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Willem von Hombracht (San Francisco,1960), contrabass and bass guitar. Willem has been a bassist for almost 30 years now, contrabass since 1983. Studied at the Arnhem conservatory of music in the Netherlands, 1984-1988. Studied privately from 1990-1992 with Buell Neidlinger and Charlie Haden. Through the years he has worked in quite a wide variety of musical situations, easily moving from one style to another. He has played in orchestral and chamber groups, both classical and modern; folk music from around the world, including, for example, Hungarian and Romanian gypsy music, Russian folk music, traditional Persian music, West African music, traditional Cuban and salsa, Caribbean calypso, Brazilian samba and Argentine tango; various rock and blues bands; and has in recent years been much in demand as a jazz bassist, in styles ranging from traditional to bebop to free form improvisation

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