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01-10-2012, 10:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: London, UK | | | Stefano Scodanibbio
apparently the great Italian bassist Stefano Scodanibbio has died, aged only 57. One of the greatest modern classical bassists in the world |
01-10-2012, 03:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Tx | | | One of my biggest influences. Sad. |
01-10-2012, 08:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: chicago | | | Sad indeed. Who wil Ferneyhough write bass music for now?
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01-10-2012, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by koricancowboy  Sad indeed. Who wil Ferneyhough write bass music for now? | Seriously! Remember Ferneyhough hugging him after his solo at Stanford? Who will Julio Estrada write bass music for now?
I heard he died in the same part of Mexico, of the same thing and around the same age as Mingus. Not yet confirmed, but odd if even two of those things are right. |
01-11-2012, 05:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: London, UK | | Is this Scodanibbio, does anyone know? Julio Estrada ~ Miqi'nahual - YouTube
astonishing writing and playing |
01-11-2012, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by oliebrice | Yeah, that is him, two basses, laying on his back. Estrada is incredible. Very hardcore. I love the Manzoni image, I would have gone more for Tapies, or Kiefer. |
01-11-2012, 08:25 AM
| | | | Very sad, he died of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) which he was diagnosed with two years ago. According to an obituary in a Mexican newspaper, his ashes are going to be kept in Estrada's garden. I've been researching heavily into Scodanibbio's work during the last 9 months, his technical facility was simply incredible and his influence on contemporary composers far reaching. His loss is a blow for the bass world and the contemporary music scene in general, he will be missed. |
01-11-2012, 08:47 AM
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01-13-2012, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by damonsmith Seriously! Remember Ferneyhough hugging him after his solo at Stanford? Who will Julio Estrada write bass music for now?
I heard he died in the same part of Mexico, of the same thing and around the same age as Mingus. Not yet confirmed, but odd if even two of those things are right. | That Stanford concert was one of the best I have ever been to. Too bad. At least he left a lot of music behind.
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01-15-2012, 06:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Tx | | I am doing a short solo memorial for him at Avant Garden in Houston tomorrow (Mon. 1/16/12), just after 7pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/277050725683477/
His innovations are central to how I approach the instrument in my music and after one of his solo concerts I realized I needed to deal with the sounds and "extended techniques" as thoroughly as possible or just quit. He was an inspiration. A hardass, a super-musician. It is sad to think that he is no longer working on what the bass can do.
I am using a tuning that deals with his areas of interest low to high: Eb, A, C# (1/8 tone flat), A. The tri-tone in the low end darkens things when the just-thirds get too sweet. |
01-19-2012, 12:48 PM
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