Double Bass Who is this bassist?

[Earl]

Do you know the bass player in this video? He has an interesting right hand technique, old style like Pettiford. Scott announced him as Jos Makto or something like that.

 

[J R Knots]

Nice sounding Concert… I got nothing on the bassist but he is excellent.

Thanks for posting.

 

[marcox]

The bass player is Jos Machtel.

Jos Machtel – Just another WordPress site

 

[sean peters]

Very interesting! He is plucking the strings with his RH thumb on the passages that it isn't anchored to the fingerboard. You can clearly see this on his solo during the first tune. I wonder if this was common technique during the early swing/big band era. I know some early Nashville country bassists played in a similar fashion. Something else to take to the shed...

 

[Earl]

The bass player is Jos Machtel.

Jos Machtel – Just another WordPress site

Thanks, yes, Scott Hamilton just told me.

 

[Earl]

Very interesting! He is plucking the strings with his RH thumb on the passages that it isn't anchored to the fingerboard. You can clearly see this on his solo during the first tune. I wonder if this was common technique during the early swing/big band era. I know some early Nashville country bassists played in a similar fashion. Something else to take to the shed...

From his website:

After two years, he switched to the double bass under Prof. Victor Kaihatu, who taught him his special thumb technique.

 

[LaFaro01]

Here you can see his technique a bit better…


But there are some other guys with interesting techniques… for example Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere (what a name…)

or Steinar Raknes with some "fingerpicking elements"...

 

[rickwolff]

Funny, I found myself humming this one in the shower today and couldn't remember what it was.

 

[BobKay]

Funny, I found myself humming this one in the shower today and couldn't remember what it was.

Really? You were humming that one? I say again, really?