Nate Phillips ( Nathaniel Phillips) has been a renowned and recognized bassist for about as long as he’s been playing the instrument. He started playing professionally at the age of 13. A few years later he co-founded the highly acclaimed group called ‘Pleasure’ as one of the writers and producers for the group.
Nate managed to set a pace for bass players around the world and to this day they acknowledge his bass lines as the standard for learning the instrument. If a bassist could not play “Glide” then they were not a bassist. You Tube confirms this with the hundreds of players that honor him by displaying their interpretation of his classic works.
As the second to the youngest of 12 kids, Nate grew up in Portland, Oregon. His love for music began early in his life as he picked beans and berries every summer to buy school clothes. His AM transistor radio was his outlet to the world of music, along with albums and 45’s that his older brother would buy.
His love for music translates with conviction and reflects his experience
throughout the hundreds of recording sessions, live performances, and as a producer and song writer for many acts including Pleasure, Shades Of Soul, The Dazz Band, George Clinton, Richard Elliot, Rick Braun, Tower Of Power and others, his skills have been acknowledged by many publishing companies including Disney.
Nate say’s he has found a “winner” here at Bass Mods. He also adds “The feel and sound of these basses enable me to play in a way that is expressive and up front".
His Credits include:
Art Blakely
Billy Cobham
Bob James
Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Lyle
Brian Culbertson
Charlie Wilson
Chico Hamilton
Chris Botti
Cool’R
Con Funk shun
Curtis Salgado
David Sanborn
En-vogue
Esther Phillips
Everett Harp
Freddie Hubbard
Gabor Szabo
George Benson
George Clinton
George Duke
Gerald Albright
Grover Washington
Harvey Mason
Herb Alpert
Hubert Laws
Jeff Golub
Jeff Lobber
Jeffery Osborne
Jody Whatley
Joe Henderson
Joe Sample
Joey Defrancesco
Jonathan Butler
Kirk Whalum
Lela Hathaway
Lenny Williams
Lionel Hampton
Livin’ Out Loud
Marcus Miller
Narada Walden
Norman Brown
Patrice Rusher
Patty Austin
Peabo Bryson
Peter White
Philippe Suisse
Regina Belle
Richard Elliot
Rick Braun
Ronnie Laws
Roy Ayers
Side Effect
SOS Band
Stevie Wonder
Swing Out Sister
The Barclays
The Crusaders
The Dazz Band
Toni Braxton
Waxman Tisdale
Wayne Henderson
Wilton Felder