Biography: Nat Baldwin is a bassist whose improvisations are often based on sounds rather than notes. His free, noisy playing often includes a variety of extended-technique effects -- he'd rather scratch a string than pluck it. Baldwin briefly studied at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT, but he soon fell ...Read full biography
It's a good thing Nat Baldwin titled his solo debut Solo Contrabass, because without that title and the liner notes it wouldn't necessarily be clear that the sounds were made using an upright bass. Baldwin ...Read full review