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I offer private instructions on electric bass as well as
general music lessons that are non-instrument specific. My online mentorship program runs worldwide in its third year, teaching students to transcend their limitations and excel at their craft.

I am also a bass instructor at the Berkeley Jazz School and can be contacted through the school.

I hold a BA in professional music from Berklee College of music. Other credentials include master classes at the following:

* Oakland School for the Arts
* Berkeley College of Music/Boston
* the Musician's Institute in Hollywood
* the New School in Manhattan

I am also a live performer who has recorded and performed with John Mclaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Billy Cobham and Garaj Mahal.

Reviews

• August 11, 2011

  

  Kai is a rare bird, the kind of performer and teacher you are lucky to come across once in a lifetime. It was Kai's bass playing that first left me speechless. If you tune into his technical brilliance, you will be left awestruck and inspired, if you tune into his musicality, you will be lifted and left knowing that you have been in the presence of a musical great. I am loving having 'jazz' lessons from Kai. It might seem incongruous for a violinist to take jazz lessons from a bass player but Kai overcomes that gap as effortlessly as he lays down polyrhythms :-)
  

  – Savannah

• August 11, 2011

  

  There are too many good things to say about Kai. First of all, he's played with some of the top musicians in the world, so he's definitely an amazing bassist. He's also one of the nicest people I've ever met. So with those 2 qualities, he's able to teach everything from scales to soloing and improvisation in every style in a very patient and fun way. On a 10/10 scale, I give him a 100+!!!!!!

  – Alexander

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