The Majesty of the Bass

Mark Helias at the Concert House

by Piotr Michalowski

posted 11/7/2010

The jazz double bass was long thought of as a rhythm section instrument that defined the basic pulse of a tune while outlining harmony at the same time. This changed with the advent of amplification and with the arrival of a young man named Jimmy Blanton, who joined Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1939 and played virtuoso pizzicato solos as well as bass/piano

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