After childhood piano lessons he took up the string bass and the vibraphone in his teens. He is essentially self-taught on all instruments. In Vancouver 1960-5 he was sideman to Chris Gage (playing ...

The instruments included two bass violins and 43 bows estimated to be worth a collective $185,000 from the estate of Marvin Topolsky, a longtime double bassist ... Editor’s note: The value ...

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Carter earned a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School in Rochester and a master's degree in double bass from the Manhattan ... SUITE — compositions and arrangements for string quartet and ...

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His bass sat packed away, but Dyke hovered throughout the hall, a part of every note drawn from every string.