A catalog of works for the double bass as well as resources to assist in its performance and important recordings.

The Art of Double Bass Playing is the result of a collaboration between Warren Benfield, an outstanding bassist/teacher and James Seay Dean, Jr., Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, a skilled writer/editor.

Murray Grodner draws on his distinguished career as a double bass musician and teacher in this compendium of performance philosophy, bowing and phrasing recommendations, tutorials on fingerings and scales, and exercises for bowing and string crossing.

The only book specifically designed to help bass players learn how to create beautiful solos. Includes 2 CDs of Marc Johnson (bassist with Bill Evans, Stan Getz, etc.) playing each exercise and many transcriptions of what Marc plays on the CDs. Also includes transcribed solos by Eddie Gomez, John Patitucci, Jimmy Haslip and others.