Jazz bass is the use of the double bass, or in some genres, bass guitar, to improvise accompaniment ("comping") and solos in a jazz or jazz fusion style. The double bass began being used in jazz in the 1890s, to supply the low-pitched walking basslines which outlined the harmony of the music. From the 1920s and 1930s Swing and big band era, through Bebop and Hard Bop, to the 1960s-era "free jazz" movement, the resonant, woody sound of the double bass anchored everything from small jazz combos to large jazz groups. Beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, some jazz fusion bandleaders began to substitute the electric bass guitar for the double bass.
Nadat ik de opleiding aan het Grafisch Lyceum in Rotterdam had afgerond ben ik begonnen als zeef- en offsetdrukker en vervolgens maakte ik carrière als dtp-er/Ctp-er, grafisch vormgever en fotograaf. Ik werkte aan projecten voor bedrijven, non-profitorganisaties, vormgevings- en reclamebureau's. Hier ben ik mij gaan gespecialiseren in.. Read more…