Origins of The Basso

                                  - Tom Dukes and Roger Sperline playing The Basso in 2014 -


The Basso is an upbeat tune that we perform every chance we get. The tune is sometimes listed as a "Universal Gypsy tune."


You can hear it on YouTube by various excellent performers, including this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuEiP_YG_T0&list=RDiuEiP_YG_T0#t=9
You can watch Minute2Minute's performance of it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWPSzHwT0zo 

We love it because it's upbeat and slightly exotic at the same time. Unfortunately, we don't know much about its origins, but we'd like to know more.

Perhaps you know someone who can enlighten us? Anyone?

In an upcoming post we will examine whether there is really a Basic Gypsy Chord Progression.

The Basso is on our new CD "Postcards from El Bossa", available November 2016 at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/minute2minute , just in time for Christmas!