Zoltan Dekany - Interview and Performance

In this video, Geoff Chalmers interviews Zoltan Dekany, a renowned double bassist and educator who has played with many of the world’s best artists and bands such as Rick Zunigar, Terry Lynne Carrington, BBC Big Band, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter King, Tim Garland, Jamie Cullum, Paloma Faith as well as for numerous West End shows.

As an educator, Zoltan has taught at California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts), The Players School of Music with Jeff Berlin and is currently the Principal Lecturer of jazz double bass at Leeds College of Music in the U.K.

In this discussion, Zoltan lets us know what he learnt from studying with the great Charlie Haden, how he approaches teaching a new student, how to get the most from learning online and much more.

There's also a stunning solo performance of the jazz standard ‘Alone Together’ written by Arthur Schwartz, filmed at the stunning venue Left Bank Leeds which you don’t want to miss!

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Timecodes:

00:00 Introduction
00:50 Zoltan’s education.
05:05 Studying with Charlie Haden
10:10 What do you work on with new students?
15:41 What did you learn from studying with Jeff Berlin
18:58 Pros and cons of studying online?
24:06 Performance