Kill The Bass

  Madison Rast was raised in North Carolina and attended theNorth Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. He earned his bachelor's degree in music performance, then attended graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. where he received a masters degree in jazz performance. Madison moved to Philadelphia in September 1999 and now teaches at Bucks County Community College and Temple University.   He performs on a regularly at clubs in and around Philadelphia and often in New York. Madison has played with countless musicians known well in both the New York and Philly areas, including John Swana, Bootsie Barnes, Bobby Watson, Orrin Evans, Mickey Roker, Terell Stafford, Barry Harris and Jimmy Heath, and Sean Jones.