GIGS4U ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: E. PRUITT

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Gigs4U Artist Spotlight: E. Pruitt
E. Pruitt

E. Pruitt — Puyallup, WA

E. Pruitt is a Kansas City-bred, Pacific Northwest-based bass soloist, composer, and clinician whose resume reads like a highlight reel of the instrument's upper echelon. A graduate of the Charlie Parker School for the Performing Arts, he has shared stages with B.B. King, Gerald Albright, Brian Bromberg, Paul Stanley, Brett Michaels, and the Miles Davis Tribute Group "Miles & Miles" — and was one of two bassists contacted by Vernon Reid to fill the open seat in Living Colour. His 6 and 7-string Surine bass work blends contemporary jazz, funk, R&B, and neo-soul into a sound that places him in the company of Wayman Tisdale and George Benson.

Beyond performing, "E" has spent decades as a sought-after clinician and product specialist for KORG USA, Bartolini Pickups, Warwick, Spector, Ashdown, and DR Strings, and published a three-DVD instructional bass set through Next Level Guitar. His latest album, Bass Graffiti, landed three tracks in the Smooth Jazz Top 100 in 2025. The 2018 Seattle Sound Music Awards "Best Band" winner brings the full weight of that experience to every stage he steps on — which is exactly what Gigs4U is built to spotlight.

Polybanderous Productions

Polybanderous Productions is a Seattle, WA based music & video production company owned and operated by Bradford King. A singer/songwriter, composer, arranger, producer, designer, software developer, handyman, and multi-instrumentalist with 20 years of experience in live performance, studio recording, graphic design, band management, software development & testing, and production. Over the years, I’ve toured nationally, performed locally at notable venues like The Showbox, El Corazon, The Crocodile, Neumos, Barboza, The Substation, The Funhouse, and CenturyLink Field (for the Seahawks game day opener), and have been featured on the television series Band In Seattle. I’ve also worked for 19 years as a C# software engineer & tester for Microsoft, Adobe, Real Networks, UPS (iShip), and several other smaller companies.

http://polybanderousproductions.com
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