Trevor Dunn

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{{Short description|American bassist (born 1968)}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2020}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Trevor Dunn
| image = Trevor_Dunn_05N9397.jpg
| caption = Dunn performing in 2012
| image_size =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Trevor Roy Dunn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|01|30|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[Eureka, California]], U.S.
| instruments = Bass guitar, double bass
| genre = [[Avant-garde music|Avant-garde]], [[Experimental music|experimental]], [[Avant-garde jazz]], [[free jazz]], [[free improvisation]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[jazz-rock]]
| occupation = Musician, composer
| years_active = 1983–present
| website = {{URL|trevordunn.net}}
}}

'''Trevor Roy Dunn''' (born January 30, 1968) is an American bassist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1990s with the experimental band [[Mr. Bungle]]. While performing with Mr. Bungle, he would dress similar to the [[St. Pauli Girl]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/news/mr-bungle-beats-queen-neil-young-under-the-stars-DGNP1020000905309059990|title=Mr. Bungle Beats Queen; Neil Young Under the Stars|website=Nypress.com|access-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref> He has since worked in an array of musical styles, including with saxophonist/composer [[John Zorn]], [[Secret Chiefs 3]] and with his own [[avant-garde jazz]]/rock ensemble [[Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant]]. He is also a member of the bands [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]] and [[Tomahawk (band)|Tomahawk]].

==Career==
[[Image:trevor-dunn.jpg|thumb|right|Dunn in Aarhus, Denmark (2016)]]
After four years of studying the [[clarinet]], Dunn began playing electric bass at the age of 13.<ref>{{cite web|author=Andy Couch |url=http://www.ipecac.com/artists/trevor_dunn |title=Ipecac Recordings – Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant |website=Ipecac.com |access-date=2011-07-07}}</ref> His earliest musical influences included the [[Beach Boys]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Cheap Trick]], and [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trevordunn.net/biography.html |title=Biography |website=Trevordunn.net |access-date=2011-07-07 |archive-date=February 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203120216/http://www.trevordunn.net/biography.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1998, Dunn formed his [[Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant|Trio-Convulsant]]. Their first release, ''[[Debutantes & Centipedes]]'', features Dunn on bass, [[Adam Levy (musician)|Adam Levy]] on guitar, and [[Kenny Wollesen]] on drums. The album ''[[Sister Phantom Owl Fish]]'' on Ipecac (2004) includes [[Ches Smith]] on percussion and [[Mary Halvorson]] on guitar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trevordunn.net/discography_leader.html |title=Discography |website=Trevordunn.net |access-date=2011-07-07 |archive-date=January 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130045416/http://www.trevordunn.net/discography_leader.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dunn has participated in dozens of other recordings, both as a main collaborator and a guest musician. He is part of [[Mike Pride (musician)|Mike Pride]]'s MPThree, [[David Krakauer (musician)|David Krakauer]]'s Klezmer Madness, and [[the Nels Cline Singers]]. He has contributed to or played with: Afro-Mystic, [[Ben Goldberg]], [[Brian "Head" Welch]], Graham Connah's Sour Note Seven, Jess Jones Quartet, Junk Genius, Laplante/Dunn/Smith, [[Masada (band)|John Zorn's Electric Masada]], [[Matisyahu (reggae artist)|Matisyahu]], [[Rova Saxophone Quartet]], [[Sean Lennon]], [[Suit of Lights (band)|Suit of Lights]], Rob Price Quartet, [[Tin Hat|Tin Hat Trio]], and [[Tipsy (band)|Tipsy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nnatapes.com/available-releases/laplante-dunn-smith-ancestral-instrument-c60|title=Laplante / Dunn / Smith|website=Nnatapes.com|access-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Bass guitars==
*1975 [[Fender Precision Bass|Fender P-Bass]] (his primary electric bass tuned to B-E-A-D for Fantômas)
*1950s Czech Contrabass used with Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, occasionally with Mr. Bungle and with King Buzzo
*1991 [[Alembic Inc|Alembic]] 5-string Europa
*[[Ken Lawrence]] 5-string fretless
*[[Ashbory bass|Guild Ashbory]]
*1966 [[Guild Guitar Company|Guild]] Starfire<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trevordunn.net/geek.html |title=Geeking Out |website=Trevordunn.net |access-date=2011-07-07 |archive-date=February 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214024558/http://www.trevordunn.net/geek.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Discography==
[[Image:Trevor Dunn bass.jpg|thumb|Dunn, [[Saalfelden]] Jazz Festival, 2009]]
===As leader or co-leader===
* 1996 ''Phillip Greenlief/Trevor Dunn'' with Phillip Greenlief (Evander)
* 1998 Trio-Convulsant's ''[[Debutantes & Centipedes]]'' with [[Ches Smith]] & [[Mary Halvorson]] ([[Buzz Records|Buzz]])
* 2004 Trio-Convulsant's ''[[Sister Phantom Owl Fish]]'' with [[Ches Smith]] & [[Mary Halvorson]] ([[Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac]])
* 2005 ''untitled'' with Shelley Burgon (self-released)
* 2005 ''At Blim'' with Shelley Burgon (Audiobot)
* 2007 Baltimore with Shelley Burgon ([[Skirl Records|Skirl]])
* 2008 ''Four Films'' ([[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]])
* 2008 ''White with Foam'' (Ipecac)
* 2016 ''[[Strength & Power]]'' with [[Roswell Rudd]], [[Jamie Saft]], and [[Balázs Pándi]] ([[RareNoiseRecords]])
* 2019 ''Nocturnes'' (Tzadik)
* 2022 Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre's ''Séances'' with [[Ches Smith]], [[Mary Halvorson]], [[Carla Kihlstedt]], [[Anna_Webber_(musician)|Anna Webber]], Oscar Noriega & Mariel Roberts (Pyroclastic)

