Bass & Word: Song of the Roots

Bertram Turetzky, emeritus professor of Music at UCSanDiego, is an ASCAP and NEA award winning recording artist, chamber, jazz, orchestra, and Klezmer artist. He is one of few performers who has created a large and impressive repertoire of music for their instrument and is credited with revolutionizing the contrabass from its traditional role to that of a major solo instrument. Turetzky is an acclaimed scholar of Jazz History and 18th century Chamber Music and author of "The Contemporary Contrabass" and his scintillating autobiography "A Different View: The Story of the Father of Modern Bass-Playing" Fueled by a lifelong love for literature, music, and oral interpretation – Chuck Perrin forms his own thoughts into poetry and song. He has developed an original style of open voicings for the acoustic guitar and produced an impressive body of imaginative original recordings – all of which are freely available on his web site: http://chuckperrin.com Since April 2000, he brings a wide selection of creative music to San Diego audiences through his curation of a weekly concert series called dizzy’s (http://dizzysjazz.com).