Today, Johannes has sent me the link to Daryl Johns’ website. Daryl is a 12-years-old double bassist from New Jersey/USA, and a real cat. Unbelievable!
More from Daryl and his great fellow musicians can be found at YouTube (this link is his pianist’s channel, scroll down for videos with Daryl on bass).
II International Masters Music Review at Pila/Poland. With Vitold Rek (db) and Dariusz Mizera (db).
“Master Class gives the opportunity to discover new, interesting and fresh looks at music. It is worth to emphasize that the students of the Review will have an unusual and unique chance to listen to and enjoy the sound of the epochal, original instrument Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù from 1727, which I will play during concerts and consultations.”
If you don’t use the traditional, S-shaped sounpost setting tool very often, setting the soundpost can really be a big challenge. The new Gemini sounpost setting tool holds the soundpost securely against the saddle at the tip of the tool, in order to make it easier to insert the soundpost through the f-hole and into proper position without the risk of the soundpost becoming dislodged as could happen with a traditional sound post tool. During the setting procedure, the soundpost is held by a nylon rope. The release mechanism gently releases the tool from the soundpost once it is in position.
see BassBalsereit.
Jazz Bass Artists of the 1950s
H: One of my students at CalArts asked me why I close my eyes when I play. The obvious answer is for concentration, but I told him, “The first night we opened at the Five Spot, I looked across at the bar and there was Charlie Mingus, Wilbur Ware, Percy Heath, Paul Chambers, and just about every great bass player in New York, looking right at me. And from that moment on, I closed my eyes!”
F: Is that true?
H: Yeah! Not really, but . . . . [Laughs all around.]