===As band member===
'''With [[Mr. Bungle]]'''
*1991 − ''[[Mr. Bungle (album)|Mr. Bungle]]'' ([[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]])
*1995 − ''[[Disco Volante (Mr. Bungle album)|Disco Volante]]'' (Warner Bros.)
*1999 − ''[[California (Mr. Bungle album)|California]]'' (Warner Bros.)
*2020 − ''[[The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo]]'' (Ipecac)

'''With [[Secret Chiefs 3]]'''
*1996 − ''[[First Grand Constitution and Bylaws]]''

'''With [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]'''
*1999 − ''[[Fantômas (Fantômas album)|Fantômas]]''
*2001 − ''[[The Director's Cut]]''
*2002 − ''[[Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (album)|Millennium Monsterwork 2000]]'' (by The Fantômas Melvins Big Band)
*2004 − ''[[Delìrium Còrdia]]''
*2005 − ''[[Suspended Animation (Fantômas album)|Suspended Animation]]''
*2008 − ''[[Live from London 2006]]'' DVD (by The Fantômas Melvins Big Band)
'''With [[Melvins]] (Lite)'''
*2006 − ''[[A Live History of Gluttony and Lust]]'' (electric bass for this album, double bass for all subsequent releases)
*2012 − ''[[Freak Puke]]''
*2013 – ''[[Everybody Loves Sausages]]'' (on three songs, also sings on "Timothy Leary Lives")
*2016 – ''[[Basses Loaded]]'' (on "Planet Destructo")

'''With [[The Nels Cline Singers]]'''
*''[[Macroscope (album)|Macroscope]]'' (Mack Avenue, 2014)

'''With [[Tomahawk (band)|Tomahawk]]'''
*2013 − [[Oddfellows (album)|''Oddfellows'']]
*2021 – ''[[Tonic Immobility]]''

'''With [[Ahleuchatistas]]'''
*2023 – ''Expansion'' (also on Trevor's label Riverworm Records]

===As sideman===
'''With [[Erik Friedlander]]'''
*''[[Grains of Paradise (album)|Grains of Paradise]]'' (Tzadik, 2001)
*''[[Broken Arm Trio]]'' (Skipstone, 2008)
*''[[50 Miniatures for Improvising Quintet]]'' (Skipstone, 2010)
*''[[Bonebridge]]'' (Skipstone, 2011)
*''[[Nighthawks (Erik Friedlander album)|Nighthawks]]'' (Skipstone, 2014)
*''[[Oscalypso]]'' (Skipstone, 2015)

'''With [[Eyvind Kang]]'''
*''[[The Narrow Garden]]'' (Ipecac, 2012)

'''With [[Jamie Saft]]'''
*2009 – ''[[Black Shabbis]]''

