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Kurt Moll (11 April 1938 – 5 March 2017) [1] was a German operatic bass singer who enjoyed a widely renowned international career. [2]His voice was notable for its range, a true basso profondo, including full, resonant low and very-low notes with relaxed vibrato; also for its unusual combination of extreme volume-capacity and a purring, contrabassoon-like timbre.
Thomas Quasthoff (born 9 November 1959) [1] is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas , to lieder , and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide , Quasthoff is 1.34 m (4 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in), and has phocomelia .
The bass singing voice has a vocal range that lies around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E 2 –E 4). [1] As with the contralto singing voice being the rarest female voice type, the bass voice is the rarest for males, and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. [2]
Since the 1950s, the electric bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. Bass guitarists provide the low-pitched basslines and bass runs in many different styles of music ranging from rock and metal to blues and jazz. Bassists also use the bass guitar as a soloing instrument in jazz, fusion, Latin, funk, and in some rock ...
1965: Bass, Bass, Bass (re-issued in 1975 as the Stamps Quartet Present Their Dynamic Bass) 1968: The Many Moods of the Illustrious J. D. Sumner; 1969: The Heart of a Man (re-issued in 1982 as The Masters V Present Their Majestic Bass, J. D. Sumner) 1972: The Way It Sounds Down Low; 1984: Thank God for Kids; 1985: An American Trilogy
“Modern singers rarely lip-sync,” Grammy-nominated mix and sound engineer Ariel Chobaz — who has worked with the likes of Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj and more — tells Us. “However, they ...
A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C (i.e., E 2 –E 4).
Samuel Ramey (born March 28, 1942) is an American operatic bass. [1] [2] At the height of his career, he was greatly admired for his range and versatility, having possessed a sufficiently accomplished bel canto technique which enabled him to sing the music of Handel, Mozart and Rossini but with enough vocal power to handle the more overtly dramatic roles in Verdi, Puccini, and Meyerbeer operas.