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Renaud Garcia - Fons


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Spied him on World Jazz on Mainstreet, Renaud Garcia-Fons is a French 5-string upright player of jazz and classical with preference to Flamenco, Asian and folklore music.

Precious little videos available on youtube, but he caught my attention playing a flamenco pizzicato solo. He didn't seem to need to look at the fingerboard, either, which always astounds me.
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All for one. I don't think I've ever been as motivated to acquire a bassist's solo material. As I said, I saw him on TV looking all humble, expecting him to give an example of a simple flamenco line, then BAM. I turned the volume up, stood up, and really got into the piece.

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Looks like the action on his bass is pretty low, I haven't seen many players with that kind of set up. The 5 string sounds like a high C?
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There's barely a still shot in that entire video to try and keep things visually interesting. He must have had cameras swooping around him all day like king kong with biplanes.

EDIT: Just saw a production shot included at the end of the clip - 1 camera on a boom swooping around! :)

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Just got a listen to him on his website. Am loving it and just ordered a cd off Amazon (£5). I have, for a long time now, enjoyed neuvo flamenco so this is not new territory. But his is just a beautiful sound and it has got me wishing I could play that instrument (see previous posts about why I can't).

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