Today’s archive post is in memory of Victor Bailey, associate professor in the Bass Department, who passed away on Friday, November 11. He studied at Berklee starting in 1978, and later in life taught private lessons and recital preparation. 

Victor Bailey had a storied career. In a memorial message, Berklee’s Vice President for Academic Affairs/Vice Provost Jay Kennedy noted that while Victor was “… best known as Weather Report’s final bassist (following Jaco Pastorius), Victor played on more than 1,000 recordings with a vast array of stylistically diverse artists, including Sonny Rollins, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga, Sting, Patrice Rushen, Miriam Makeba, Roy Haynes, Joe Zawinul, and Poogie Bell, among many others. Throughout the mid-1990s, he toured with pop superstar Madonna, which he described as one of the greatest experiences of his life.” 

Rest in Peace.