Double Bass Bozo Paradzik

[Mike Arnopol]

Holy Schmoly, what a player! Just checked out a Youtube clip of him. Anybody know what bass he's playing? Man I'm inspired to start shedding the classical repetoire again. I've been checking out Catalin Rotaru's work. ( he also plays a Golia bass). There must be something in that Eastern European water! ( either that or those guys work REAL hard!)

 

[Eli_Upright12]

Bozo version of the Hadyn Cello Concerto is truly astounding, I've never been a big fan of Hadyn but that is awesome. Also his playing of the Gliere Four Pieces is great. I'm a huge fan of his now. I'm amazed also that his physical approach is very much different than most of the great soloists. Most play either standing with the bass very high(Gary Karr, Edgar Meyer), or sitting almost cello like (Catalin Rotaru), but Bozo plays his bass almost with more of an orchestral positioning, standing with the bass rather low. This kind of reminds me of Borguslaw Furtok. Either way he is an incredible player and it's good that you started a thread, because his playign has not been discussed much yet.

 

[geoffbassist]

2 weeks ago he gave a masterclass at RNCM in Manchester which i played in, all the students also had a lesson.
Hes an amazing player/teacher and an inspiring person....
He gets a beautiful sound....

 

[Dr Rod]

and he is a true gentleman, he is truly a kind person.

He likes modern instruments and bows. He uses solo spiros and orchestral spiros from top to bottom.

 

[darkocuk]

Yeah! What an awesome player. I love the stance he uses - totally it. Reminds me of Dave Holland.
As an aside note,
I lived in Calgary up until a few months ago where I played in civic symphony alongside Tihomir Vidovic, his first bass teacher from Sarajevo Symphony. Tiho told me lots about Bozho and you could see he was real proud his student turned out to be such a monster bassist. It also turned out he was friends with my first bass teacher from Zagreb years back... world is truly a small place!!
Poor guy delivers pizzas in his late fifties since he had to escape the carnage of the civil war in Bosnia and come to Canada as a refugee. What a shame.
So much nicer to see his student made it to such heights..
Way to go!

 

[Phil Rowan]

Holy crap, what a monster! I admit I'd never really checked him out but I just peeped the 3rd movement of the Haydn concerto. So that's why we do all those monotonous bowing exercises.

 

[Anonymatt]

The documentary about him is beautiful. He makes a statement at the end that really gets me.

 

[Herbie 80's]

Just bought his 'Double Bass Goes Beethoven' record.

 

[damonsmith]

Just bought his 'Double Bass Goes Beethoven' record.

I have that. It is amazing! What a player.

 

[oliebrice]

just picked up the Beethoven record - wow! gorgeous playing

 

[labravajazz]

and he is a true gentleman, he is truly a kind person.

He likes modern instruments and bows. He uses solo spiros and orchestral spiros from top to bottom.

Not disputing this info but gerold genssler has him on a link for using Sonores strings of some type.
Beautiful sound and intonation on the clip on you tube.

 

[TonyD]

and he is a true gentleman, he is truly a kind person.

He likes modern instruments and bows. He uses solo spiros and orchestral spiros from top to bottom.

I thought he was using Dominant solos...

 

[labravajazz]

I thought he was using Dominant solos...

I had this from Gerold Genssler
"Bozo is playing my strings exclusively since about 1 1/2 year and he recorded Beethoven Cellosonata Fmaj op with his DRAGO set"

 

[Don Sibley]

Just came across the Arpeggione Sonata video. Wow!

 

[Treyzer]

That was so inspiring. What a beautiful sound.

 

[Sean Riddle]

This brings me to tears every time

 

[evil-g]

I've been listening to Božo Paradžik frequently and love his playing. I'm quite inexperienced and was wondering about the platform he stands on when playing. Can anyone shed some light for me.

 

[evil-g]

This brings me to tears every time

Jazzcat, I agree.

 

[A Spotless Mind]

Check out Bozo shredding the 3rd mvt of the Haydn C major concerto!

 

[Sean Riddle]

I've been listening to Božo Paradžik frequently and love his playing. I'm quite inexperienced and was wondering about the platform he stands on when playing. Can anyone shed some light for me.

From what I know, the platform is probably to help the vibrations coming from the endpin so they won't be dampened by the floor. Again, this is just a general observation and I'm sure the more experience members have more insights.