3 November ... He played violin, tuba, and double bass while in his teens and then attended the Juilliard School; he later toured with Arnett Cobb and Willis...
4 November ... He studied violin with Hall Johnson, took up the double bass, and worked as a music copyist for Jimmie Lunceford. After playing double bass with...
5 November ... After playing with Jan Savitt (1945) and Tony Pastor (1947) he performed and recorded in Los Angeles with Tommy Dorsey (1949), Woody Herman ...
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7 November ... As a youth he played drums, and changed to double bass while at college. His first important engagement was with Vido Musso's band in the late ...
8 November ... He was classically trained as a double bass player and made his professional début in 1953 as a member of Lars Gullin's quintet (recording in...
9 November ... No Biography excerpt found, sorry! Your additions and corrections welcome! Bye, François -- Thought of the day (Sunday, 9 November 2003): As...
10 November ... No Biography excerpt found, sorry! ... Initially studied cello before finally moving to the double bass. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music,...
12 November ... No Biography excerpt found, sorry! ... He studied drums and guitar during his school years. He played and recorded on double bass in Cincinnati...
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13 November ... He grew up in Chicago and, after army service, performed and recorded with the tenor saxophonist Dick Davis (1947-9) and Ahmad Jamal (1949- ...
15 November ... No Biography excerpt found, sorry! ... Neil Swainson worked for two years in Victoria with Paul Horn. He played with Woody Shaw frequently in...
16 November ... One of three Bates brothers who played bass, Jim Bates became one of the top players on his instrument in the Tulsa, OK, area. While some much...
17 November ... A versatile acoustic bassist with an adventurous spirit, Ben Allison has often excelled in avant-garde settings but has proven himself to be ...
18 November ... After private musical study, followed by army service, he worked as house double bass player at the French Poodle, Chicago. He then took up a ...
... bass in progress (today I added MP3's). Perhaps it helps you in making your decisions... Hi!! Of course I've red everything google was able to find about...
... Hello Alberto- There is a freeware program on the web called Fret Specs that generates fret measurements given the scale length- it is in inches, not mm....
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... generates ... TX Bob, I've found it! But it's for Windows 95, I've Mac OSX!But at work we have several Win machines, no problems! ... the bass. A...
... Steve has not mentioned any plans for a five string magnetic pickup. You may be referring to the Double Big Twin - http://www.urbbob.com/dbt.html - it is...
... Those bullet things are made by linear pickups http://www.linearpickups.com/ They look similar to what Aria are putting in their SWB-04 bass, although Aria...
21 November ... No Biography excerpt found, sorry! ... Warren's work on bass and cello reached a sizeable audience via his membership in drummer Jack...
22 November ... He played piano from the age of five, took up accordion and bass drum, and studied double bass with Joseph Iadone; he attended the Hartt School...
23 November ... Early on Ray Drummond played with Michael White and Bobby Hutcherson in San Francisco. After attending Stanford Business School (1974-77) he ...
24 November ... Born on November 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, Colley began studying bass at age 11. At 13, he began studying with Monty Budwig while...
