Double bass Luthier Georgio Pianzola from Switzerland has recetly relaunched his website www.kontrabass.ch.
Toby Chennel has published a short video on making a cornerless double bass at Youtube; Matthew Tucker from Australia shows at Youtube his DIY-bending iron in action. He’s currently working on his second bass, a cornerless model.
Christopher Double Basses now have a German website, too.
JazzDoubleBass.com, a new online resource for jazz double bassists with a discussion forum, articles on learning and practising and biographies of double bass giants, now has published a couple of video clips with Rufus Reid. Tom Hill talks to Rufus Reid about various topics including his bass setup, hints and tips for aspiring bass players, his new recordings and much more.
Three very short video clips featuring Scott LaFaro can be viewed at Charles A. Ralston’s website. The videos are excerpts from the April 1958 Bobby Troup ‘Stars of Jazz’ show featuring the Richie Kamuca Quintet. There’s also an interesting transkript of a rehearsal of LaFaro and Bill Evans …
” (…)
00:31 EVANS: [starts to play] Good.
LAFARO: [bows tuning his bass]
00:46 EVANS: [begins playing ‘My Foolish Heart’ solo]
02:26 LAFARO: Unbelievable, powerful, beautiful, [ then begins to accompany Evans]
03:32 EVANS: We’re now talking about
03:42 LAFARO: E-flat minor
04:00 EVANS: Yeah, . . . I think I was playing ? full type piano . . . I wish I could go a little lower on this one . . . ‘A’ might be nice.
04:12 LAFARO: I don’t know, I feel like I was playing . . .
[EVANS/LAFARO play a bit]
LAFARO: E-flat
EVANS: A-flat (…)”
The Bass Musician Magazine is a new bi-monthly virtual bass magazine. The current issue features interviews with double bassists Eric Hochberg, Christian McBride, and article on “How to Get a Good Sound When Recording With an Acoustic Bass”, and more.