Performance
Frederick Zimmermann
New York City, United States
Frederick Zimmermann is credited on 17 releases across 11 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2017 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
17
Pressings credited
11
Albums
7
Decades active
12
In collections
Biography
Frederick Zimmermann (May 18, 1906 – August 3, 1967) was an American double bassist and teacher. He played in the New York Philharmonic from 1930 to 1966 and taught at the Juilliard School, Mannes School of Music, Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music, and New York University. He was an influential double bass teacher in the 20th century. In his "A New History of the Double Bass", Paul Brun describes Zimmermann as the "father of bass teaching in the United States".
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Credited work
17 releases · 11 albums · active 1950–2017
- Performance · 20
Studios: Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio · Massey Hall · Putnam Central Club · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- George Russell
- Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
- Charles Mingus
- George Russell And His Orchestra
- Charlie Mingus
- Artie Shaw
- Prokofieff
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