Vishnu Wood

American double bass player and educator (born November 7, 1937 Wilkesboro, NC). His family moved to Detroit when he was in his early teens. His father played various reed instruments, and a brother, Max, played bass. Vishnu studied harmony, piano, and solfège at the Detroit Inst. of Music and Art (1959-61) and studied bass with Gaston Brohan and John Matthews of the Detroit Symphony.