Upright Bass Jazz Improvisation - Blues Bb

Excerpt from "Jazz Bass Technique ft. Matheus Nicolaiewsky Vol. 1"
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Matheus Improvises over the changes of a Blues in Bb. Lesson Excerpt.

About:
Matheus Nicolaiewsky is a Brazilian bassist based in the Netherlands. Firmly grounded in the Jazz Tradition, he transitions between the electric bass and the double bass with fluency, versatility and musicality in a vast range of musical strands. Born in Brazil, he moved to the Netherlands in 2011 where he studied Double bass at the Royal conservatory of Den Haag and at Codarts Rotterdam Jazz Academy, where he thoroughly studied Jazz and Classical music with Frans van der Hoeven, Simon Rigter, Clemens van der Feen, Roelof Meijer, Janos Bruneel, Jarmo Hoogendijk, Stefan Lievestro and Marius Beets.

His unique way of playing the bass has made him highly requested for works as a side-man and soloist in the European jazz scene as well as worldwide. He has performed along-side with Peter Bernstein, Joe Cohn, Stochelo Rosemberg, Vincent Herring, Antonio Vilerroy, John Engels, Jazz Philarmonic Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Kiko Freitas, Max Ionata, Frits Landesbergen, amongst many others. He has extensively toured in Europe, South America and Russia in venues and festivals, highlighting the Bimhuis (NL), Porgy & Bess (A) Jazz sur Son 31(Toulouse,FR), Jazz Philarmonic Hall (Russia), North Sea Jazz (NL), Django Sur Lennon (IR).