Double Bass Chuck Deardorf

[Sam Sherry]

The radio was playing NPR's "Selected Shorts" program and the theme has this chewy DB sound.
Pandora says, "That's The Deal" by Deardorf / Peterson Group:



Nice tune! It evokes 1974, with production values of 2004 (when it was released).

Wikipedia says Mr. Deardorf died in 2022 of complications of CoViD.

 

[TroyK]

Chuck was a great guy and a great bassist who influenced and supported all of us here in Seattle for many years. I'm glad he showed up in your stream. Maybe I'll pull one of his recordings up today.

 

[oren]

Chuck was a wonderful fellow and a terrific player. When I was in college in Bellingham, WA in the mid ‘70s, Chuck used to come up weekly to give electric bass lessons (IIRC, he only played electric in those days). I took a couple of lessons from him that gave me enough material to support my practicing for a long time. I used to see him play in various groups but didn’t have any further direct interaction with him until 2019 when I attended the Centrum jazz camp in Port Townsend, where he was on the faculty. During the camp I said to him that we had met before but I was sure he wouldn’t remember, and he said “Sure, Oren, I remember you - you lived in Bellingham and took a couple of lessons from me.” This was like 50 years later! Could’ve knocked me over with a feather. He is missed, and I could probably use some more lessons from him now.