014 and again for the Madison Square Garden and Royal Albert Hall concerts in May 2015.
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Nathan East's self-titled debut solo album was released on March 25,2014.
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Nathan East has used custom 6-string prototypes of his BBNE2 bass guitar between 2003 and 2005, along with his black 1980s LB-1 Motion 5-string bass and a pair of 6-string TRB6P models.
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In 2019, Nathan East co-developed a custom in-ear monitor dubbed N8 with 64 Audio, an Oregon-based manufacturer of in-ear monitors for stage performers, mixing engineers and audio enthusiasts.