- Los Angeles Bass Violin Choir
The Los Angeles Bass Violin Choir were a group of
Los Angeles -area bassists performing special arrangements byHerbert D. Smith and New York bassist Bill Lee during the 80's. Bill Lee, father of directorSpike Lee , also founded theNew York Bass Violin Choir . Regular players consisted ofFrederick D. Tinsley , the lateAndy Simpkins andGeorge "Red" Callendar , John Heard,Herbert D. Smith ,Bertram Turetsky , andHerbie Lewis . Additional players to perform with the bass choir were bassistsRoberto Miranda , andJames Leary . DrummerSherman Ferguson and PianistCecil Lytle also performed with the group. The group plays acoustic bass only.External links
Group web pages are listed below:
* Herbert D. Smith - http://www.herbertdsmith.com
* Bill Lee - http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Bill%20Lee:1927078900:page=biography;_ylt=AurA.9U40g0K_CiqdOpPXdFUvQcF;_ylu=X3oDMTBtMjVyMGQxBF9zAzg0MzkzMzAwBHNlYwNhcnRuYXY-* Fred Tinsley - http://ftinsley.bol.ucla.edu/
* Andy Simpkins -http://www.rebeccaparris.com/andy.htm
* George Red Callendar - CALLENDER, Red MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
* John Heard - http://afgen.com/john_heard.html
* Bertram Turetsky - http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,513695,00.html#bio
* Herbie Lewis - http://artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,458615,00.html#bio
* Roberto Miranda - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=725
* James Leary - http://www.arjazz.org/artists/hof/1995/95_james_leary.html
* Sherman Ferguson - http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Sherman_Ferguson.html
* Cecil Lytle - http://music.ucsd.edu/public/fm_music_directory.php?cmd=fm_music_directory_detail&query_Full_Name=+Cecil+Lytle&query_Active_Status=Faculty
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