Eberhard Weber (born 1940 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a
jazz bassist. He began recording in the early 1960s, and released his first record under his own name in 1973. In addition to his career as a
musician, he also worked for many years as a television and theater director. He has designed an electric-acoustic
bass featuring an extra C-string. His
music, often in a
melancholic tone, follows simple ground patterns (frequently ostinatos), yet is highly organized in its coloring and attention to dramatic detail. Weber was a notable early proponent of the solid-body electric double bass,…
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