Stuart Patrick Jude Zender was born on 18 March 1974 and is an English bassist.
18 Facts About Stuart Zender
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Stuart Zender is best known as a former member of the band Jamiroquai.
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Stuart Zender comes from a family with a musical background: Zender's father was a musician, his uncle was a flamenco guitarist, and his older sister participated in punk bands.
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Stuart Zender's family relocated to Norristown, Pennsylvania, when Zender was seven years old.
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Stuart Zender practiced the instrument playing by ear to Black Market by Weather Report, and he was able to play all of the bass parts in two weeks.
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Stuart Zender initially played in pubs with a punk rock band, but he had creative differences with the band.
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Stuart Zender admitted that he never had good business acumen, so instead of investing his mother's parting cash gift in a traditional way, he visited a music store and bought a Warwick Streamer bass guitar, which cost nearly the whole amount given to him by his mother.
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Stuart Zender met Jamiroquai's original drummer Nick van Gelder through his sister.
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Stuart Zender auditioned for the band in 1993 as the band's bassist, and he played on studio albums from Emergency on Planet Earth to Travelling Without Moving.
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Stuart Zender received a number of unique customised Streamer models.
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Stuart Zender left Jamiroquai in 1998 during the recording of their fourth album, Synkronized, primarily because of conflicts with the band leader Jay Kay.
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Stuart Zender has played bass guitar with other artists, including All Saints, Omar, Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, Gorillaz, Samuel Purdey, Ms.
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In summer 2006, Stuart Zender became the musical director and bass guitar player for Mark Ronson.
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Stuart Zender has played bass guitar for Ronson at events such as BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, Wireless Festival, Global Gathering, and Glastonbury, and festivals all over Europe, including Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam.
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Stuart Zender explained they were signed to Geffen Records in Los Angeles but that the deal fell through after the heads of the company, Polly Anthony and Jordan Shurr, who signed them, were made redundant.
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In March 2023, Stuart Zender released the song "Happy Feelings", featuring Omar and Ana Tijoux, on all major streaming platforms.
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In November 2024, Stuart Zender released the song "Run" on all major streaming platforms under the alias LeRoi74.
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Stuart Zender has cited players such as Nathaniel Phillips, Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson, Chuck Rainey, Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Verdine White, James Jamerson, Bernard Edwards, Paul Jackson, Hellmut Hattler as his influences.