Wilbert de Joode - Olo Wig 06 My idea to record solo came as a natural development in my career. I wish to share with the listener the inimitable beauty and colour that I hear in the contrabass sound. I suggest listening to this recording at a loud volume level but please, respect your neighbours. Enjoy. Wilbert de Joode I am pleased to present OLO, a suite of improvised, short, wayward, witty, gloomy, beautiful and freakish bass solos played on a chamber-bass G.F. Lott ± 1840 with gut strings using a self-built bow and demonstrating all kinds of bass pizzicato techniques. To celebrate an inspiring collaboration of more than fifteen years, I invited Wilbert de Joode to record a solo cd for the Wig label which I founded in 1990. I first heard Wilbert play in a local pub shortly after he had discovered the upright bass. His natural musicality and the passion with which he embraced his instrument intrigued me. I immediately invited him to joi...