Von Babasin Talks Jazz with host Warren Michaels

Playing bass since he was 17 years old, recording in original bands since 1983. From 1976-1983, I worked with special effects crews for Universal Studios on such films as Airport '77 and '79, Jaws II,
The Incredible Shrinking Woman, and John Carpenter's The Thing. Also as a screen credited Grip on the movie, La Bamba. '83-'86, I was under a
recording contract with a band called Uranus, with an indie label who also signed me as the production manager/director of their music video division.

In 1986, I started a new band with guitarist Robb Howell called the RH Factor, who I was with for a decade. We released two albums, wrote, recorded and performed the movie soundtrack for the film
"Forever: A Ghost of a Love Story", and even opened the first annual  Long Beach Jazz Festival.

When that group broke up, the drummer, Dave
Goode, and I joined with guitarist Don Lake to form ONOFFON, who I have been with for the last 14 years. We have released three critically
acclaimed albums, with our most recent, Bridge to Presage, earning the Best Album honors at the 2006 International Online Music Awards.

Concurrently, I have been in pre-production on a documentary film I am producing about my father called, Harry Babasin's Jazz In Hollywood. He
was one of the greatest bassist/producers in jazz history and one of the major definers of the west coast jazz movement of the 40's and 50's.