[78-L] Use of double bass in dance bands

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 06:41:57 PDT 2012


And wasn't the earliest 'slap bass' on record Steve Brown's solo near the
end of Jean Goldkette's 'Dinah' recorded in January 1926 (Victor 19947)?

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Tim Huskisson
<timhuskisson at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I'm sure that's true. 'Slap Bass' was often a feature of Dance and Jazz
> recordings after the changeover from Brass Bass (circa 1928/1929) to the
> early 1930s. It's almost as though it was felt necessary to draw attention
> to the fact that there was actually a Double-Bass in the band.
>
> "...I think part of the changeover from brass to string bass came from
> development of the jazz plucked-bass technique, including slapping."
>
> Regards
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