Carol Kaye is an American musician, best known as one of the most prolific and widely heard bass guitarists in history, playing on an estimated 10,000 recording sessions in a 55-year career. As a session musician, Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She played guitar on Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba", on Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass's seminal album "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" and is credited with the bass tracks on several Simon & Garfunkel hits and many film scores by Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin. Among her most often cited work Kaye anchored the Beach Boys' album "Pet Sounds". She talks about (and musically illustrates) her amazing career in conversation with John Cavanagh on the 400th edition of Soundwave on radio six international at www.radiosix.com on Friday 7th September at 21:00 GMT (10pm UK, 11pm Europe) with repeats on Saturday 8th September at 02:00 GMT (7pm (Friday)Los Angeles, 10pm (Friday) New York, 3am UK, 2pm New Zealand, 10am Taiwan)and 09:00 GMT (10am UK, 11am Europe); Sunday 9th September at 07:00 GMT (8am UK, 9am Europe, 7pm New Zealand) 11pm Europe) and Monday 10th September at 19:00 GMT (8pm UK, 9pm Europe).
