Katie Thiroux
Jazz Double Bass Tutor
LA-based Katie Thiroux is an award-winning bassist and vocalist who continues the hard-swinging bass tradition of bassists such as Ray Brown, Milt Hinton or Ron Carter.
Katie’s album, “Off Beat” was produced by renowned drummer, Jeff Hamilton and awarded a “Best Album Of 2018” by Downbeat Magazine as well as "Rising Star" 2018 and 2019.
Katie is the co-artistic director and bass faculty at the Jazz Maui Camp. She is also the director of “Women in Jazz” for the Monterey Jazz Festival, and played at the 2020 SF JAZZ “Women in the lead”. She also hosts the wildly popular podcast, The Hump with Katie Thiroux.
Katie Thiroux has recorded two courses for Discover Double Bass: From Beginner to Bandstand for beginner bassists to learn the fundamentals and get performing, and Bandstand and Beyond for intermediates+ looking to take their playing up a level.
“This girl is IT!”
“A multitasking talent who swings her bass with a Mack-truck-powered lilt that would make her hero Ray Brown proud.”
hear katie thiroux play:
In this video, Katie is soloing over the chord changes to FSR by Ray Brown which is based on the jazz standard Doxy:
In addition to being an incredible jazz bassist, Katie is also a superb singer:
Katie Thiroux and Discover Double Bass
In 2019, Katie Thiroux filmed her first course for Discover Double Bass on the fundamentals of jazz bass. She returned in 2022 to record her second course for DDB.
behind the scenes of the recording sessions:
interview with katie thiroux
In this discussion, Geoff Chalmers and Katie Thiroux discuss studying and teaching jazz double bass, what beginners should focus on, her experience learning from some of the jazz greats.
Katie Thiroux’s Courses
“The lessons that I’m sharing with you are things I’ve learnt throughout my whole life, and it all comes from my love of this beautiful instrument, the bass.”