This link tip is not double bass related, but really, really groovy: 13-year old Pipquinha at the electric bass guitar.

September 15th marks the 30th anniversary of Bill Evans’ passing. Ross Porter’s interview with Bill Evans, one of the last that Evans ever gave, can be listened online at Jazz.FM91, the canadian jazz radio station.
The conversation was recorded on May 21, 1979 at Bill Evans’ appartment at New Jersey and in his car, while on the road to Manhattan. It also features excerpts of recordings of the late Bill Evans Trio(s) with bassists Scott LaFaro, Chuck Israels and Eddie Gomez (who is mistakenly announced by Porter as Scott LaFaro in “All of You”).

William P. Gottlieb’s photos document the jazz scene in New York City and Washington, D.C., from 1938 to 1948, a time recognized by many as the “Golden Age of Jazz”. More than 200 fantastic photos are now available in Flickr, and more photos will be added each month until all 1,600 are in Flickr. More about William Gottlieb at the Library’s Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Gottlieb Collection.

(By the way: the bassits shown in this photo is bassmaker and author Chuck Traeger …)

Jazz Bass Artists of the 1950s is the title of a new book on Jazz double bassists. Author Dave Hunt has thorougly collected lots of stories and biographical notes on the most important bassists of the post-war era. With its timelines, tables and recommended listening lists, this book is a great resource for every jazz bass freak.

Today, it’s Eberhard Weber’s 70. birthday. The German bassist, who lives in south of France, is best known for his work with Jan Garbarek (sax) and Wolfgang Dauner (p), and the exclusive use of an electric upright bass since the 1970ies.