Finnish composer and bassist Teppo Hauta-aho, is the most prolific bass composer of our time and since the 1970s has composed almost 300 works for double bass - spanning the entire range of standards from beginner to virtuoso.

Duettino Basso IV 'a jazz fantasy' successfully popular and rhythmic styles with classical and contemporary idioms. Hauta-aho always produces music of great clarity and invention, and this piece is no exception. There are effective musical and technical challenges, but always within a musical idiom, and great opportunities to demonstrate far more than simply technical prowess.