It's hefty but buoyant, wooden yet pliable. It's no wonder he wrote, in 1974, the definitive bass method book, The Evolving Bassist. Reid hasn't taught with a university affiliation since 1999 ...

I had a book, Bob Haggart's 'Jazz Bass Method.' I still have it." When he got out of the Army, Prado went to St. Mary's University for a short while then packed up a box, and his bass, and headed ...