Reggie Hamilton

Reggie Hamilton is an American session bass guitar player born in New York City. Growing up in a musical New York household, Hamilton received a guitar at age five from his mother. He soon grew attracted to the sound of the lower end, and switched to bass guitar; acclaimed New York bassist Kim Clarke was his first teacher. Hamilton later took up acoustic bass and gained much experience playing in jazz and R&B clubs. At age 19, he was working for bandleader Michael Pedicin Jr. as a house bassist in two Atlantic City, N.J., orchestras.