Double bass: only ron carter?

1) Peacock The Acoustic Bass   
One of the great jazz bassists of our time explores important musical ideas for all serious players. His three essential elements - the Physical, the Mental and the Intuitive - form the complete process of creating music on the bass.

Gary analyzes his improvisational approach, imparting numerous ideas for hearing intervals, intuiting tonal relationships, and how making a 'mental map' of a piece provides an understanding of its harmonic construction. This mainstay of contemporary jazz shares invaluable technical and improvisational ideas he has gleaned during the course of his brilliant 40-year career. 

75-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES WRITTEN MATERIAL 
 
2) Phillips Essential Techniques For Acoustic Bass Vol. 1   

Veteran bassist Todd Phillips breaks down acoustic technique and musicianship from the ground up. 

He gives detailed instruction in the mechanics of playing, bass setup, how to develop strength and stamina, and how to become fully familiar with the fingerboard.

Unique on-screen diagrams and close-up camera work make scales, chords and bass lines easily apparent. Excellent for total beginners, and for more experienced players who want to build their existing skills. 

80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · BEGINNER LEVEL

3) Rocker Rockabilly Slap Bass   
Since the 1950s, the acoustic upright bass has remained the showpiece and rhythmic mainstay of the Memphis-based rockabilly sound. 

This informative and entertaining video by Lee Rocker, rockabilly master and co-founder of the Stray Cats, teaches the spectacular multi-rhythmic slapping that will stop any show! Lee shows how to combine right hand techniques with blues bass lines and arpeggios, plus gives valuable advice on getting the best possible sound.

Songs: 

Goin' To Kansas City 

Big Blue Train 

That's All Right Mama 

The Hucklebuck 

Find Another Man 

60-Minutes Video

4) Beginning & Intermediate Bluegrass Bass 2 Video Set   
Complete two-video series. Mark Schatz teaches basic patterns and scales, fingerings, passing notes, chord progressions, arpeggios, chromatic scales and other important subjects, applying them to several classic bluegrass songs. 

Mark explores rhythmic and tonal variety and more advanced bass technique, including waltz time, walking, 'slap' bass, syncopations, hammer-ons and pull-offs for bluegrass, rockabilly and novelty tunes

4) Double Bass Technique w/ Jeff Bradetich   

   
Double Bass Technique is ideally suited to high school and young college-aged students. This 60 minute video presents clear and insightful instruction from one of America's leading pedagogues and includes fundamental instrunction, artisitic demonstration and considerable viewer participation in nine of the major technical areas: posture, bow hold, left-hand finger action, tone production, smooth bow changes, one and two octave scales, bowing patterns, shifting, and thumb position. 

5)McTier Double Bass Techniques #1 video   
Basic skills and tips for practicing, with particular references to the Bottesini Elegy. 

6) Mingus: Triumph .. Underdog   
Triumph of the Underdog is a lucid, involving portrait showing the many faces and tortured heart of composer, bandleader and bassist Charles Mingus.

Exhaustively researched, this comprehensive documentary was nine years in the making. Includes rare performance footage and previously unpublished photos. 

7) Dave Holland Quintet Vortex   
Dave Holland Quintet 
62 Minutes VHS Hi-Fi

Dave Holland Bass
Kenny Wheeler Trumpet
Robin Eubanks - Trombone
Steve Coleman Alto Sax
Marvin "Smitty" Smith Drums

8)Ron Carter & Art Farmer Live At Sweet Basil video   

   
Four of the world's most respected musicians, together for the first time in a night of scintillating jazz. 

Recorded live in 1990, they perform a classic 'My Funny Valentine' and original works created especially for this event. Contains rare rehearsal sessions and illuminating interviews. Digitally recorded and mastered. 

60 Minutes, Color, Hi-Fi, VHS Video
Ron Carter - Bass
Art Farmer - Trumpet, Flugelhorn<
Cedar Walton - Piano
Billy Higgins - Drums 
 
   
9) Reid/Moore Bass Day '97 Video   

   
Rufus Reid and Michael Moore share a legacy as masters of the upright bass, with over 60 years combined experience as noted jazz band leaders, sidemen, and educators. This video features 8 mesmerizing duets that showcase their soloing and accompanist abilities, both arco and pizzacato. Includes a Q&A section and interview Video 61 minutes 

10)Gertz WALKIN' Video   

   
Walkin' is an instructional video on walking bass technique. Used in conjunction the Walkin' Book and CD set (B344), it covers the various approach notes and scale type lines as well as fingerings for two octave scales and modes. Arpeggios and chord spellings also shown. There are over sixty examples of chord progressions to blues and jazz standards. The bass lines use the techniques described in the beginning and are melodically interesting. The video shows the author with his basses (acoustic and electric), demonstrating the bass line techniques described in the book along with various rhythmic articulations and embellishments. Walkin' Book and CD set (stock number B344) highly recommended. 
 
Poco classico, molto Jazz ed affini !!

VL