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John Goldsby

Bassist John Goldsby currently plays with the WDR Big Band Cologne and his recent release as a bandleader is "The Innkeeper's Gun."

About Me

John Goldsby has played bass with the Grammy Award-winning Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Big Band in Cologne, Germany since 1994. Originally from Louisville, he was a protagonist on the New York jazz scene from 1980 through 1994. His recordings as leader include Live at the Nachbar [with Jacob Duncan and Jason Tiemann on Bass Lion Records], Cologne [a cooperative trio with Bill Dobbins and Peter Erskine on Fuzzy Music], Viewpoint [Nagel Heyer], and Tale of the Fingers [Concord], in addition to countless recordings as a sideman. He teaches at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany. His latest book is The Jazz Bass Book [Backbeat Books], the complete history of jazz bassists and their techniques. He has also published Jazz Bowing Techniques for the Improvising Bassist [Aebersold Jazz] and Bass Notes [Aebersold Jazz]. John has written regularly for Bass Player Magazine (USA), Double Bassist Magazine (GB) and Bass Professor Magazine (Germany). For more info, visit his webpage at www.goldsby.de