Local bassist, composer, and songwriter Wilbur Thompson, who has played with numerous local musicians such as Charlie Gabriel of Preservation Hall Jazz Band, cover star Robin Barnes, and Germaine Bazzle will livestream Wednesday, December 30 at 7 p.m. CST via our Facebook page. Originally from Hartsville SC. Thompson moved to New Orleans in September 2015 and specializes in gospel, soul, and jazz music. He considers Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Haslip, “all of the gospel music artists of the 80s and 90s and neo soul in general” as his biggest influences. He first began playing bass in the church his father pastored. In high school he began playing bass with local groups including a trio with long time friend and Snarky Puppy saxophonist Chris Bullock.