Bassist and composer Simón García was born in Mugardos (Spain) in 1977 and graduated in double bass from the Conservatorio Superior of Salamanca. He has worked as a double bassist in the Royal Orchestra of Galicia, having also performed in many orchestras throughout Spain, and is the bassist in the Symphony Wind Orchestra of A. Coruna. He has collaborated with many musicians and ensembles, particularly in the field of contemporary music, and has recorded and performed on many commercial recordings and for television and radio broadcasts.
Simón has composed more than sixty works for double bass, ranging from one to twelve players, alongside transcriptions of these pieces for various chamber ensembles. His music has been performed in Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay, Denmark, Spain, Japan, Italy, Austria, Germany, Canada, USA, and UK by The Bass Gang, Bass Instinct, and Il Quint-etto amongst others.
Simón García's Bad Brothers' is a funk and fun work for bass quartet where, for the first time, the composer included space for an open…
Simón García’s Bad Brothers’ is a funk and fun work for bass quartet where, for the first time, the composer included space for an open improvisation.
Simón García writes: “I wrote this piece in October 2007 for my friend Damian Arenas and his bass quartet ‘Cuarteto de Contrabajos de Madrid’. They were looking for new ‘spicy’ repertoire and were playing with an electric bass guitar of a known brand that was their sponsor so I wrote a piece where this instrument had a prominent role. I wrote a funk piece with a section where the electric bass guitar could improvise on a structure, like a usual jazz piece with 32 bars and AABA form and easy harmony, so it could be played by experienced musicians and those not so experienced in improvisation.”
Bad Brothers was premiered in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) by ‘Gravissimo’ Double Bass Quartet (Marta García, Alfonso Morán, Saúl Puga and the composer) at the ‘Via Stellae’ Festival in July 2008.
In 2009 The Bass Gang included this composition in its repertoire and since then it has been played in many countries including Spain, México, Japan, Austria, Italy, Uruguay and Switzerland among others.
