Bruno Destrez (born September 13, 1959 in Épernay, France) is a French/American bassist, composer, and luthier specializing in the construction and repair of double basses.
He also has a career as a sideman with such players as David "Fathead" Newman, Marlena Shaw, Ricky Ford, Vaughn Hawthorn, and performances with various classical orchestras and Broadway shows.
[7] As a luthier, Destrez has adapted his techniques to the instruments of symphony orchestras and jazz musicians around the world (National Italian Orchestra Santa Cecila, OCB Barcelona, members of the Scala of Milano, Palermo Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, the Cleveland Orchestra, Maximillian Dimoff, Scott Haigh, Diana Gannett, Andrea Pighi, etc…) [8][9][2] and to the instruments of some of the greatest jazz bass players alive, such as Ron Carter, Marc Johnson, Richard Davis, Larry Grenadier, Peter Washington, Gerald Cannon, Paolino Dalla Porta, Palle Danielsson, and many more.
Since 2016 he has been a faculty of the Milt Hinton Institute and has given masterclasses at Oberlin College and Conservatory where he was the bass luthier between 2016 and 2019.
As a bass player and luthier he frequently holds workshops and masterclasses in the U.S., Europe, South America, Puerto Rico, and Japan.