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Scott LaFaro
Born: 1936
Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his ‘voice’ in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut short in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 near Geneva, New York, his home town. Although he performed for only six years (1955-1961), his innovative approach to the bass astounded his contemporaries, and to this… Continue
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