3. Yolanda Charles, bass guitar
Alan Hall talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.
Playing a musical instrument - whether you're professional or amateur - rarely follows a simple trajectory of practice and progress and it makes psychological as much as physical demands that can come to define a person. Alan Hall - who's returned to trumpet playing after a three decade hiatus - talks with musicians about the nature of their relationship to their chosen instrument.
Today, the bass guitar player Yolanda Charles, who has her own funk band, Project pH, made her name playing with Paul Weller, Robbie Williams and many others.
Including extracts from Project pH's Only You (feat. Vanessa Haynes) and Yolanda's demo When Someone...
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