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Double Bass Aebersold Jazz camp?

#41
Sounds like a great camp, and it looks a lot more ambitious than the other camps I looked at. It has a full schedule and I am sure I would get a lot out of it.

But too bad there is not some kind of bass rental program available. ISB, although not a bass camp, is really stepping up to the plate and helping bassists get rentals. But, not here. Just am not going to fly a bass and do not want to do this on electric bass from the west coast.
 
#49
hdiddy said:
Just signed up for 2nd week. Will be bringing the stick (Silent Bass).

John Goldsby you better be there dammit. :D

jk.


Now time to go shopping for a golf club case. :ninja:
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I took an NS CR5 - stick bass to Jazz Summerschool and remember vividly, the look on Stan Sulzmann's face as I set it up. ;)

He was our tutor - great UK Sax/Flute player/composer - I think he said something like : "Are you going to play that or have you just set it up there, as a nice sculpture to be admired ...:p
 
#50
David Friesen usually teaches at the Aebersold camp, and he exclusively plays a stick bass. He is an adamant champion the the instrument. In the past, Rufus Reid has come with his Kolstein travel bass, Bob Sinicrope with his Eminence travel bass and Lynn Seaton always plays his Gage Czech-Ease. There is usually an equal balance between acoustic and electric and doublers to make for an interesting mix.
 
#51
chop_1992 said:
David Friesen usually teaches at the Aebersold camp, and he exclusively plays a stick bass. He is an adamant champion the the instrument. In the past, Rufus Reid has come with his Kolstein travel bass, Bob Sinicrope with his Eminence travel bass and Lynn Seaton always plays his Gage Czech-Ease. There is usually an equal balance between acoustic and electric and doublers to make for an interesting mix.
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+1

I see very little snobbery there about this. While just about everybody on the faculty save David and J.B. Dyas prefers to play and listen to DB, one the music begins it's all about the music rather than the instrument. One of the greatest faculty sets I've seen in recent memory was David playing with Kenny Werner, and I sure didn't hear anybody walking out of that night saying, "too bad he doesn't play the double bass."
 
#52
BTW: They just closed the enrollment for the first week for piano players (2nd week is still open) . . . the enrollment is filling up, but there are still a lot of bass spots . . .
 
#54
You never know. Lynn Seaton always packs his fishing rod in his Gage trunk, so why not pack a couple of golf clubs in your golf club trunk . . . along with the EUB.
 
#59
I´ve been a talkbass.com member for a while but this is actually my first post.
I attended the Aebersold Camp last year and I could really recommend it to players of all levels.

I´m from Ecuador, South America, I´m a music student and I´ve had some profesional experience mostly on BG and more recently on URB. I must say that the week I spent at camp was trully a great experience. It really helped me get my stuff together.
I took my BG, but I got a lot of info on the URB as well. To the point I decided that URB will be my main instrument.

Everything that´s been said on this thread is true. And I think all the faculty concerts at lunch and dinner are totally worth the food at Masterson´s.

By the way, Mr. Goldsby, I got your Jazz Bass Book at the camp and it´s been really helpful on understanding and embracing the bass tradition. Thanks a lot for writing it.
 

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