Los Angeles Bass Violin Choir
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Los Angeles Bass Violin Choir
A group of Los Angeles-area bassists performing special arrangements by Herbert D. Smith and New York bassist Bill Lee during the 80's. Bill Lee, father of director Spike Lee, also founded the New York Bass Violin Choir. Regular players consisted of Frederick D. Tinsley, the late Andy Simpkins and George "Red" Callendar, John Heard, Herbert D. Smith, Bertram Turetsky, and Herbie Lewis. Additional players to perform with the bass choir were bassists Roberto Miranda, and James Leary . Drummer Sherman Ferguson and Pianist Cecil Lytle also performed with the group.
Group plays acoustic bass only.
Group web pages are listed below:
Herbert D. Smith - http://www.herbertdsmith.com
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
