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Woman bassists in Jazz

Discussion in 'Jazz Technique [DB]' started by Silevesq, Mar 21, 2017.

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  1. Mar 21, 2017 #1
    Silevesq

    Silevesq

    Oct 2, 2010
    Quebec
    Hello people of talkbass, hope everyone is fine!

    We all know about Esperanza Spalding and Linda Oh and the more recent people.
    Do you know about older woman? Thinking pre 1990 playing Jazz, I hear there was a woman at Berklee teaching around 1985. But I came to the realization that I don't know a lot of them and I think it's a lack.

    Please open me to someone new!
     
  2. Mar 21, 2017 #2
    Adam Booker

    Adam Booker

    May 3, 2007
    Boone, NC
    Endorsing Artist: D'Addario Strings, Remic Microphones
    Kristen Korb. Great player and singer!
     
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  3. Mar 21, 2017 #3
    bassfran

    bassfran Supporting Member

    Mar 1, 2012
    Chicago
    Endorsing artist: Lakland basses
    Marlene Rosenberg has been killing it here in Chicago, (and elsewhere), for years as a player and educator.

    (And, did you mean to type other women? Personally, I'd never be so gauche as to ask for their age.)
     
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  4. Mar 21, 2017 #4
    RBrownBass

    RBrownBass Thoroughly Nice Guy Supporting Member

    Aug 22, 2004
    He may be referring to women who have been at it longer than the two he mentions have been. Both Oh and Spalding are in their early 30s (even moderately famous people don't really get to hide their age), so there's a lot of room between that and "too old to still be playing".
     
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  5. Mar 21, 2017 #5
    ejnachtrab

    ejnachtrab

    Nov 18, 2011
    Ann Arbor, MI
    Marion Hayden is a great bass player and has been an integral part of the Detroit jazz scene for a long time.
     
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  6. Mar 21, 2017 #6
    oren

    oren Supporting Member

    Aug 7, 2007
    Salem, OR
    +1 on Marlene Rosenberg! I take lessons from her when I can, and I always come away better for it.

    Katie Ernst is another Chicago DB player who is well worth checking out.
     
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  7. Mar 21, 2017 #7
    bassfran

    bassfran Supporting Member

    Mar 1, 2012
    Chicago
    Endorsing artist: Lakland basses
    I figured it was an 'auto-correct' typo. (And just making a little joke, too.)
     
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  8. Mar 21, 2017 #8
    damonsmith

    damonsmith

    May 10, 2006
    Saint Louis, MO
    Joelle Leandre isn't a straight jazz player but plays lots of free jazz. Shayna Dulberger and Lisa Mezzacappa are two great more recent jazz and free jazz bassists. Nina De Haney from Sweden, more of a free player but in her 40s or so.
     
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  9. Mar 22, 2017 #9
    Silevesq

    Silevesq

    Oct 2, 2010
    Quebec
    Currently listening loving it!
    Great!

    Thank RBrownBass for clarifying what I meant.
     
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  10. Mar 22, 2017 #10
    sean_on_bass

    sean_on_bass

    Dec 29, 2005
    USA
    Nicki Parrott
     
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  11. Mar 22, 2017 #11
    Silevesq

    Silevesq

    Oct 2, 2010
    Quebec
    Far from me the idea of starting a war... But why do I feel like they are pushed to sing?
    I know they don't all sing but the proportion of "men" singing and playing the bass is so much lower then the one for woman. Is this in my head? Is there an explanation? Or am I searching too far again...

    @damonsmith Wow Mrs Leandre technique is amazing!
     
  12. Mar 22, 2017 #12
    damonsmith

    damonsmith

    May 10, 2006
    Saint Louis, MO
    Probably more male bassists should sing. Red Mitchell sang, who is that great Nashville bassist who sings?
    Peter Kowald did tuvan throat singing.
     
  13. Mar 25, 2017 #13
    Steve Killingsworth

    Steve Killingsworth

    Aug 25, 2002
    West Tennessee
    Jim Ferguson.
     
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  14. Mar 25, 2017 #14
    Jim T

    Jim T

    Nov 28, 2004
    Seatlle
    Jodi Proznick out of Vancouver BC has a nice touch and melodic approach.

    Jodi Proznick
     
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  15. Mar 28, 2017 #15
    WynstonMinckler

    WynstonMinckler

    Mar 6, 2017
    Vancouver BC, Canada
    This might be a bit more pre 90's then you're thinking but Thelma Terry was a great bassist and bandleader in Chicago through the 20s and 30s. According to a friend she gave Gene Krupa one of his early breaks.

     
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  16. Apr 29, 2017 #16
    Crazy John

    Crazy John

    Nov 14, 2015
    Carol Kaye
     
  17. Apr 29, 2017 #17
    Silevesq

    Silevesq

    Oct 2, 2010
    Quebec
    Don't remember seeing her play the double bass, got audio or video of that?
     
  18. Apr 29, 2017 #18
    Crazy John

    Crazy John

    Nov 14, 2015
    Big OOPS
    I didn't read this was the double bass forum. Apologies to all.
     
  19. May 13, 2017 #19
    buckthorn

    buckthorn

    Jun 21, 2013
    Black Earth, WI
    I hadn't even heard of Marlene Rosenberg (shame on me - I'm only 2 hours from Chicago) until I saw her at the Chicago Jazz Festival last year. She was, as you say, "killing it". Seeing her play was one of my best memories from the festival.
     
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  20. Aug 18, 2017 #20
    Levin

    Levin

    Oct 30, 2012
    Sweden
    Well Carol Kaye used to jam a lot of jazz, didn't she? The topic really was about women bassists playing jazz, or did it also mean women who exclusively played the double bass? Sorry for the derail and confusion, I'm not very good at english.
    On the double bass, in Sweden there is also Jenny Kristoffersson and Tove Brandt, there is one great older that I don't remember at the moment that doesn't play any more, hm
     
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