Good German double bass, with well figured maple back and si...

Hammer

£4,000

Good German double bass, with well figured maple back and sides, the head of matching wood, also with geometric purfling inlay below the button, length of back 43.75", stop length 24 1/2" and vibrating string length 42.75", soft case
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* This double bass was owned and played extensively by Len Skeat who was one of Britain's great jazz double bass players. Affectionately known as "The Time Lord" for his mastery of the "3TS" of time, tone and taste, he had a career spanning more than fifty years in the highest circles of British, European and American performance. His work was regularly compared to that of his close friend and emanant bassist Ray Brown, whose major partnership was with the jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and whose own career in American jazz spanned more than half a century. He travelled worldwide with Grappelli and was also Peggy Lee’s bass player every time she came to the UK
** Len died on Friday 7th May 2021 at the age of 84, a link to his full obituary can be found below:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/07/len-skeat-obituary