This CD focuses on Brazilian Samba and Bossa Nova styles and was recorded with an ensemble setting.
Although frequently used as a single note soloing instrument, it has been used for chords, percussion, and bass lines in ensemble settings.
Most bass players stand while playing, although sitting is also accepted, particularly in large ensemble settings, such as jazz big bands or in acoustic genres such as folk music.
Wind Ensemble is open to students with a desire to play music in an ensemble setting.
Their titles are known primarily through surviving manuscripts of their themes, arranged for double bass solo, or ensemble settings by the composer.
As with any improviser in an ensemble setting, knowing when to lay out is often more important than virtuosity.
David Ervin performs on solo piano and keyboards and in ensemble settings throughout California, the United States and Abroad.
Tatum did not readily adapt or defer to other musicians in ensemble settings.
Carry remained in Hines's employ until 1946, working with him in both large and small ensemble settings.
In "The Moon Rising High" (1986) he cloaked a set of eight traditional pipa solos in an expansive ensemble setting.