Guus Bakker

Guus Bakker started playing guitar when he was 11 years old  definitely switching to the electric bass on his 14th. From 1999 he studied at the Rotterdams Conservatory, both electric and acoustic bass. Completing his master exam in 1996.
Next to a modest teaching job at the SKVR in Rotterdam, Guus has been playing successfully as a freelance musician in Holland and Belgium from that time on.
Regular or passed groups in Holland: Clazz ensemble, DelMontis, Dick de Graaf 4tet, Elizabeth Simonian, E.T. (Jeroen van Vliet), GAP, Holland Big Band, Michiel Stekelenburg 4tet, Kim Hoorweg, Rembrandt Frerichs, Ruff Sound, T.H.E.O., Wende Snijders.
As a freelancer: Michiel Borstlap, Eric Vloeimans, the Auratones, Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra, Rob van de Wouw, Wouter Hamel, Rolf Delfos en Erwin Hoorweg, Konrad Koselleck, Ben van den Dungen/Jarmo Hoogendijk.