GUTTMANN, JAMES JAMES GUTTMANN began playing
the double bass while completing his masters degree in communications at Emerson
College in Boston. For the past few decades he has performed in venues ranging
from smoky taverns to Carnegie Hall. He joined the Klezmer Conservatory Band
at its inception and is a founding member of the Really Eclectic String Quartet.
He has worked with such noted musicians and entertainers as Joel Smirnoff, Eartha
Kitt, Mark Murphy, Johnny Shines, Jim Bailey, Matt Glaser, Russ Barenberg, and
the Artie Shaw Band. He also played for more than ten seasons in the Boston
Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1999 premiered Gunther Schullers Fantastical
Colloquy for trumpet and bass.
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