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Groove – Episode #25: Zander Zon
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Groove – Episode #25: Zander Zon

Zander Zon has close to 60,000 subscribers on YouTube. That’s impressive for any solo bass player. What’s even more impressive is that Zander’s videos have generated close to 8 million views. The U.S. born (but London-based) artist has become known for both his original bass compositions, as well as his solo bass covers of film soundtracks, video game themes, rock...

Zander Zon: Harry Potter Medley
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Zander Zon: Harry Potter Medley

Fans of Zander Zon have been asking for him to take on music from “Harry Potter” and to make it into one of his solo bass arrangements. He just released a terrific medley from the films. “I’m actually a very big fan of the books and the films, and I think the music is just fantastic,” he shared. “And not...

Zander Zon: The Last of Us
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Zander Zon: The Last of Us

Zander Zon took the theme from the action-adventure game “The Last of Us” and turned it into a solo piece for fretless bass. I’m not familiar with the game, but this theme by Gustavo Santaolalla – and reimagined by Zander – is some great music.

Zander Zon: Gladiator Medley
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Zander Zon: Gladiator Medley

Zander Zon is back with another epic solo bass performance of a movie soundtrack. This time, he takes on music from Gladiator.

Zander Zon & KJC: Coldplay’s “Hymn for the Weekend”
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Zander Zon & KJC: Coldplay’s “Hymn for the Weekend”

This may be Zander Zon’s most ambitious effort to date. Zander plays three basses in this latest video, where he is once again joined by vocalists KJC, who also provide piano and violin on the track. Here’s their take on Coldplay’s “Hymn for the Weekend”.

Zander Zon: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Zander Zon: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Zander Zon has tackled something new in his latest video – his first ever video game theme. In this video, Zander plays his solo bass arrangement for the theme for the game “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim”.

Zander Zon: The Last of the Mohicans for Solo Bass
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Zander Zon: The Last of the Mohicans for Solo Bass

Zander Zon is back with another movie theme arranged for solo bass. And this time, he employs his new fretless and his traditional fretted with the help of an Ebow and some pedals. Enjoy.

Zander Zon: Game of Thrones
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Zander Zon: Game of Thrones

Zander Zon is back with another stunning arrangement, this time covering the theme from Game of Thrones. I feel as though I’m the only person on the planet who doesn’t watch Game of Thrones, so after I listened to Zander’s arrangement, I went back and listened to the original.

Zander Zon: Adele’s “Hello” for Solo Fretless Bass
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Zander Zon: Adele’s “Hello” for Solo Fretless Bass

For years, Zander Zon has wowed us with his solo bass videos, using his Zon 4-string fretted bass. Later, he got a Chris Larking acoustic bass guitar, and took things to a new level. Now, he has a Zon fretless bass, and he’s shared his first video with it – a cover of Adele’s “Hello”. “Hope you like it,” he...

Zander Zon: Star Wars Medley
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Zander Zon: Star Wars Medley

You may have heard that a new Star Wars film hits the big screen this week (as in, 1,000 times a day or more). Leave it to Zander Zon to combine some of our all-time favorites – bass, Star Wars and the music of John Williams – into one terrific video. “I’m a massive Star Wars fan and growing up...

Zander Zon and Josh Cohen: See You Again
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Zander Zon and Josh Cohen: See You Again

This year has been a year of firsts for bassist Zander Zon, including his first ever collaboration video (with KJC), adding a new bass to the mix (a Chris Larking custom made acoustic bass guitar), and his first collaboration with a bassist (Miki Santamaria). Now he’s teamed up with another bassist we’ve featured here before, Josh Cohen. And I do...

Zander Zon & Miki Santamaria: Eleanor Rigby
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Zander Zon & Miki Santamaria: Eleanor Rigby

Just yesterday, I was thinking it has been a while since we’ve seen a video by Zander Zon. This morning I opened my email and saw a note from Zander. Not only is there a new video, it features another of our favorite bassists here, Miki Santamaria. The duo take on The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”. “It’s actually my first bass...