David Lightbown - Cellist

David Lightbown with cello

David is a classically-trained cellist now performing jazz and other improvisational music, playing both arco as soloist in a tenor role and pizzicato as the low end of the rhythm section.
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Performances

Transcriptions

The cello in jazz

Despite not being associated with jazz as much as the saxophone or upright bass, the cello was the main or secondary instrument for these legendary musicians: