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Mirek Kocandrle
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Associate Professor Berklee College of
Music, Boston, MA 02215 (1982-present)
Contemporary Writing and Production Department
Instrument: electric bass
Professional freelance/session player
in Australia, USA, and Europe
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Performance Credits
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- Leader/Founded
group Always Something (rock/pop)
- Leader/Founded
group Ear Candy (jazz/rock, big
band)
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Co-Leader/Founding Member group Little
Souls (pop/rock)
- Performed
with (partial list): Phil Wilson
Big Band, Wayne Naus Big Band,
Boston Jazz Conspiracy Big Band,
George Smith Big Band, Roy
Orbison, Drifters, Coasters,
Platters, Bee Gees, Marvelettes,
Mary Wells, Seekers,
Bobby Rydell, Canberra Youth
Orchestra, Canberra Symphony
Orchestra, After Five, AKA
Roxx-Anne, Thin Ice,
Narkissa's Voice (Greece), Lupo's
Hot Brass Band, and many others
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Recording Credits
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- Steve
Bauer Orchestra, Living Dreams
LP 1980, Hold Records
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Mahrud Jazz Orchestra, Moments
of Joy LP 1989, Ernie Records
- Tonia
Nestico Band, Riding the Sky
EP 1982, Bella Records
- Living
Image, Dionne EP 1977,
Air Records, Australia
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Arranging and Composing Credits
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- Always
Something
- Ear
Candy
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Little Souls
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Narkissa's Voice
- Thin
Ice
- Phil
Wilson Big Band
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Boston Jazz Conspiracy Big Band
- Boston
Metropolitan Orchestra
- Lupo's
Hot Brass Band
- Living
Image
- Platters
- Air
Records, and many others
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Credits in Producing - CDs
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- Always
Something - There Is...
1992, KOPA Records
- Little
Souls - Little Souls,
1995
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Thin Ice - Watch Out!,
1996
- Lisa
Caruso - Lisa's Gang,
1999
- Suns
of Soul - Suns of Soul,
2001
- Mirek
Kocandrle: Early Works for Big Band,
Vol. 1, 2003, KOPA Records
- David
Kidd, Diary of a Nerd,
2003
- Pop/Rock
Live Shows - Berklee College of Music/Berklee
Performance Centre, 1988-present
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Credits as an Author
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JMK
Music Publishing
- Survey
of Pop/Rock Styles Workbooks,
JMK Music, 1999-2002
- History
of Rock and Roll, A Selective Discography,
G.K.Hall/McMillan Books, Boston, MA,
1988
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Gene Vincent Biography - American
National Biography, Oxford University
Press, 1991
- History
of Rock and Roll Workbook, Berklee
Press, 1986
- Pop/Rock:
Sounds & Vibes of the 20th Century,
JMK Music, 2003
- Fun-da-mentals
for Electric Bass, Vol. 1, Major Scales,
JMK Music Publishing, 2003
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Awards and Memberships
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Awards:
- Certificates
of Achievement - 1989, 1990 Billboard
Songwriting Competitions
Memberships:
- ASCAP
- Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation
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Endorsements
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- Bergantino
Audio Systems
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Citron Basses
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Modulus Basses
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