Shawn Sommer
Chicago
Bass Guitar, Bass Synth, Guitars, and Lap Steel
Live / Recording / Touring
Music Direction and Ensemble Arranging
Music Production
Full production / Mixing / Audio editing / Vocal tuning
Selected Credits
JAZZ AND IMPROVISED
Jimmy Cobb (Miles Davis, John Coltrane), Louis Bellson (Duke Ellington, Count Basie), Nat Adderley (Cannonball Adderley Quintet), Jon Faddis (Dizzy Gillespie), Randy Brecker (Brecker Brothers), Billy Hart (Herbie Hancock, Stan Getz), Roy Hargrove, Danilo Pérez (Wayne Shorter Quartet), Chris Potter (Dave Holland, Pat Metheny), Lyle Mays (Pat Metheny Group), Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny Group), Bob Mintzer (Yellowjackets), Gary Novak (Chick Corea, Alanis Morissette), Howard Levy (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones), Peter Eldridge (New York Voices), Darmon Meader (New York Voices), Eddie Daniels, Billy Childs, Seamus Blake, Xavier Davis, Quincy Davis, Jennifer Barnes
ROCK
Don Felder (Eagles), Mike Love (The Beach Boys), Billy Burnette (Fleetwood Mac), Bekka Bramlett (Fleetwood Mac), Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), Paul Carrack (Mike + The Mechanics, Squeeze), Jack Blades (Night Ranger), Steve Augeri (Journey), John Elefante (Kansas), Randall Hall (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Mickey Thomas (Starship), Mike Reno (Loverboy), Fran Cosmo (Boston), Tommy DeCarlo (Boston), Greg Hind (Little River Band), Matt Jardine (The Beach Boys), Mark Schulman (P!nk), Matt Walker (Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, Morrissey), Art Alexakis (Everclear), Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms), Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms), Michael Glabicki (Rusted Root), Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon), Zach Goode (Smash Mouth)
POP AND SINGER-SONGWRITER
Jewel, Richard Marx, Debbie Gibson, KT Tunstall, Heather Headley, Zac Barnett (American Authors), Nicholas Barron, Anne Harris
MOTOWN, SOUL AND VOCAL GROUPS
The Crystals, Skip Martin (Kool & the Gang, Dazz Band), Richard Street (The Temptations), Theo Peoples (The Temptations, The Four Tops), Glenn Leonard (The Temptations), Bo Henderson (The Temptations)
COUNTRY
Sara Evans, Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts), Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts)
HIP-HOP AND R&B
Coolio, Tone Lōc, Treach (Naughty by Nature)
WORSHIP
Gungor, The Brilliance, Tommy Walker, LaRue Howard
ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION
John Ravenhall (Sting, Paul McCartney, Elton John), Mathew Prock (Josh Groban, Kenny Loggins, Toni Braxton), Larry Sturm (Prince, Destiny’s Child, Ministry)
SCREEN, STAGE AND SPORTS
Mike Ditka (Chicago Bears), John Stamos, Jon “Bowzer” Bauman (Sha Na Na), Dan Hampton (Chicago Bears), Steve McMichael (Chicago Bears), The Sims 3 soundtrack, Fiddler on the Roof national tour