Results for "bass, acoustic"

Martin Senders

Martin Senders is a Double Bass player living in 's Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands. He studied bass at the conservatories of Arnhem and Enschede with Henk Haverhoek and Ruud Ouwehand. Graduated on Bassguitar and Double Bass but primarily works as a Double Bass player. A Freelance musician who has worked with national and international Jazz musicians (also session-leader, studiomusician and bassteacher).

Sebastian Gramss

Born: 1966

ebastian Gramss (Cologne, Germany) is a German double bass virtuoso and composer of jazz and contemporary music. In 2013 he received the ECHO Jazz national instrumentalist of the year award for the bass. He studied double bass and composition at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and at the Cologne University of Music. Since 1988 he is mostly active in the field of jazz, improvised and contemporary music as a composer, soloist and a member of numerous bands. He has released more than 20 CDs under his name. These include those from the band Underkarl, as well as from the trios Slowfox (with Hayden Chisholm & Philip Zoubek) and Fossile 3 (with Rudi Mahall & Etienne Nillesen). His activities include his solo works (Atopie), a long term bass duo series (started with Stefano Scodanibbio in 2008, and continued in 2013 with Barre Phillips, Tetsu Saitoh, and in 2014 with Mark Dresser), the Cologne-based quartet BASZ, an international quintet (Barre Phillips ́s Crossbows), up to his international 11 piece international double bass ensemble Thinking of ..., and the Bassmasse orchestra with 50 bass players. He has composed for radio drama, movies and theatre and – among others – for choreographer Pina Bausch. In 2007 he created the Spacebass (basso d’amore), a modified 4 string double bass with the addition of 12 sympathetic strings. He teaches at the Cologne University of Music and University of Osnabrück, and gives master classes around the world

Ian Rashkin

Ian Rashkin graduated from the University of Washington School of Music, Seattle, where he studied double bass with Barry Lieberman and composition with Kenneth Benshoof. Since then he has composed works for the Degenerate Art Ensemble, Seattle EXperimental Opera, Seattle Repertory Theater, New City Theater, Synnara Records, and many more, as well as scoring films for Funhouse Films, GR Films, and others. Recent performances of his work have included chamber works for various combinations of strings, winds, vocals, and piano, as well as jazz combos – see https://ianrashkin.com for details

Michael Sharfe

Michael Harrist

Walter Areia

Born: August 13, 1970

While Walter Areia goes up and down the hills and stages of Lisbon carrying his distinctive 3-string bass, in addition to continuing his solo career playing with his new quartet and trio, Areia also actively collaborates with important artists, including Fred Martins, Matteo Saggesi, Larry John McNally, and Karlos Rotsen, and he is also a regular member of Rua das Pretas by Pierre Aderne.

Torbjorn Zetterberg

Calvin Hill

Born: June 27, 1945

Mike Palter

Victor Dvoskin

Born: June 21, 1948

Bassist Victor Dvoskin was born in Ukraine town of Dnepropetrovsk on June 21 1948. In his childhood he played knob accordion , guitar and later upright bass. At 18 he was heard at the jam session by his countryman percussionist Yuori Genbachov . Soon he was offered to go on the road with the group of musicians who where dedicated to jazz music. . In 1969 Victor settled in Moscow , where later he got bachelor degree in Gnesin college of Music in classical bass ( class of virtuoso bassist Alexandr Michno). In the early seventies he gained popularity playing for nine years with the group ‘ Allegro’