1. Tal Wilkenfeld was born on 2 December 1986 and is an Australian bassist, singer and songwriter.
36 Facts About Tal Wilkenfeld
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Tal Wilkenfeld has performed with artists including Chick Corea, Jeff Beck, Prince, Incubus, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Toto, and Mick Jagger.
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In 2008, Wilkenfeld was voted "The Year's Most Exciting New Player" in a Bass Player magazine readers' choice poll.
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In 2013, Tal Wilkenfeld was awarded the Bass Player magazine's "Young Gun Award".
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Tal Wilkenfeld is a bandleader of her own bands in which she sings, plays bass, and plays guitar.
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In 2004, Tal Wilkenfeld graduated from Los Angeles College of Music.
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Tal Wilkenfeld accepted an endorsement from Sadowsky Guitars, and devoted herself to forming a band and composing songs.
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At the age of 18, Tal Wilkenfeld moved to New York City and began performing in New York's jazz clubs.
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The jam was about 40 minutes long; Tal Wilkenfeld sent a recording of the performance to Jeff Beck when she auditioned for his band.
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In 2006, months after performing as a guest with the Allman Brothers Band, Tal Wilkenfeld recorded her debut album, Transformation, in only two days.
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Tal Wilkenfeld composed, produced, arranged and played bass on seven songs with Wayne Krantz, Geoffrey Keezer, saxophonist Seamus Blake and Keith Carlock.
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Tal Wilkenfeld completed 2007 with two standing-room-only Greenwich Village shows with Wayne Krantz.
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In 2008, Tal Wilkenfeld accompanied Krantz at shows in Los Angeles, before an Australian tour with Krantz and Kevin Carlock, a reunion of the band which appeared on Transformation.
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Tal Wilkenfeld appeared at Warren Haynes's 20th Annual Christmas Jam while reuniting and performing with the Allman Brothers and guesting with Gov't Mule, Ivan Neville, and Robben Ford.
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In March 2010, Tal Wilkenfeld traveled to Paisley Park; she began to improvise and play chords on instruction from Prince.
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In 2009, Tal Wilkenfeld toured Australia and Japan with Jeff Beck.
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Between touring Japan and America, Tal Wilkenfeld performed with the Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as their first musical guest, after which she joined Jeff Beck's summer tour through Europe, Canada, and Britain.
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In October 2009, Tal Wilkenfeld reunited with Jeff Beck at Madison Square Garden for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary two-night concert.
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In 2010, Tal Wilkenfeld appeared in the Baked Potato's 40th anniversary show at the Ford Amphitheater with Steve Lukather's band; she accompanied Hancock across the US, Canada, and Europe promoting a new release on which she had played.
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In September 2011, Tal Wilkenfeld accompanied Steven Tyler and Jeff Beck at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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On 19 May 2012, Tal Wilkenfeld accompanied Beck and Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live.
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Tal Wilkenfeld contributed to two tracks on the Toto album Toto XIV, and co-wrote a song called "Running Whiskey" with ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons.
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In 2018, Tal Wilkenfeld performed with Bob Weir and his band Wolf Bros at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, and the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan.
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Tal Wilkenfeld was featured on the cover of Bass Player magazine's March 2019 issue.
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In 2022, Tal Wilkenfeld recorded and performed "Oyo Como Va" alongside Santana, Cory Henry and Becky G for "Playing for Change".
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Tal Wilkenfeld made two appearances at Bonnaroo alongside Cory Wong from Vulfpeck and JP Saxe.
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Scary Pockets released a single featuring Tal Wilkenfeld singing "Big Yellow Taxi" alongside Larry Goldings.
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Tal Wilkenfeld performed live at the Newport Jazz festival and Monterey Jazz festival with "Scary Goldings" featuring John Scofield.
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In 2024, Tal Wilkenfeld was interviewed by Lex Fridman on his podcast.
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On 3 March 2016, Tal Wilkenfeld released a single, "Corner Painter", which featured Blake Mills and Benmont Tench.
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On 14 December 2018, Tal Wilkenfeld released a song entitled "Under the Sun".
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Tal Wilkenfeld released her debut vocal album Love Remains on 15 March 2019.
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Tal Wilkenfeld says that stand-up comedy is one of her favorite forms of entertainment.
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Tal Wilkenfeld has appeared on many comedians' podcasts including Marc Maron, Bill Burr, and twice on Jeff Ross's podcast, one time with Dave Attell.
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Tal Wilkenfeld co-wrote and produced a song for Maron called "New Boots" for a movie titled Sword of Trust.
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Tal Wilkenfeld endorses Sadowsky electric basses and strings, EBS Professional Bass Equipment amplifiers, as well as cabinets, and effect pedals.