October 9, 2010
Volume 5, Number 7
Bob Danziger of the Bass Kalimba
Bob Danziger is one of those famous kalimba players that I have missed because he isn't an egomaniac and I haven't had my eyes open at the right moments. Something that makes him easy to miss as a kalimba player is all the other things he does: when Bob isn't twiddling his thumbs, he is busy working as a consultant, energy activist, lawyer, inventor, lecturer, artist, photographer, and musician.
OK, OK, Bob contacted me years ago, and I dropped the ball. Sorry Bob, but now I understand why you didn't get back to me sooner - you are a busy guy!
Bob played the box-shaped marimbula (bass kalimba) shown in the photo with Supertramp on the 1999 album "Some Things Never Change", and the Cello-mounted marimbula is a new one he recently made using "a cheap cello and a Stradivarius Musical Saw (for the tines). Notice the curve of the tines. The bridge is ebony."
Find out more about Bob at his web page, or go and get some of his music at CD Baby."