'''With [[John Zorn]]'''
*2000 − [[The Big Gundown (album)|''The Big Gundown'']] – 15th Anniversary Special Edition
*2001 − ''[[The Gift (John Zorn album)|The Gift]]''
*2002 − ''[[Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2]]''
*2002 − ''[[Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries]]''
*2002 − ''[[Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide]]''
*2003 − ''[[Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking]]''
*2004 − ''[[50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4]]'' with [[Electric Masada]]
*2005 − ''[[Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness]]'' with Electric Masada
*2005 − ''Filmworks Anthology – 20 Years of Soundtrack Music''
*2006 − ''[[Moonchild: Songs Without Words]]'' with Moonchild
*2006 − ''[[Astronome]]'' with Moonchild
*2007 − ''[[Six Litanies for Heliogabalus]]'' with Moonchild
*2007 − ''[[Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7]]'' with [[Marc Ribot]]
*2008 − ''[[The Dreamers (album)|The Dreamers]]'' with The Dreamers
*2008 − ''[[The Crucible (John Zorn album)|The Crucible]]'' with Moonchild
*2009 − ''[[O'o]]'' with The Dreamers
*2010 − ''[[Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14]]'' with The Dreamers
*2010 − ''[[Ipsissimus]]'' with Moonchild
*2010 − ''[[Interzone (album)|Interzone]]''
*2010 − ''[[Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner]]''
*2010 − ''[[The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days]]''
*2011 − ''[[Nova Express (album)|Nova Express]]'' with the Nova Quartet
*2011 − ''[[At the Gates of Paradise]]''
*2011 − ''[[A Dreamers Christmas]]'' with The Dreamers
*2012 − ''[[Templars: In Sacred Blood]]'' with Moonchild
*2012 − ''[[Enigmata (album)|Enigmata]]''
*2012 − ''[[Rimbaud (album)|Rimbaud]]''
*2012 − ''[[A Vision in Blakelight]]''
*2012 − ''[[The Concealed]]''
*2013 − ''[[Dreamachines]]'' with the Nova Quartet
*2014 – ''[[On Leaves of Grass]]'' with the Nova Quartet
*2014 – ''Valentine's Day''
*2014 − ''The Last Judgment''
*2015 – ''[[Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula]]'' with The Dreamers
*2015 − ''The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons''
*2015 − ''The Song Project Live at Le Poisson Rouge''
*2017 − ''The Garden of Earthly Delights''
*2018 − ''Insurrection''
*2018 − ''Salem, 1692''
*2019 − ''The Hierophant''
*2020 – ''Calculus''

'''With Jozef Dumoulin Trio'''
*2011 − ''Rainbow Body'' with [[Jozef Dumoulin]] (Rhodes) and Eric Thielemans (drums)

'''With the Rob Price Quartet'''
*2004 − ''At Sunset'' with [[Ellery Eskelin]] and [[Joey Baron]]
*2007 − ''I Really Do Not See the Signal'' with [[Jim Black]] replacing Baron

'''With [[King Buzzo]]'''
*2020 − ''Gift of Sacrifice'' (Ipecac)

===Album collaborations===
*1999 − ''PantyChrist'' by [[Bob Ostertag]], [[Justin Bond]] and [[Otomo Yoshihide]]
*2004 − ''[[Eucademix]]'' by [[Yuka Honda]]

===Guest appearances===
*1994 − ''[[Dressing for Pleasure]]'' by [[Jon Hassell]] & Bluescreen (on the songs "Villa Narco" and "Mati")
*1996 − ''In These Great Times'' by John Schott
*1996 − ''Trip Tease'' by [[Tipsy (band)|Tipsy]]
*1999 − ''Memory Is an Elephant'' by [[Tin Hat Trio]]
*2000 − ''Helium'' by Tin Hat Trio
*2002 − ''The Rabbi's Lover'' by [[Jenny Scheinman]]
*2003 − ''Dimly Lit: Collected Soundtracks 1996–2002'' by Doug Wieselman
*2004 − ''[[Eucademix]] ''by [[Yuka Honda]]
*2004 − ''Shalagaster'' by [[Jenny Scheinman]]
*2005 − ''Nihm'' by Okkyung Lee
*2006 − ''Starlings'' by [[Billy Martin (percussionist)|Billy Martin]]
*2008 − ''[[Save Me from Myself (album)|Save Me from Myself]]'' by [[Brian Welch|Head]]
*2008 − ''[[Terror Syndrome (album)|Terror Syndrome]]'' by [[Terror Syndrome]]
*2009 − ''Blackbird's Echo'' by Niobe

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.trevordunn.net/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060715002857/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/iviews/tdunn.htm Interview] on allaboutjazz.com

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